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Sumi Sukumaran Nair

Nephrology · Scottsdale

NPI 1063663920

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Hospitals they work in

1 hospital

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

  • Mayo Clinic HospitalPhoenix, AZAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Mayo Clinic Health System, which runs 26 hospitals in 5 statesHome of Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 5 of 5 · 93% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 1.616, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate: 0.36 (0 to 0.99) · 5,539 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 115.44 (80.81 to 150.07) · 306 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Pressure ulcer rate: 0.21 (0 to 0.58) · 16,145 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.486, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.56, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Mayo Clinic Hospital

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 1 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 4 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Mayo Clinic Hospital
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections1.616WorseOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.36 (0 to 0.99) · 5,539 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths115.44 (80.81 to 150.07) · 306 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.21 (0 to 0.58) · 16,145 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.486BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.56BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.91 (0.75 to 1.08)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.9 · 96 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.2 · 144 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths8.3 · 271 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths7.7 · 884 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths11.2 · 1,245 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.9 · 274 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.3 · 5,311 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.22 (0.06 to 0.38) · 17,299 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.19 (0.04 to 0.35) · 19,712 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths4.12 (2.86 to 5.38) · 6,130 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths2.24 (1.25 to 3.22) · 3,321 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths3.17 (2.23 to 4.11) · 5,145 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths9.11 (6.21 to 12) · 3,094 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.66 (3.86 to 7.47) · 3,309 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.85 (0.68 to 3.02) · 2,189 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths6.9 · 107 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.682No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.477No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections2.73No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits13.9 · 228 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits19.8 · 776 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits-3.8 · 280 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-18.9 · 1,023 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits-9 · 1,336 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.8 · 1,118 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits6.3 (4.5 to 8.8) · 469 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits9.6 (7.2 to 12.7) · 469 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits6 · 112 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits12.2 · 69 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits17.8 · 130 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits15.7 (12.7 to 19.3) · 2,211 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1 (0.9 to 1.2) · 3,441 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,947 patients answered, 35% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Mayo Clinic Hospital
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication5
Doctor communication5
Communication about medicines4
Discharge information5
Overall hospital rating5
Quietness5
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Mayo Clinic Hospital
Room was "always" clean80%
Nurses "always" communicated well88%
Doctors "always" communicated well86%
Staff "always" explained70%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information93%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge93%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand81%
Doctors "always" listened carefully86%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect92%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)91%
Staff "always" explained new medications83%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand84%
Nurses "always" listened carefully86%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect93%
"Always" quiet at night70%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital93%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects57%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms93%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$42,768

Medicare paid this office $42,768 for 218 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

Largest Original Medicare bills
Long return visit (40+ min)83$14,424$132
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes59$11,628$90
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes55$4,952$60
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes32$4,509$133
Return visit (30+ min)30$3,088$94
See all 6 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Long return visit (40+ min)83$14,424$132
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes59$11,628$90
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes55$4,952$60
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes32$4,509$133
Return visit (30+ min)30$3,088$94
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes22$2,393$100

Who their Medicare patients are

218 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 61 · Under 65 44% · 85 and older 0% · Women 37% · Also on Medicaid 21% · Health risk score 7.02. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical nephrology clinician is at 4.01.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 75% · Diabetes 66% · Coronary heart disease 38% · Heart failure 37% · Depression 29% · Atrial fibrillation 22% · Cancer 18% · Stroke 12% · COPD 10% · Dementia 8%.

The office billed $188,610, Medicare allowed $53,917 and paid $42,768; for 447 services of 21 kinds.

Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.

Year by year

Original Medicare by year
2024218447617.02$188,610$42,768
2023215707627.07$185,720$43,433
2022208489636.15$179,141$42,191
2021237501626.82$58,497$42,912
2020240561616.23$57,201$32,255
2019216331616.97$38,509$24,955
2018312579606.03$74,002$45,509
2017285557596.63$70,083$42,670
20163641,007606.06$110,600$65,188
2015201538617.34$57,239$35,924

Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.

See the services billed each year

2023: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Long return visit (40+ min)80$13,237$136
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes68$12,705$88
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes41$5,862$133
Return visit (30+ min)46$4,630$94
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes28$2,780$62
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes19$1,929$102

2022: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes78$11,605$79
Long return visit (40+ min)56$9,497$136
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes56$8,698$150
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes54$5,674$56
Return visit (30+ min)21$2,010$96

2021: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes100$10,582$56
Long return visit (40+ min)57$8,192$137
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes36$6,020$158
Return visit (30+ min)46$5,140$97
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes33$3,549$108
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes22$2,860$82
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes17$1,512$84
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes11$958$80
Hemodialysis procedure with physician evaluation11$639$53

2020: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes116$11,551$53
Long return visit (40+ min)65$6,796$100
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes56$6,034$104
Return visit (30+ min)24$1,684$70
Hemodialysis procedure with physician evaluation25$1,520$56

2019: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes85$7,493$55
Long return visit (40+ min)55$5,970$103
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes14$2,109$151
Return visit (30+ min)23$1,804$78
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes14$1,408$78
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes14$1,339$96
Hemodialysis procedure with physician evaluation19$1,052$55

2018: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Long return visit (40+ min)157$20,105$103
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes86$8,253$54
Hemodialysis procedure with physician evaluation31$2,828$54
Return visit (30+ min)36$2,748$70
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes23$2,345$102
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes20$2,175$78
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes21$1,657$75
Short return visit (20+ min)18$816$43

