Vanitha A Sankaran, MD

Offices

1 location

Plans that list them

8 plans · 2 carriers

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician

Central Health Classic Care Plan III (HMO)	Central Health Medicare Plan	Listed	Aug 15, 2026
Central Health Dual Access Plan (HMO D-SNP)	Central Health Medicare Plan	Listed	Aug 15, 2026
Central Health Embrace Choice Plan (HMO C-SNP)	Central Health Medicare Plan	Listed	Aug 15, 2026
Central Health Valor Care Plan (HMO)	Central Health Medicare Plan	Listed	Aug 15, 2026
SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP)	SCAN Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
SCAN Classic (HMO)	SCAN Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
SCAN MyChoice (HMO)	SCAN Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP)	SCAN Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A106538 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2009 · expires 2028-05-31 · Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, P.S.G. Institute of Medical Sciences.

No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$13,559

Pharmacies billed $13,559 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 253) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical psychiatry & neurology clinician is at 0%.

239 generic and 14 brand-name prescriptions · $13,559 in drug cost · 22 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.

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Largest Part D drug costs

Olanzapine	21	$405	$19
Quetiapine	17	$195	$11
Risperidone	19	$139	$7
Gabapentin	13	$129	$10
Trazodone	17	$118	$7

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Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed

Olanzapine	21	$405	$19
Quetiapine	17	$195	$11
Risperidone	19	$139	$7
Gabapentin	13	$129	$10
Trazodone	17	$118	$7
Sertraline	13	$45	$3

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Part D prescribing by year

2024	253	59	0% (0)	6%	$13,559
2023	224	61	0% (0)	5%	$7,506
2022	343	67	0% (0)	6%	$34,415
2021	338	66	0% (0)	None	$60,545
2020	398	82	0% (0)	8%	$38,690
2019	493	78	0% (0)	6%	$38,794
2018	617	60	None	6%	$41,809
2017	631	61	0% (0)	10%	$30,233
2016	607	45	None	15%	$49,980
2015	340	26	0% (0)	20%	$40,963
2014	199	16	0% (0)	38%	$23,526
2013	59	None	0% (0)	37%	$2,275

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

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2023: 5 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2023

Olanzapine	19	$548	$29
Lithium Carbonate	13	$331	$25
Gabapentin	13	$177	$14
Quetiapine	12	$87	$7
Sertraline	11	$61	$6

2022: 9 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2022

Aripiprazole	20	$1,171	$59
Risperidone	20	$447	$22
Olanzapine	24	$406	$17
Venlafaxine Hcl Er	11	$329	$30
Lithium Carbonate	17	$246	$14
Gabapentin	19	$228	$12
Trazodone	17	$178	$10
Quetiapine	11	$125	$11
Atorvastatin	11	$104	$9

2021: 9 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2021

Latuda	12	$22,192	$1,849
Duloxetine	18	$801	$45
Olanzapine	38	$791	$21
Aripiprazole	15	$477	$32
Divalproex	11	$249	$23
Trazodone	19	$190	$10
Lithium Carbonate	13	$176	$14
Risperidone	16	$156	$10
Gabapentin	14	$99	$7

2020: 11 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2020

Invega Sustenna	11	$22,223	$2,020
Aripiprazole	22	$1,859	$84
Olanzapine	42	$511	$12
Quetiapine	31	$498	$16
Haloperidol	11	$441	$40
Divalproex	17	$326	$19
Sertraline	28	$146	$5
Hydroxyzine Pamoate	14	$131	$9
Gabapentin	11	$125	$11
Trazodone	23	$124	$5
Risperidone	15	$85	$6

2019: 16 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2019

Invega Sustenna	11	$18,626	$1,693
Aripiprazole	23	$1,337	$58
Olanzapine	35	$700	$20
Risperidone	44	$573	$13
Haloperidol Decanoate	13	$504	$39
Haloperidol	11	$391	$36
Escitalopram	17	$333	$20
Quetiapine	31	$318	$10
Benztropine Mesylate	24	$316	$13
Trazodone	31	$225	$7
Sertraline	29	$189	$7
Duloxetine	16	$181	$11
Buspirone	13	$154	$12
Hydroxyzine	11	$102	$9
Hydroxyzine Pamoate	11	$101	$9
Venlafaxine Hcl Er	11	$71	$6

