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Dr. Urath Suresh, MD

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Specializes in: Adult Nephrology

Calicut Medical College

Professional interests include: transplant procedures, kidney problems

1932 Alcoa Highway Suite C460
Knoxville, TN 37920

(865) 546-9246

Dr. Urath Suresh, MD is a nephrologist in Knoxville, TN specializing in adult nephrology. He graduated from Calicut Medical College. Dr. Urath Suresh, MD is affiliated with University Physicians' Association, Inc. and The University of Tennessee Medical Center.

Office Locations

University Physicians' Association, Inc.

1932 Alcoa Highway Suite C460
Knoxville, TN 37920

(865) 546-9246

(865) 523-6466

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Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD in 2023

Click on any procedure below to see further details on volume and pricing among Medicare patients.

Top 5%

By Affordability:

hemodialysis

In 2023, Dr. Urath Suresh, MD had a list price for hemodialysis that was lower than the list prices billed to Medicare by 95% of providers in related specialties within Tennessee. Actual amounts paid by patients can vary widely depending on a number of factors, including insurance coverage. A lower list price, however, might mean lower fees when paying without insurance.

Top 25%

By Volume:

inpatient hospital care

In 2012, Dr. Urath Suresh, MD performed more inpatient hospital care (for patient admitted to hospital) procedures for Medicare patients than 75% of providers in related specialties within Tennessee.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Urath Suresh, MD treated as a nephrologist in Knoxville, TN during 2012 were hospital care, inpatient care and dialysis.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	422
doctor visit	590
hospital care	1472
inpatient care	1472

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Urath Suresh, MD treated as a nephrologist in Knoxville, TN during 2013 were hospital care, inpatient care and dialysis.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	465
doctor visit	601
hospital care	1228
inpatient care	1228

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD.

**Gender**
Male	377
Female	346

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	646
Black	60
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	240
From 75 to 84	159
85 and over	51
Less than 65	273

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	59
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	19
Heart Failure	50
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	28
Diabetes	61
Dementia	11
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Urath Suresh, MD treated as a nephrologist in Knoxville, TN during 2014 were hospital care, inpatient care and dialysis.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	489
doctor visit	551
hospital care	1107
inpatient care	1107

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD.

**Gender**
Male	372
Female	299

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	585
Black	69
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	238
From 75 to 84	154
85 and over	42
Less than 65	237

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	68
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	58
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	4
Atrial Fibrilation	20
Heart Failure	50
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	26
Diabetes	63
Dementia	13
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Urath Suresh, MD treated as a nephrologist in Knoxville, TN during 2015 were hospital care, inpatient care and dialysis.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	515
doctor visit	581
hospital care	1063
inpatient care	1063

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD.

**Gender**
Male	774
Female	634

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	1202
Black	166
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	462
From 75 to 84	318
85 and over	98
Less than 65	530

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	53
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	17
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	20
Heart Failure	48
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	26
Diabetes	58
Dementia	10
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Urath Suresh, MD treated as a nephrologist in Knoxville, TN during 2016 were hospital care, inpatient care and dialysis.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	464
doctor visit	679
hospital care	1417
inpatient care	1417

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD.

**Gender**
Male	399
Female	331

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	625
Black	82
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	256
From 75 to 84	155
85 and over	55
Less than 65	264

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	55
Depression	36
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	28
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	20
Heart Failure	51
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	27
Diabetes	59
Dementia	12
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Urath Suresh, MD treated as a nephrologist in Knoxville, TN during 2017 were hospital care, inpatient care, dialysis and outpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	278
doctor visit	696
hospital care	1483
inpatient care	1451
outpatient care	32

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD.

**Gender**
Male	409
Female	337

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	632
Black	90
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	254
From 75 to 84	171
85 and over	59
Less than 65	262

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	55
Depression	37
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	22
Heart Failure	49
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	24
Diabetes	59
Dementia	13
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Urath Suresh, MD treated as a nephrologist in Knoxville, TN during 2018 were hospital care, inpatient care, outpatient care and blood draw.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	15
doctor visit	721
hospital care	1976
inpatient care	1956
outpatient care	20

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD.

