Dr. Abhay Kumar Varma, MD

Dr. Varma practices at MUSC Physicians in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.

Dr. Varma's NPI, 1235183161, was assigned on May 22, 2006. Dr. Varma holds South Carolina license 27187.

Dr. Varma's primary practice is MUSC Physicians, at 1208 2 Island Ct, Mount Pleasant, SC 29466 in Charleston County. The practice phone is (803) 286-4666.

Dr. Varma's primary practice is MUSC Physicians in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Dr. Varma is also affiliated with MUSC Health University Medical Center. The medical group on file is MUSC Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Varma to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Varma practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neurological surgery is Dr. Varma's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dr. Varma is licensed in South Carolina.

CMS data shows 102 Medicare services from Dr. Varma across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 132 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $7,827 for them.

CMS counts 132 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Varma in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 55 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.51, 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. Varma's median patient age at 64, with 55% women.

In 2024, Dr. Varma wrote 41 Medicare Part D claims for 12 patients. 80% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 12 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $213 in total drug cost. In 2017, CMS named 20 claims across 1 drug.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 79 out of 100 for Dr. Varma for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Varma accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Varma as offering telehealth. CMS counts 25 procedures of laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) by Dr. Varma, more than 55% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 44 papers to Dr. Varma, published from 2007 to 2025. 2015 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Spinal Cord Injuries, Rats, Sprague-Dawley and Disease Models, Animal. Dr. Varma has published most often in J Neurosurg Case Lessons. Dr. Varma's most frequent co-authors are Sunil J. Patel, MD, Scott M. Lindhorst, MD and David Cachia, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Varma to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Spondylolisthesis and Spondylolysis.

CMS Open Payments shows 32 general payments to Dr. Varma from 12 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 56% of the total. Surgalign Spine Technologies, Inc. paid the most, $5,127.