Physician

Suneetha Morthala, M.D.

According to 2025 Medicare claims, Suneetha Morthala, M.D. (NPI: 1407880941) practices rheumatology in the Columbia, SC market, with the plurality of this provider's patient population coming from Richland, SC. This provider's primary affiliated billing organization is SANDHILLS RHEUMATOLOGY, LLC (NPI: 1649526997) and primary practice location at 29229-8016.

Morthala's data goes back to 2015 and runs through 2024. For example, in 2024, this provider had 314 traditional Medicare patients, billed 110,087 HCPCS/CPT codes, and received $1,423,042 in Medicare payments. The top billing code was 99205 (New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more). Part D data shows 1,778 prescription claims across 182 beneficiaries totaling $442,958 in drug costs, led by Rinvoq (Upadacitinib). Open Payments data shows 76 records totaling $1,652. You can download detailed data with all billing codes (2015-2024). For more recent data, please contact us.

Over the past 10 years, this provider's Medicare Part B carrier billing did not follow a clear longitudinal pattern. Concurrently, Part D prescription costs have changed little. For DME billing, this provider has fewer than 5 years of reported data, so a reliable trend cannot be assigned.

Part B Carrier Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and claim lines in the table.

Year	Patients	Clm Lines	Payment
2015	492	89,426	$1,681,422
2016	534	136,613	$2,143,369
2017	519	142,625	$2,252,664
2018	499	131,183	$2,393,014
2019	502	134,566	$2,686,680
2020	451	161,063	$2,806,024
2021	390	166,830	$2,500,515
2022	354	136,200	$1,830,933
2023	336	117,134	$1,504,415
2024	314	110,087	$1,423,042

Part D Events Trend

Drug cost trend, with N of patients and prescription claims in the table.

Year	Patients	Claims	Drug Cost
2015	280	2,338	$509,088
2016	294	2,519	$425,925
2017	295	2,591	$384,176
2018	265	2,553	$483,830
2019	277	2,549	$461,099
2020	262	2,485	$547,034
2021	222	2,388	$562,155
2022	208	2,046	$452,662
2023	190	1,890	$429,813
2024	182	1,778	$442,958

DME Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and DME claim records in the table.

No connected DME records

* / # = suppressed by CMS; 0 = reported zero; N/R = not reported or blank.

Top 5 Part B carrier billing codes in 2024

By total payments.

Code	Description	Patients	Clm Lines	Total Payment
99205	New patient office or other outpatient visit with a high level of medical decision making, if using time, 60 minutes or more	55	55	$160
96413	Administration of chemotherapy into vein, 1 hour or less	59	441	$94
99214	Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	222	461	$86
99213	Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more	94	134	$58
96401	Administration of non-hormonal anti-neoplastic chemotherapy under skin or into muscle	31	178	$53

Top 5 Part D drugs in 2024

By total drug costs.

Drug	Generic	Claims	Total Day Supply	Total Drug Cost
Rinvoq	Upadacitinib	13	390	$74,933
Otezla	Apremilast	11	330	$53,968
Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate	Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate	355	18,181	$13,762
Leflunomide	Leflunomide	125	7,121	$6,981
Savella	Milnacipran Hcl	12	360	$5,262

Top 5 DME services in 2024

No connected or detailed DME service-level records for 2024.

Open Payments Summary in 2024

Category	Definition	Records	Total Reported Amount	Top Related Entity
General Payments	Reported payment or transfer-of-value amount.	76	$1,652	UCB, Inc.
Research Payments	Reported research-related payment or transfer-of-value amount.	0	$0	N/R
Ownership / Investment Interests	Reported value of ownership or investment interests.	0	$0	N/R

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FAQ

What Medicare data is available for Suneetha Morthala, M.D.?

Tedicare shows public-source Medicare data for Suneetha Morthala, M.D. (NPI 1407880941), including provider identity, specialty, market context, Medicare Part B activity, Part D prescribing, DME records, Open Payments where available, billing organization details, and ACO affiliation signals where available. Profile data covers 2015-2024, with current attribution based on 2025 claims where available.

Does Suneetha Morthala, M.D. have ACO affiliation data?

No ACO affiliation record is shown in the available Tedicare data for this profile.

What billing organization is linked to Suneetha Morthala, M.D.?

Suneetha Morthala, M.D. is linked to SANDHILLS RHEUMATOLOGY, LLC (billing NPI 1649526997) in the available physician profile data.

Does Suneetha Morthala, M.D. have Open Payments data?

Suneetha Morthala, M.D. has 76 connected Open Payments records in the available 2024 summary data.

Can I download physician-level Medicare data from Tedicare?

Yes. Tedicare provides sample physician export data and paid custom physician data exports for research, planning, outreach, and market analysis. Exports can include physician profile fields, market and specialty context, billing organization details, ACO affiliation signals where available, and Medicare utilization data.