Dr. K J. Shankar, MD

Dr. Shankar practices at Medical City Arlington Hospital in Arlington, Texas, part of HCA Healthcare.

Dr. Shankar's NPI, 1548296429, was assigned on June 23, 2006. Dr. Shankar graduated from Madras Medical College in 2000. Dr. Shankar holds Texas license M3385.

Dr. Shankar's primary practice is Medical City Arlington Hospital, at 3301 Matlock Road, Arlington, TX 76015 in Tarrant County. The practice phone is (817) 465-3241.

Dr. Shankar's primary practice is Medical City Arlington Hospital in Arlington, Texas, part of HCA Healthcare. Dr. Shankar is also affiliated with Medical City Denton. The medical group on file is Questcare Partners. Dmand AI also links Dr. Shankar to 1 more hospital, 2 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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

Internal medicine is Dr. Shankar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Shankar is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Shankar's licenses on file in 7 states: Texas, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Illinois, Louisiana, North Dakota and Arizona.

Dmand AI lists acute diabetes, cardiac arrhythmia, chest pain, electrolyte disorders, gastrointestinal bleeding, gastrointestinal infection, gastrointestinal obstruction and heart attack among the conditions Dr. Shankar treats.

CMS data shows 958 Medicare services from Dr. Shankar across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 219 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $88,844 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 219 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Shankar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 77 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 23% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.66, 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. Shankar's median patient age at 64, with 55% women.

In 2024, Dr. Shankar wrote 479 Medicare Part D claims for 186 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 262 of them, across 13 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $15,538 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 260 claims across 11 drugs.

Dr. Shankar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Shankar, published from 2008 to 2010. The most frequent topics are Heart Failure, Body Temperature and Monitoring, Physiologic. Dr. Shankar has published most often in J Card Fail. Dr. Shankar's most frequent co-authors are Reynolds M. Delgado, MD, Anita Deswal, MD and Naushad Abdul Salam Shaik, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 18 general payments to Dr. Shankar from 6 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $149.

Dr. Shankar graduated from Madras Medical College in 2000.

Dr. Shankar is in network with 10 carriers, including Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 6. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.