Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 2,059
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 554
- Part D claims, 2024
- 3,352
- MIPS score, 2024
- 75
- Hospital affiliations
- 5
- Practice address
- 2435 Forest Drive, Columbia, SC 29204
- Practice phone
- Call (803) 256-5300
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha is a nephrologist in Columbia, South Carolina
Dr. Chattha practices at MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown in Columbia, South Carolina, part of Medical University of South Carolina.
Dr. Chattha's NPI, 1073555983, was assigned on June 12, 2006. Dr. Chattha graduated from King Edward Medical University in 1996. Dr. Chattha's South Carolina license number on file is 35099.
- NPI
- 1073555983NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 5991982597
- NPI enumeration date
- June 12, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (803) 256-5300
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 56
- Medical school graduation
- 1996
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha practices at MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown in Columbia, South Carolina
Dr. Chattha's primary practice is MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown, at 2435 Forest Drive, Columbia, SC 29204 in Richland County. The practice phone is (803) 256-5300.
- MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown2435 Forest Drive, Columbia, SC 29204 · Richland CountyPhone(803) 256-5300
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha is affiliated with 10 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Chattha's primary practice is MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown in Columbia, South Carolina, part of Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Chattha is also affiliated with Prisma Health Richland Hospital. The medical group on file is Carolina Kidney Specialists, LLC. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chattha to 3 more hospitals, 4 dialysis centers and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Chattha practices, 10 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown | Available with a free account |
| +9 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha is one of 156 nephrologists in South Carolina
Nephrology is Dr. Chattha's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Chattha is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Chattha's licenses on file in 4 states: South Carolina, Arizona, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Specialties and state licenses
- Nephrology, South CarolinaPrimary
- Arizona license
- Internal medicine, West Virginia
- Pennsylvania license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists chronic kidney disease among the conditions Dr. Chattha treats.
Nephrologists near Dr. Chattha
Counts of nephrologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha billed Medicare for 2,059 services in 2024
CMS data shows 2,059 Medicare services from Dr. Chattha across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 554 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $222,797 for them.
Dr. Chattha's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,9262024: 1,73110%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 3732024: 32812%
Where Dr. Chattha's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office77738%
- In a facility1,28262%
Dr. Chattha compared with the South Carolina median for nephrologists, 2024
- Dr. Chattha
- South Carolina median
- Medicare services
- 2,059vs 1,63926% above
- Medicare patients
- 554vs 41334% above
- Part D claims
- 3,009vs 7204.2 times
Medians across 155 nephrologists in South Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Chattha's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha treated 554 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73
CMS counts 554 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chattha in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 189 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 20% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 4.27, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Chattha's median patient age at 71, with 51% women.
Dr. Chattha's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Chattha's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women28852%
- Men26648%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Chattha's Medicare patients, 2024
- Chronic kidney disease75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Diabetes66%
- Heart failure53%
- Ischemic heart disease52%
- Arthritis48%
- Atrial fibrillation35%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Chattha's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 71
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women51%
- Men48%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha wrote 3,352 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Chattha wrote 3,352 Medicare Part D claims for 457 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,009 of them, across 53 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $206,396 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,036 claims across 56 drugs.
Dr. Chattha's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic3,105 claims93%
- Brand-name and other247 claims7%
Dr. Chattha's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Chattha's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics4%137 of 3,352 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 3,0362024: 3,0091%
Drugs named by CMS: 53 in 2024, 56 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha scored 75 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Chattha for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Chattha accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- MIPS final score, 2024
- 75 of 100
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha received $1,157 in industry payments from 2018 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 62 general payments to Dr. Chattha from 19 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 95% of the total. Horizon Pharma plc paid the most, $374.
General payments to Dr. Chattha by program year, 2018 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Chattha by kind, 2018 to 2025
- Food and beverage$1,09795%
- Education$605%
Companies that paid Dr. Chattha the most, 2018 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha has 1 award and honors on record
Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Chattha, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.
Awards and honors for Dr. Chattha
- 2013
- CMS Stage 1 EHR
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha graduated from King Edward Medical University
Dr. Chattha graduated from King Edward Medical University in 1996. Dr. Chattha is a member of ASN.
- Medical school
- Board certified in internal medicine
- Board certified in nephrology
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha accepts plans from 9 insurance carriers
Dr. Chattha is in network with 9 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and HCSC. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- HCSC
- Humana
- Regence Health Plans
- United Healthcare
- BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
- CMS Medicare
- +1 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Chattha accepts, by number of carriers
- Medicare7
- PPO6
- HMO2
- EPO1
- Medicaid1
- POS1
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Awards and committee roles | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha's NPI number?
Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha's NPI number is 1073555983. It was assigned on June 12, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha?
Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha is a nephrologist in Columbia, South Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).
Where does Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha practice?
Dr. Chattha practices at 2435 Forest Drive, Columbia, SC 29204. Dr. Chattha's primary practice is MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown in Columbia, South Carolina, part of Medical University of South Carolina. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chattha to 3 hospitals, 4 dialysis centers and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Chattha is (803) 256-5300.
What is Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha's medical license number?
Dr. Chattha's South Carolina license number on file is 35099, one of the licenses on file in 4 states.
Which states has Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Chattha in South Carolina (2012 to 2025), Arizona (2011 to 2014), West Virginia (2003 to 2012) and Pennsylvania (2010).
Which hospitals is Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha affiliated with?
Dr. Chattha practices at MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Chattha is also affiliated with Prisma Health Richland Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Chattha to 3 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha part of?
Dr. Chattha is linked to Carolina Kidney Specialists, LLC.
Does Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Chattha billed Medicare for 2,059 services in 2024, and Dr. Chattha accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha's MIPS score?
Dr. Chattha's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported individually.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha see?
CMS counts 554 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chattha in 2024, with an average age of 73.
Is Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha board certified?
Yes. Dr. Chattha is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
What services does Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Chattha's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99232), office visit, established patient (99214) and dialysis (90960).
Where did Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha go to medical school?
Dr. Chattha graduated from King Edward Medical University in 1996.
What drugs does Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Chattha's most prescribed drugs by claims were Calcitriol, Allopurinol and Furosemide.
Has Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $1,157 in general payments to Dr. Chattha from 19 companies from 2018 to 2025. The largest total came from Horizon Pharma plc.
How long has Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha been practicing?
Dr. Chattha graduated from medical school in 1996, 30 years ago.
What insurance does Dr. Ashraf Ali Chattha accept?
Dr. Chattha is in network with 9 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and HCSC. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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