2017: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Long return visit (40+ min)152$20,232$100
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes89$9,393$53
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes25$2,761$102
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes28$2,120$76
Hemodialysis procedure with physician evaluation31$2,108$53
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes12$1,817$151
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes13$1,014$78

2016: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Long return visit (40+ min)200$30,153$103
Return visit (30+ min)97$9,751$77
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes88$8,053$51
Hemodialysis procedure with physician evaluation40$3,428$54
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes34$2,723$76
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes14$2,052$137
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes21$2,019$78
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes14$1,534$102

2015: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Long return visit (40+ min)104$15,203$107
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes62$5,539$52
Return visit (30+ min)42$4,083$77
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes21$2,160$103
Hemodialysis procedure with physician evaluation22$1,856$55
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes11$1,676$152
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes14$1,486$78
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes14$1,067$76

Medicaid work

$457 in 2022

Medicaid paid $457 for 31 billed services this clinician did in 2022, up to 18 people in a month for one service.

Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES31$457
Medicaid work by year
202231118$457

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$21,913

Pharmacies billed $21,913 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

320 generic and 22 brand-name prescriptions · $21,913 in drug cost · 66 antibiotic prescriptions to 38 people.

Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.

Largest Part D drug costs
Valganciclovir25$4,627$185
Fluconazole89$3,218$36
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim60$538$9
Carvedilol11$265$24
Gavilyte-G11$148$13
See all 7 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Valganciclovir25$4,627$185
Fluconazole89$3,218$36
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim60$538$9
Carvedilol11$265$24
Gavilyte-G11$148$13
Prednisone15$108$7
Metoprolol11$24$2

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024342118None6%$21,913
2023342119None8%$39,984
202222994None10%$18,409
2021285820% (0)7%$32,167
20205751450% (0)2%$85,720
20194661230% (0)None$73,963
2018844186NoneNone$154,624
2017512133NoneNone$152,277
20167781582% (15)None$195,721
2015459136NoneNone$122,045
20148838NoneNone$25,656
201317110% (0)None$3,392

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 10 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Valganciclovir40$9,965$249
Veltassa11$9,496$863
Ertapenem11$4,266$388
Fluconazole50$2,028$41
Carvedilol22$1,457$66
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim43$360$8
Gavilyte-G21$357$17
Famotidine19$287$15
Prednisone23$221$10
Amlodipine Besylate12$182$15

2022: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Valganciclovir23$7,910$344
Fluconazole33$1,339$41
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim33$260$8
Prednisone16$169$11
Carvedilol20$167$8

2021: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Valganciclovir27$14,857$550
Lokelma13$7,719$594
Fluconazole76$2,613$34
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim55$482$9
Prednisone17$178$10

2020: 10 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Valganciclovir75$47,577$634
Tacrolimus32$15,294$478
Fluconazole132$5,672$43
Cinacalcet11$5,605$510
Mycophenolate Mofetil31$3,228$104
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim117$820$7
Prednisone39$385$10
Famotidine19$222$12
Metoprolol12$65$5
Amlodipine Besylate15$63$4

2019: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Valganciclovir50$45,365$907
Fluconazole110$4,203$38
Mycophenolate Mofetil27$3,318$123
Tacrolimus14$1,493$107
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim71$604$9
Prednisone41$301$7
Amlodipine Besylate24$153$6
Carvedilol18$127$7
Famotidine18$113$6

2018: 13 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Valganciclovir80$116,644$1,458
Sensipar11$13,146$1,195
Fluconazole191$7,147$37
Tacrolimus32$2,764$86
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim102$794$8
Midodrine16$660$41
Prednisone74$527$7
Atorvastatin32$293$9
Famotidine41$276$7
Omeprazole26$183$7
Metoprolol19$178$9
Carvedilol20$153$8
Amlodipine Besylate24$116$5

2017: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Valganciclovir57$130,652$2,292
Fluconazole124$5,951$48
Tacrolimus17$1,258$74
Prednisone45$472$10
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim47$293$6
Famotidine19$145$8
Atorvastatin15$131$9
Metoprolol11$92$8
Omeprazole14$78$6

2016: 12 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Valganciclovir68$148,790$2,188
Fluconazole179$8,528$48
Tacrolimus19$2,704$142
Dapsone14$873$62
Famotidine88$782$9
Prednisone62$618$10
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim89$551$6
Metoprolol22$112$5
Omeprazole14$104$7
Pantoprazole18$99$5
Amlodipine Besylate17$97$6
Oxycodone12$90$8

2015: 11 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Valganciclovir35$92,436$2,641
Fluconazole65$4,311$66
Dapsone16$497$31
Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate15$400$27
Prednisone29$291$10
Omeprazole19$289$15
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim31$252$8
Famotidine31$224$7
Metoprolol32$196$6
Ciprofloxacin12$100$8
Furosemide20$59$3

2014: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Fluconazole13$623$48
Metoprolol12$67$6

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
78.6 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI
1063663920
Licence
AZ 49000
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207RN0300X (207RN0300X)
Mailing address
13400 E Shea Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ, 85259
NPI first listed
2008-10-08
NPI last updated
2022-05-17
NPI record certified
2022-05-17

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.

Extra NPI addresses: 1070 Arastradero Rd, Palo Alto, CA, 94304

This office lists an electronic records connection.