2018: 22 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2018

Latuda	15	$17,491	$1,166
Chlorpromazine	13	$6,134	$472
Aripiprazole	27	$1,956	$72
Mirtazapine	28	$774	$28
Risperidone	63	$747	$12
Duloxetine	33	$668	$20
Olanzapine	29	$493	$17
Buspirone	27	$455	$17
Ziprasidone	15	$419	$28
Quetiapine	30	$388	$13
Trazodone	46	$269	$6
Sertraline	49	$265	$5
Escitalopram	13	$239	$18
Bupropion Xl	13	$226	$17
Lithium Carbonate Er	11	$190	$17
Benztropine Mesylate	15	$159	$11
Bupropion Hcl Sr	13	$156	$12
Venlafaxine Hcl Er	26	$146	$6
Gabapentin	13	$145	$11
Fluoxetine	13	$105	$8
Clonazepam	21	$82	$4
Paroxetine	13	$31	$2

2017: 18 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2017

Aripiprazole	23	$2,807	$122
Duloxetine	28	$1,122	$40
Buspirone	22	$914	$42
Risperidone	94	$740	$8
Lithium Carbonate Er	28	$420	$15
Quetiapine	31	$418	$13
Bupropion Xl	16	$392	$25
Fluoxetine	18	$392	$22
Olanzapine	19	$349	$18
Mirtazapine	31	$328	$11
Trazodone	50	$305	$6
Benztropine Mesylate	19	$271	$14
Sertraline	33	$224	$7
Paroxetine	14	$210	$15
Gabapentin	15	$173	$12
Escitalopram	20	$148	$7
Clonazepam	29	$109	$4
Citalopram Hbr	12	$40	$3

2016: 18 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2016

Invega Sustenna	32	$33,658	$1,052
Clozapine	18	$1,510	$84
Fluoxetine	15	$1,479	$99
Duloxetine	21	$1,211	$58
Buspirone	17	$936	$55
Divalproex	15	$662	$44
Lithium Carbonate Er	29	$649	$22
Risperidone	98	$646	$7
Bupropion Xl	22	$589	$27
Trazodone	57	$386	$7
Mirtazapine	28	$331	$12
Sertraline	34	$282	$8
Clonazepam	26	$274	$11
Quetiapine	25	$264	$11
Benztropine Mesylate	23	$244	$11
Bupropion Hcl Sr	17	$229	$13
Gabapentin	15	$152	$10
Paroxetine	14	$92	$7

2015: 13 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2015

Invega Sustenna	14	$22,093	$1,578
Duloxetine	11	$2,337	$212
Divalproex	17	$549	$32
Trazodone	38	$442	$12
Lithium Carbonate Er	18	$417	$23
Risperidone	58	$373	$6
Bupropion Xl	13	$288	$22
Benztropine Mesylate	27	$260	$10
Sertraline	28	$237	$8
Clonazepam	28	$198	$7
Mirtazapine	12	$193	$16
Quetiapine	15	$179	$12
Escitalopram	12	$54	$5

2014: 6 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2014

Invega	13	$6,925	$533
Trazodone	20	$1,001	$50
Risperidone	22	$311	$14
Sertraline	15	$167	$11
Clonazepam	13	$141	$11
Benztropine Mesylate	16	$117	$7

Money from drug and device companies

$641 in 2019

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Payments by company

Neurocrine Biosciences	Ingrezza	$250	2 payments Meals for Ingrezza · 2019-10-03 · $125 Meals for Ingrezza · 2019-03-06 · $125
Alkermes	Aristada	$141	3 payments Meals for Vivitrol · 2019-05-20 · $8 Meals for Vivitrol · 2019-05-19 · $8 Meals for Aristada · 2019-03-26 · $125
Janssen Pharmaceuticals	None	$125	1 payment Meals · 2019-10-10 · $125
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals	Latuda	$125	1 payment Meals for Latuda · 2019-08-29 · $125

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Every published payment

Janssen Pharmaceuticals	Meals · 2019-10-10	None	$125
Neurocrine Biosciences	Meals · 2019-10-03	Ingrezza	$125
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals	Meals · 2019-08-29	Latuda	$125
Alkermes	Meals · 2019-05-20	Vivitrol	$8
Alkermes	Meals · 2019-05-19	Vivitrol	$8
Alkermes	Meals · 2019-03-26	Aristada	$125
Neurocrine Biosciences	Meals · 2019-03-06	Ingrezza	$125

Professional record

NPI: 1720137391
Licence: CA A106538California A106538: Current · expires 2028-05-31

More record details

Sole proprietor: Yes
Taxonomy: Psychiatry (2084P0800X)
Mailing address: 7381 Rainbow Dr, Cupertino, CA, 95014
NPI first listed: 2007-01-10
NPI last updated: 2013-07-12

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