Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dheeraj Puppala, MD

Individual provider Internal Medicine Physician · NPI 1396090551

Dheeraj Puppala, MD practises Internal Medicine in West Columbia, South Carolina. Qualified in 2007, 19 years ago. Practices with Lexington Health Inc, a 903-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Illinois and South Carolina.

Years since qualifying
19
Licensed in
IL, SC
In the registry since
2012
Specialties on file
3
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

2720 Sunset Blvd
West Columbia, SC 29169-4810
Phone: (803) 936-7372
Fax: (803) 936-4102
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Specialties & licences

Hospitalist Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208M00000X · Licence 51544 (SC)
Internal Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence 125062174 (IL)
Internal Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence 51544 (SC)

Record details

NPI number1396090551
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 13, 2012
Last updated in NPPESOctober 14, 2025
Certification dateOctober 14, 2025

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyINTERNAL MEDICINE
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2007 (19 years in practice)
Group practice Lexington Health Inc — 903 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Removal of tissue 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients537
Services billed 1,361 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age77

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Lexington Medical Center Hospital · West Columbia, SC
  • Newberry County Memorial Hospital Hospital · Newberry, SC
  • Amedisys Home Health Of Lexington Home health agency · Lexington, SC
  • Interim Healthcare Of The Upstate Home health agency · Greenville, SC
  • Amedisys Hospice Of South Carolina Hospice · Florence, SC
  • Compassionate Care Hospice Of South Carolina, Llc Hospice · West Columbia, SC
  • Medical Services Of America Hospice-Columbia Hospice · Columbia, SC

Colleagues at Lexington Health Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 903 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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