**Gender**
Male	370
Female	379

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	644
Black	84
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	275
From 75 to 84	181
85 and over	69
Less than 65	224

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	68
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	55
Depression	38
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	20
Heart Failure	54
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	28
Diabetes	58
Dementia	13
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Urath Suresh, MD treated as a nephrologist in Knoxville, TN during 2019 were hospital care, inpatient care and blood draw.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	36
doctor visit	696
hospital care	1638
inpatient care	1638

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD.

**Gender**
Male	360
Female	343

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	606
Black	76
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	257
From 75 to 84	174
85 and over	52
Less than 65	220

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	70
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	53
Depression	36
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	19
Heart Failure	52
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	26
Diabetes	58
Dementia	11
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Urath Suresh, MD treated as a nephrologist in Knoxville, TN during 2020 were hospital care, inpatient care and blood draw.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	135
doctor visit	726
hospital care	1407
inpatient care	1407

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD.

**Gender**
Male	344
Female	309

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	555
Black	69
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	16
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	248
From 75 to 84	173
85 and over	52
Less than 65	180

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	51
Depression	36
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	5
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	20
Heart Failure	48
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	24
Diabetes	59
Dementia	12
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Urath Suresh, MD treated as a nephrologist in Knoxville, TN during 2021 were hospital care, inpatient care, blood draw and chronic care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	241
chronic care	108
dialysis	62
doctor visit	799
hospital care	1371
inpatient care	1371

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD.

**Gender**
Male	337
Female	304

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	541
Black	61
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	21
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	265
From 75 to 84	172
85 and over	47
Less than 65	157

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	70
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	51
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	19
Heart Failure	50
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	24
Diabetes	56
Dementia	13
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Urath Suresh, MD treated as a nephrologist in Knoxville, TN during 2022 were hospital care, inpatient care, blood draw and chronic care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	231
chronic care	44
dialysis	42
doctor visit	766
hospital care	1064
inpatient care	1064

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD.

**Gender**
Male	348
Female	262

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	526
Black	52
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	21
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	255
From 75 to 84	192
85 and over	44
Less than 65	119

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	12
Ischemic Heart Disease	44
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	31
Heart Failure	43
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	24
Diabetes	54
Dementia	10
Cancer	19

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Urath Suresh, MD treated as a nephrologist in Knoxville, TN were hospital care, inpatient care, dialysis and blood draw.

blood draw	131
chronic care	76
dialysis	342
doctor visit	673
hospital care	1384
inpatient care	1379
outpatient care	26

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD.

**Gender**
Male	371
Female	322

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	73
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	596
Hispanic	0
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	5

**Age**
75 to 84	168
85 and over	51
Less than 65	224
65 to 74	250

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Urath Suresh, MD treated were chronic kidney disease, hypertension, high cholesterol and diabetes.

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	48
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	68
Asthma	9
Osteoporosis	5
Heart Failure	45
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	53
Atrial Fibrillation	19
Cancer	9
Dementia	10

Education & Training

Dr. Urath Suresh, MD graduated from Calicut Medical College. He completed residency at St. Francis Medical Center, Pittsburgh. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology and has a state license in Tennessee.

Medical School: Calicut Medical College

Residency: St. Francis Medical Center, Pittsburgh

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology

Licensed In: Tennessee

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Urath Suresh, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

University Physicians' Association, Inc.

The University of Tennessee Medical Center

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Urath Suresh, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Amgen Inc.	$1,574 Parsabiv $720	Sensipar $621	Tavneos $131	EPOGEN $103
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.	$991 ACTHAR $841	TERLIVAZ $150
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.	$915 SAMSCA $475	JYNARQUE $426	$13
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$879 ULTOMIRIS $337	SOLIRIS $326	$216
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP	$852 LOKELMA $572	FARXIGA $175	EVUSHELD $27	$78
Other	$7,963 ACTHAR $1,378	VELTASSA $790	Auryxia $719	Rayaldee $525	KRYSTEXXA $501	Other $4,051

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$12,469
Education	$704

Biography

Dr. Urath Suresh's medical specialty is adult nephrology. Dr. Suresh's clinical interests encompass kidney problems and transplant procedures. He attended Calicut Medical College for medical school and subsequently trained at St. Francis Medical Center, Pittsburgh for residency. He is affiliated with the University Physicians' Association, Inc. and The University of Tennessee Medical Center.