
Highlights
Age Groups Seen
- Infants and Toddlers
- Children 2-4
- Children 5 and up
- Teens
Languages
- English
Gender
MaleAbout Varun Kumar Bhalla
Varun K. Bhalla, MD, received his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia and completed his residency in general surgery at Augusta University Medical Center, both in Augusta, Georgia. He completed a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in Saint Petersburg, Florida, and a fellowship in pediatric surgical critical care at Children’s National Health System in Washington, D.C. Dr. Bhalla is board certified in general surgery, surgical critical care, and pediatric surgery.
In The News
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Locations
- Prisma Health Pediatric Surgery – Columbia
- 9 Richland Medical Park Drive, Suite 500, Columbia, SC 29203
- Get Directions
- phone: 803-434-4555
- fax: 803-434-4599
Expertise
Education
- Professional School: Vanderbilt School of Engineering
- Medical School: Medical College Of Georgia
- Fellowship: All Children's Hospital, Pediatric Surgery
- Residency: Medical College of Georgia, Surgery (General Surgery)
- Fellowship: Children's National Hospital, Surgical Critical Care
Board Certifications
- Surgical Critical Care: American Board of Surgery
- Pediatric Surgery: American Board of Surgery
Insurance
- Absolute Total Care - Ambetter
- Absolute Total Care (Centene)
- Aetna
- Aetna Medicare
- Allwell Medicare - Absolute Total Care
- BCBS
- BCBS Blue Essentials
- BCBS PPC
- BCBSSC Blue Reedy Exchange Product (Upstate)
- BCBSSC State Health Plan (PEBA)
- BlueChoice Health Plan
- BlueChoice Medicaid - Healthy Blue
- BlueChoiceMyChoice Advantage
- Carelon Behavioral Health
- Cigna
- Cigna Medicare
- Companion Benefit Alternatives
- CorVel Workers Compensation
- Evernorth Behavioral Health
- FirstHealth (Aetna)
- Healthy Connections
- Humana - Healthy Horizons
- Humana Choice Care
- Humana Medicare
- Liberty Advantage
- Logistics Health
- Magellan
- MedCost
- Medicare (Traditional Fee-for-Service)
- Molina
- Molina Medicaid
- Multiplan/PHCS
- NHC Advantage
- Optum Behavioral Health
- Promise Health Plan
- SC Medicaid Healthy Connections
- Select Health Medicare
- Select Heath (First Choice)
- Spectera
- TriCare
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network - VACCN
- Wellcare (Centene)
Ratings & Reviews
4.6 out of 5
81 ratings, 9 reviewsThe Patient Satisfaction Rating is derived from patient surveys based on the likelihood to recommend this provider’s office.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/11/2026
No improvement needed. Dr. Bhalla and all of his staff are amazing.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/19/2025
No notes, a truly wonderful experience!
- 2 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/1/2025
Take more time with the patient
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/18/2025
The staff was good to my child
- 3 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/4/2025
I would like more information on how surgery will be done and I wanted to discuss sutures as my daughter keeps getting reactions from vicryl ones
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/21/2025
You did well
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/21/2025
Nurses and doctors very friendly and helpful
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/17/2025
Nothing everything went well
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/4/2025
Did great