Smitha Akula
Psychiatry · San Diego
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Offices
- 2
Offices
2 locations · Southern California Permanente Medical Group · 11,250 clinicians in this group
Plan participation
Not verified
We could not verify current plan participation for this doctor. This does not mean they are out of network. Call Smitha Akula’s office at (619) 528-5000 to ask if they take your plan before you enroll.
Medicaid work
$10,105 in 2024
Medicaid paid $10,105 for 153 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 23 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.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 153 | $10,105 |
| 2024 | 153 | 1 | 23 | $10,105 |
| 2023 | 144 | 1 | 22 | $8,936 |
| 2022 | 56 | 1 | 18 | $2,483 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1 | 12 | $205 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| Return visit (30+ min) | 144 | $8,936 |
2022
| Return visit (30+ min) | 56 | $2,483 |
2021
| Return visit (30+ min) | 12 | $205 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$71,454
Pharmacies billed $71,454 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 1,908) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical psychiatry clinician is at 0%.
1,863 generic and 45 brand-name prescriptions · $71,454 in drug cost · 170 antipsychotic prescriptions to people over 65.
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.
| Bupropion Xl | 107 | $3,269 | $31 |
| Trazodone | 146 | $2,459 | $17 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl Er | 86 | $1,933 | $22 |
| Gabapentin | 127 | $1,886 | $15 |
| Sertraline | 135 | $1,798 | $13 |
See all 34 drugs
| Bupropion Xl | 107 | $3,269 | $31 |
| Trazodone | 146 | $2,459 | $17 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl Er | 86 | $1,933 | $22 |
| Gabapentin | 127 | $1,886 | $15 |
| Sertraline | 135 | $1,798 | $13 |
| Duloxetine | 76 | $1,758 | $23 |
| Quetiapine | 96 | $1,471 | $15 |
| Fluoxetine | 86 | $1,282 | $15 |
| Buspirone | 87 | $1,074 | $12 |
| Mirtazapine | 58 | $939 | $16 |
| Lorazepam | 90 | $935 | $10 |
| Aripiprazole | 78 | $866 | $11 |
| Divalproex | 14 | $779 | $56 |
| Bupropion Hcl Sr | 45 | $766 | $17 |
| Doxepin | 26 | $743 | $29 |
| Lamotrigine | 38 | $714 | $19 |
| Risperidone | 53 | $623 | $12 |
| Ziprasidone | 16 | $581 | $36 |
| Dextroamphetamine-Amphet Er | 20 | $537 | $27 |
| Fluvoxamine Maleate | 15 | $498 | $33 |
| Alprazolam | 71 | $470 | $7 |
| Olanzapine | 35 | $435 | $12 |
| Lithium Carbonate | 12 | $395 | $33 |
| Clonazepam | 49 | $378 | $8 |
| Escitalopram | 33 | $368 | $11 |
| Oxcarbazepine | 12 | $364 | $30 |
| Hydroxyzine | 30 | $314 | $10 |
| Citalopram Hbr | 27 | $313 | $12 |
| Dextroamphetamine-Amphetamine | 12 | $259 | $22 |
| Temazepam | 20 | $256 | $13 |
| Eszopiclone | 18 | $248 | $14 |
| Paroxetine | 19 | $191 | $10 |
| Guanfacine Hcl Er | 11 | $167 | $15 |
| Zolpidem | 24 | $166 | $7 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 1,908 | 370 | 0% (0) | 2% | $71,454 |
| 2023 | 1,455 | 338 | 0% (0) | 4% | $81,612 |
| 2022 | 1,183 | 308 | 0% (0) | 5% | $46,334 |
| 2021 | 256 | 95 | 0% (0) | None | $8,693 |
| 2020 | 122 | 31 | 0% (0) | None | $11,169 |
| 2019 | 127 | 28 | 0% (0) | None | $4,489 |
| 2018 | 87 | 24 | 0% (0) | None | $3,577 |
| 2017 | 25 | None | 0% (0) | 0% | $597 |
| 2016 | 13 | None | 0% (0) | None | $959 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 31 drugs
