Dr. Bhamidipati V. Murthy, MD

Dr. Murthy practices at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston, Texas, part of CommonSpirit Health.

Dr. Murthy's NPI, 1386677391, was assigned on July 10, 2006. Dr. Murthy graduated from Maulana Azad Medical College in 1979. Dr. Murthy holds Texas license L6032.

Dr. Murthy's primary practice is Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, at 6720 Bertner Ave, STE Mc1-266, Houston, TX 77030 in Harris County. The practice phone is (832) 355-1000.

Dr. Murthy's primary practice is Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston, Texas, part of CommonSpirit Health. Dr. Murthy is also affiliated with St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital. The medical group on file is Baylor Medicine. Dmand AI also links Dr. Murthy to 2 more hospitals 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. Murthy practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Nephrology is Dr. Murthy's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Murthy is board certified in nephrology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Murthy's licenses on file in 2 states: Texas and Ohio.

Dmand AI lists chronic kidney disease among the conditions Dr. Murthy treats.

CMS data shows 410 Medicare services from Dr. Murthy across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 146 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $38,759 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 146 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Murthy in 2024. The largest group is under 65, with 94 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 29% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 5.97, 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. Murthy's median patient age at 52, with 42% women.

In 2024, Dr. Murthy wrote 2,312 Medicare Part D claims for 187 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,031 of them, across 37 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $159,590 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,193 claims across 45 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 20 papers to Dr. Murthy, published from 2005 to 2024. The most frequent topics are Kidney Failure, Chronic, Kidney Transplantation and Renal Dialysis. Dr. Murthy has published most often in Kidney Int. Dr. Murthy's most frequent co-authors are Donald A. Molony, MD, John A. Goss, MD and Nidhi Aggarwal, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 4 general payments to Dr. Murthy from 4 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Education make up the largest share, 57% of the total. Mallinckrodt Enterprises LLC paid the most, $100.

Dr. Murthy graduated from Maulana Azad Medical College in 1979.

Dr. Murthy is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.