Dr. Ting-Chi Lu, MD

Dr. Lu practices at Waterloo Dialysis Center in Austin, Texas.

Dr. Lu's NPI, 1649378787, was assigned on September 20, 2006. Dr. Lu graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2000. Dr. Lu holds Texas license N0232.

Dr. Lu's primary practice is Waterloo Dialysis Center, at 408 W 45th St, Austin, TX 78751 in Travis County. The practice phone is (512) 420-9403.

Dr. Lu's primary practice is Waterloo Dialysis Center in Austin, Texas. Dr. Lu is also affiliated with Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin. The medical group on file is Central Texas Kidney Associates. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lu to 2 more hospitals, 3 dialysis centers 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. Lu practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

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

Dmand AI lists acute kidney failure and chronic kidney disease among the conditions Dr. Lu treats.

CMS data shows 2,930 Medicare services from Dr. Lu across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 341 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $108,100 for them.

CMS counts 341 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lu in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 133 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 18% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 4.08, 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. Lu's median patient age at 67, with 52% women.

In 2024, Dr. Lu wrote 1,325 Medicare Part D claims for 198 patients. 81% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,036 of them, across 30 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $173,565 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,103 claims across 34 drugs.

Dr. Lu accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Lu as offering telehealth.

Dmand AI links 9 papers to Dr. Lu, published from 2007 to 2010. 2008 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are HIV-1, AIDS-Associated Nephropathy and Podocytes. Dr. Lu has published most often in J Am Soc Nephrol. Dr. Lu's most frequent co-authors are Paul E. Klotman, MD, John Cijiang He, MD and Lewis Kaufman, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 199 general payments to Dr. Lu from 29 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 99% of the total. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. paid the most, $705.

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

Dr. Lu graduated from UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2000.

Dr. Lu is in network with 23 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 14. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.