| Bupropion Xl | 75 | $2,621 | $35 |
| Trazodone | 132 | $1,813 | $14 |
| Sertraline | 113 | $1,680 | $15 |
| Gabapentin | 95 | $1,241 | $13 |
| Duloxetine | 66 | $1,218 | $18 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl Er | 59 | $1,090 | $18 |
| Fluoxetine | 87 | $1,063 | $12 |
| Quetiapine | 80 | $1,028 | $13 |
| Bupropion Hcl Sr | 43 | $895 | $21 |
| Mirtazapine | 60 | $843 | $14 |
| Divalproex | 18 | $727 | $40 |
| Lamotrigine | 42 | $639 | $15 |
| Buspirone | 55 | $639 | $12 |
| Doxepin | 22 | $615 | $28 |
| Dextroamphetamine-Amphet Er | 17 | $529 | $31 |
| Lorazepam | 73 | $489 | $7 |
| Dextroamphetamine-Amphetamine | 16 | $489 | $31 |
| Divalproex Sodium Er | 15 | $447 | $30 |
| Risperidone | 28 | $375 | $13 |
| Escitalopram | 24 | $370 | $15 |
| Alprazolam | 43 | $291 | $7 |
| Paroxetine | 23 | $259 | $11 |
| Aripiprazole | 25 | $253 | $10 |
| Citalopram Hbr | 21 | $236 | $11 |
| Clonazepam | 27 | $227 | $8 |
| Methylphenidate | 11 | $220 | $20 |
| Temazepam | 15 | $211 | $14 |
| Olanzapine | 17 | $208 | $12 |
| Eszopiclone | 14 | $175 | $13 |
| Hydroxyzine | 18 | $147 | $8 |
| Zolpidem | 17 | $110 | $6 |
2022: 27 drugs
| Bupropion Xl | 45 | $1,437 | $32 |
| Mirtazapine | 54 | $1,359 | $25 |
| Trazodone | 95 | $1,350 | $14 |
| Fluoxetine | 95 | $1,168 | $12 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl Er | 58 | $1,085 | $19 |
| Gabapentin | 85 | $1,058 | $12 |
| Sertraline | 74 | $1,048 | $14 |
| Divalproex Sodium Er | 24 | $930 | $39 |
| Duloxetine | 40 | $785 | $20 |
| Lamotrigine | 50 | $753 | $15 |
| Desvenlafaxine Succinate Er | 12 | $682 | $57 |
| Quetiapine | 55 | $642 | $12 |
| Dextroamphetamine-Amphetamine | 15 | $574 | $38 |
| Doxepin | 22 | $554 | $25 |
| Escitalopram | 36 | $546 | $15 |
| Lorazepam | 59 | $474 | $8 |
| Bupropion Hcl Sr | 21 | $432 | $21 |
| Buspirone | 37 | $406 | $11 |
| Risperidone | 23 | $402 | $17 |
| Alprazolam | 47 | $363 | $8 |
| Clonazepam | 38 | $288 | $8 |
| Citalopram Hbr | 21 | $254 | $12 |
| Propranolol | 15 | $233 | $16 |
| Olanzapine | 12 | $217 | $18 |
| Temazepam | 17 | $195 | $11 |
| Paroxetine | 13 | $160 | $12 |
| Aripiprazole | 12 | $111 | $9 |
2021: 8 drugs
| Bupropion Xl | 13 | $1,272 | $98 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl Er | 13 | $423 | $33 |
| Gabapentin | 27 | $358 | $13 |
| Sertraline | 14 | $244 | $17 |
| Trazodone | 17 | $228 | $13 |
| Buspirone | 14 | $185 | $13 |
| Fluoxetine | 12 | $143 | $12 |
| Lorazepam | 14 | $125 | $9 |
2020: 1 drug
| Clozapine | 11 | $2,116 | $192 |
2019: 4 drugs
| Quetiapine | 17 | $352 | $21 |
| Prazosin | 15 | $239 | $16 |
| Gabapentin | 13 | $224 | $17 |
| Fluoxetine | 11 | $81 | $7 |
Money from drug and device companies
$8 in 2025
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Neuronetics | Neurostar Tms Therapy System | $8 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Neuronetics | Meals · 2025-05-21 | Neurostar Tms Therapy System | $8 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1336522044
- Licence
- IL 125067449
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Taxonomy
- Psychiatry (2084P0800X)
- Mailing address
- 780 Shadowridege Drive, Vista, CA, 92083
- NPI first listed
- 2015-06-30
- NPI last updated
- 2021-12-27
- NPI record certified
- 2021-12-27
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
This office lists an electronic records connection.