Cheerag Upadhyaya in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Medical School: University Of Florida College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2001
The Primary Medical Specialty for Cheerag Upadhyaya is listed as: Neurosurgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 24
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3971629312
NPI #: 1720101827
NPI Created On: 04/06/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/16/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207T00000X
License Number:
MD60167548
Listed Gender: Female

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Forms of insurance accepted by include, but are not limited to:

• Humana
• Medica Insurance Company
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Fusion of upper spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach
2. Fusion of lower spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach
3. Fusion of spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach
4. Insertion of posterior spinal instrumentation at base of neck for stabilization, 1 interspace
5. Insertion of posterior spinal instrumentation for spinal stabilization, 3 to 6 vertebral segments
6. Computer-assisted spinal procedure
7. Partial removal of middle spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
8. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
12. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
13. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion

They took part in Medicare's Electronic Health Record Incentive Program which was designed to help move people over to electronic records and improve the systems that were already in place.
They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).