Dr. Gowri Balachandar, MD

Dr. Balachandar practices at Baylor Scott & White Surgicare at Plano in Plano, Texas.

Dr. Balachandar's NPI, 1669435889, was assigned on April 10, 2006. Dr. Balachandar graduated from Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research in 1988. Dr. Balachandar's Texas license number on file is K4363.

Dr. Balachandar's primary practice is Baylor Scott & White Surgicare at Plano, at 1701 Ohio Drive, Plano, TX 75093. The practice phone is (214) 291-3000.

Dr. Balachandar's primary practice is Baylor Scott & White Surgicare at Plano in Plano, Texas. Dr. Balachandar is also affiliated with Medical City Plano Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Balachandar to 1 more hospital and 1 physician office, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Balachandar practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Gastroenterology is Dr. Balachandar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Balachandar is board certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Balachandar's licenses on file in 2 states: Texas and Utah.

Dmand AI lists acid reflux, acute gallbladder or bile duct inflammation, chronic indigestion, chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), cirrhosis of the liver, colonoscopy, gastroduodenitis and gastrointestinal bleeding among the conditions Dr. Balachandar treats.

CMS data shows 481 Medicare services from Dr. Balachandar across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 297 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $45,554 for them.

CMS counts 297 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Balachandar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 167 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 18% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.12, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Balachandar's median patient age at 59, with 59% women.

In 2024, Dr. Balachandar wrote 2,915 Medicare Part D claims for 670 patients. 85% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,667 of them, across 38 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $277,572 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,750 claims across 42 drugs.

Dr. Balachandar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Balachandar as offering telehealth. CMS counts 119 procedures of colonoscopy by Dr. Balachandar, more than 84% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Balachandar. Dr. Balachandar's most frequent co-authors are Raja Sekhar Chennupati, MD and Eugene A. Trowers, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 338 general payments to Dr. Balachandar from 34 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 97% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $1,128.

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Balachandar, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Dr. Balachandar graduated from Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research in 1988.

Dr. Balachandar is in network with 20 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.