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Dr. Rupa Bala, MD

(Dr. Rupa Bala, MD)

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Specializes in: Cardiac Electrophysiology (Heart Rhythm) and Adult Cardiology

801 E Dixie Avenue
Leesburg, FL 34748

(352) 315-0627

Dr. Rupa Bala, MD is a cardiac electrophysiologist in Providence, RI specializing in cardiac electrophysiology (heart rhythm) and adult cardiology.

Office Locations

208 Collyer Street Suite 100
Providence, RI 02904

(401) 793-7191

(401) 228-0073

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308 W Highland Boulevard
Inverness, FL 34452

(352) 726-8353

(352) 726-5038

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5575 E Sr 44
Wildwood, FL 34785

(352) 571-4418

(352) 661-3905

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593 Eddy Street
Providence, RI 02903

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800 Rose Street
Lexington, KY 40536

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801 E Dixie Avenue
Leesburg, FL 34748

(352) 315-0627

(352) 315-1012

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In The News

“Cardiologist Rupa Bala, MD, was awarded $4 million in damages after a jury found she was discriminated against by Oregon Health and Science University for speaking out against inadequate patient...”—"'Psychotic Break' in Doc's Tesla Cliff Crash? Doc Wins $4M in Discrimination Case", MedPage Today, May 2024

“Dr. Rupa Bala, a cardiac electrophysiologist, has accused Joaquin Cigarroa, the university and its chief of electrophysiology, Charles Henrikson, of violating her civil rights on the basis of...”—"Oregon's only heart transplant program now stopped indefinitely", Oregonlive , September 2018

“Dr. Rupa Bala, a cardiac electrophysiologist who left the Portland hospital in 2017, contends she was subjected to sexual and racial discrimination by the hospital and two of its executives over...”—"OHSU sued by former cardiologist on claims of sex discrimination", Oregonlive , August 2018

Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD in 2023

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

Top 10%

By Affordability:

cardioversion

elective cardioversion

elective external cardioversion

external cardioversion

In 2023, Dr. Rupa Bala, MD had a list price for cardioversion, elective cardioversion, elective external cardioversion, and external cardioversion that was lower than the list prices billed to Medicare by 90% of providers in related specialties within Rhode Island. 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 Affordability:

Afib catheter ablation

cardiac ablation

cardiac catheter ablation

cardiac electrophysiological study

catheter ablation

electrophysiological study

electrophysiological study and catheter ablation

hospital care

inpatient care

inpatient hospital care

pulmonary vein isolation

supraventricular tachycardia ablation

In 2012, Dr. Rupa Bala, MD had a list price for Afib catheter ablation, cardiac ablation, cardiac catheter ablation, cardiac electrophysiological study, catheter ablation, electrophysiological (EP) study, electrophysiological study and catheter ablation, hospital care, inpatient care, inpatient hospital care (for patient admitted to hospital), pulmonary vein isolation (PVI), and supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) ablation that was lower than the list prices billed to Medicare by 75% of providers in related specialties within Rhode Island. 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.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Rupa Bala, MD treated as a cardiac electrophysiologist in Providence, RI during 2012 were hospital care, inpatient care, cardioversion and cardiac procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD for Medicare patients.

cardiac procedures	26
cardioversion	35
diagnostic procedures	14
doctor visit	131
hospital care	126
implant surgery	12
inpatient care	126
minimally invasive procedures	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Rupa Bala, MD treated as a cardiac electrophysiologist in Providence, RI during 2013 were hospital care, inpatient care, cardioversion and ultrasound (sonogram).

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD for Medicare patients.

cardiac procedures	12
cardioversion	21
doctor visit	115
hospital care	121
inpatient care	121
minimally invasive procedures	12
ultrasound (sonogram)	12

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD.

**Gender**
Male	1647
Female	1227

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	2038
Black	672
Hispanic	63
Asian	58
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	1159
From 75 to 84	742
85 and over	299
Less than 65	674

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	71
Stroke	16
Ischemic Heart Disease	71
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	57
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	40
Heart Failure	60
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	27
Diabetes	46
Dementia	15
Cancer	19

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Rupa Bala, MD treated as a cardiac electrophysiologist in Providence, RI during 2014 were hospital care, inpatient care and cardioversion.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD for Medicare patients.

cardioversion	18
doctor visit	63
hospital care	54
inpatient care	54

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD.

**Gender**
Male	683
Female	519

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	817
Black	297
Hispanic	28
Asian	28
Other	32
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	489
From 75 to 84	301
85 and over	121
Less than 65	291

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	70
Stroke	17
Ischemic Heart Disease	70
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	57
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	41
Heart Failure	62
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	32
Diabetes	46
Dementia	15
Cancer	20

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Rupa Bala, MD treated as a cardiac electrophysiologist in Providence, RI during 2015 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	80
hospital care	74
inpatient care	74

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD.

**Gender**
Male	2504
Female	2364

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	4252
Black	134
Hispanic	176
Asian	122
Other	94
Native American	90

**Age**
From 65 to 74	1964
From 75 to 84	1092
85 and over	458
Less than 65	1354

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD in 2015

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	49
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	43
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	41
Asthma	17
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	22
Heart Failure	31
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	33
Dementia	12
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Rupa Bala, MD treated as a cardiac electrophysiologist in Providence, RI during 2016 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	61
hospital care	81
inpatient care	81

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD.

**Gender**
Male	869
Female	748

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	1405
Black	38
Hispanic	48
Asian	58
Other	43
Native American	25

**Age**
From 65 to 74	694
From 75 to 84	381
85 and over	140
Less than 65	402

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD in 2016

Hypertension	73
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	48
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	45
Asthma	25
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	26
Heart Failure	35
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	21
Diabetes	34
Dementia	16
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Rupa Bala, MD treated as a cardiac electrophysiologist in Providence, RI during 2017 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD for Medicare patients.

hospital care	37
inpatient care	37

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD.

**Gender**
Male	99
Female	79

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	159
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	75
From 75 to 84	46
85 and over	15
Less than 65	42

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	49
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	49
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	54
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	33
Heart Failure	47
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	38
Dementia	22
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	35

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD.

**Gender**
Male	73
Female	39

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	94
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	47
From 75 to 84	39
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	70
Stroke	14
Ischemic Heart Disease	74
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	59
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	58
Heart Failure	62
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	25
Diabetes	37
Dementia	14
Cancer	24

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	93

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD.

**Gender**
Male	93
Female	65

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	132
Black	0
Hispanic	11
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	62
From 75 to 84	57
85 and over	23
Less than 65	16

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	68
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	65
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	53
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	49
Heart Failure	51
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	22
Diabetes	28
Dementia	15
Cancer	17

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Rupa Bala, MD treated as a cardiac electrophysiologist in Providence, RI during 2021 were minimally invasive procedures, hospital care, inpatient care and cardiac procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD for Medicare patients.

ablation	11
cardiac procedures	23
catheterization	11
diagnostic procedures	11
doctor visit	138
hospital care	30
inpatient care	30
minimally invasive procedures	34
ultrasound (sonogram)	12

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD.

**Gender**
Male	207
Female	147

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	334
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	118
From 75 to 84	120
85 and over	94
Less than 65	22

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	69
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	59
Depression	14
Chronic Kidney Disease	44
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	47
Heart Failure	50
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	34
Dementia	12
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	76

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD.

**Gender**
Male	105
Female	69

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	163
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	61
From 75 to 84	68
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	13
Ischemic Heart Disease	51
Depression	19
Chronic Kidney Disease	33
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	68
Heart Failure	51
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	35
Dementia	0
Cancer	21

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Rupa Bala, MD treated as a cardiac electrophysiologist in Providence, RI were hospital care, inpatient care, cardioversion and cardiac procedures.

ablation	11
cardiac procedures	20
cardioversion	24
catheterization	11
diagnostic procedures	12
doctor visit	88
hospital care	74
implant surgery	12
inpatient care	74
minimally invasive procedures	19
ultrasound (sonogram)	12

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD.

**Gender**
Female	525
Male	628

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	114
Asian / Pacific Islander	26
Non-Hispanic White	939
Native American / Alaskan Native	11
Hispanic	32
Other	16

**Age**
85 and over	115
75 to 84	284
Less than 65	280
65 to 74	466

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

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Rupa Bala, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and heart failure.

Hypertension	66
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	53
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	44
Asthma	9
Osteoporosis	8
Heart Failure	44
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	33
Atrial Fibrillation	38
Dementia	12
Cancer	15

Education & Training

She has a state license in Rhode Island.

Licensed In: Rhode Island

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
Medtronic Vascular, Inc.	$36,582 Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy - CRT $12,774	Patient Management - Data Connectivity Solutions $3,437	Ablation $1,457	EnTrust $82	$18,832
Lundbeck LLC	$6,576 NORTHERA $6,576
Boston Scientific Corporation	$580 WATCHMAN FLX $168	RHYTHMIA $120	TACHY GENERATOR $106	WATCHMAN $46	Tachy System $18	Other $122
Pfizer Inc.	$280 VYNDAQEL $155	$125
Biosense Webster, Inc.	$219 Carto 3 System $96	Carto 3 $86	Ablation Catheters#Accessories $37
Other	$642 Assurity Pacemaker $214	Micra $95	LEQVIO $59	JARDIANCE $32	BRILINTA $30	Other $211

**Types of Payments**
Consulting Fee	$29,250
Travel and Lodging	$9,836
Food and Beverage	$3,393
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program	$2,400

Biography

Dr. Rupa Bala is an adult cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology (heart rhythm) specialist. She is a graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine.

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Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD in 2023

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2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

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Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD in 2013

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2014 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD in 2014

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2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

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2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD in 2017

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2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD in 2018

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2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD in 2019

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2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD in 2021

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2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Rupa Bala, MD in 2022

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

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

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General Payments

Biography

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