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Ghazal Salmasi, MD

Hematology/Oncology · Stanford

NPI 1013327493

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17 of 17 plans

Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Harmony (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health the ONE (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Classic (HMO)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN MyChoice (HMO)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)Santa Clara Family Health PlanListedSep 1, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A130097 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2014 · expires 2028-04-30 · Mcmaster University School of Medicine.

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

Hospitals they work in

1 hospital

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

  • Stanford Health CareStanford, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsHome of Stanford Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 83% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.317, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.446, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.241, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 5 the same, 4 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Stanford Health Care
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.317BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.446BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.241BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.86 (0.72 to 1)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.1 · 192 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.4 · 146 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths9.7 · 253 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths6.3 · 880 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 935 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths8.7 · 501 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.1 · 7,730 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.6 · 416 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.869No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.857No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.368No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.2 · 247 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.5 · 1,021 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits47.8 · 258 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-1.6 · 990 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits20.8 · 976 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.5 · 959 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.1 · 425 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits9.6 · 158 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.6 · 183 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care
Room was "always" clean75%
Nurses "always" communicated well82%
Doctors "always" communicated well81%
Staff "always" explained63%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge89%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)79%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects50%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$51,964

Medicare paid this office $51,964 for 218 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

Largest Original Medicare bills
Long return visit (40+ min)60$12,840$151
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes57$11,293$105
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes69$11,281$155
New patient visit (60+ min)32$6,177$193
Return visit (30+ min)33$4,390$119
See all 6 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Long return visit (40+ min)60$12,840$151
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes57$11,293$105
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes69$11,281$155
New patient visit (60+ min)32$6,177$193
Return visit (30+ min)33$4,390$119
Long return visit (40+ min)22$3,526$118

Who their Medicare patients are

218 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 70 · Under 65 19% · 85 and older 10% · Women 43% · Also on Medicaid 35% · Health risk score 2.63. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical hematology-oncology clinician is at 2.04.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 43% · Coronary heart disease 41% · Diabetes 37% · Heart failure 36% · Atrial fibrillation 30% · Depression 25% · COPD 18% · Cancer 17% · Stroke 16% · Dementia 14%.

The office billed $255,166, Medicare allowed $69,260 and paid $51,964; for 397 services of 11 kinds.

Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.

Year by year

Original Medicare by year
2024218397702.63$255,166$51,964
2023158359722.99$216,140$42,181
2022146290722.81$181,289$28,952
2021143336682.88$232,589$35,122
202089173683.16$118,634$15,840
201970123702.48$79,098$12,184
201816816,467712.54$767,875$186,430
201715074,141742.20$2,965,506$759,625
201615826,438732.03$1,318,202$367,695
201515123,882721.88$742,242$194,914
201410710,717731.73$270,229$88,818

Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.

See the services billed each year

2023: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Long return visit (40+ min)73$18,193$124
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes48$7,792$159
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes35$6,545$109
New patient visit (60+ min)40$6,477$162
Return visit (30+ min)14$1,257$84
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or18$808$26

2022: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Long return visit (40+ min)61$10,987$122
New patient visit (60+ min)43$6,778$158
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes24$4,437$177
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or33$1,971$29
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes13$1,653$92
Return visit (30+ min)12$1,037$65

2021: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Long return visit (40+ min)46$11,490$129
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes33$5,540$92
New patient visit (60+ min)31$5,156$166
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes28$5,011$179
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes15$2,061$121
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or27$1,537$29
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes15$1,338$89

2020: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes24$3,232$95
Long return visit (40+ min)23$2,809$91
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes12$2,472$190
New patient visit (60+ min)16$1,550$97
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes11$1,501$65
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes15$1,364$91
Return visit (30+ min)15$1,359$72

2019: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes22$2,889$93
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes27$2,425$90
New patient visit (60+ min)15$2,257$150
Long return visit (40+ min)12$1,596$100

2018: 13 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Return visit (30+ min)58$7,399$72
New patient visit (60+ min)24$3,576$149
Long return visit (40+ min)20$3,469$108
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes21$3,309$92
New patient visit (60+ min)20$2,827$141
Short return visit (20+ min)31$2,395$54
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes13$2,315$178
Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, 1 hour or less12$2,065$65
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes22$1,956$89
Long return visit (40+ min)12$1,580$99
Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test and automated differential white blood cell count52$1,147$9
Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle13$497$15
Infusion, normal saline solution, 250 cc14$19None

2017: 21 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Return visit (30+ min)106$34,638$84
Administration of chemotherapy into vein, 1 hour or less16$17,373$119
Injection, ferric carboxymaltose, 1 mg12$16,181None
Injection, palonosetron hcl, 25 mcg14$11,219None
Long return visit (40+ min)27$9,023$116
Short return visit (20+ min)59$7,032$55
New patient visit (60+ min)41$6,483$158
Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test and automated differential white blood cell count114$6,155$10
Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, additional sequential infusion, 1 hour or less15$5,787$26
Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, 1 hour or less18$4,939$60
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes13$3,470$165
Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle24$2,815$22
Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis concurrent with another infusion15$1,783$17
Injection of additional new drug or substance into vein13$1,535$19
Office for the evaluation and management of established patient that may not require presence of healthcare professional14$720$16
Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg15$225None
Infusion, normal saline solution, 250 cc29$146None
Infusion, normal saline solution, sterile (500 ml = 1 unit)13$98None
Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample18$65$3
Injection, diphenhydramine hcl, up to 50 mg11$48None
5% dextrose/water (500 ml = 1 unit)11$39None

2016: 10 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Return visit (30+ min)83$20,566$81
Administration of chemotherapy into vein, 1 hour or less12$8,811$114
New patient visit (60+ min)49$7,360$150
Short return visit (20+ min)68$6,456$53
Long return visit (40+ min)22$4,653$116
Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test and automated differential white blood cell count132$4,022$10
Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle11$1,145$21
Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, 1 hour or less12$1,046$52
Infusion, normal saline solution, 250 cc23$61None
Infusion, normal saline solution, sterile (500 ml = 1 unit)12$38None

2015: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Return visit (30+ min)71$11,883$82
Short return visit (20+ min)83$8,799$55
New patient visit (60+ min)53$8,408$159
Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test and automated differential white blood cell count128$3,672$10
Long return visit (40+ min)24$3,353$112
Infusion, normal saline solution, 250 cc18$40None

2014: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
New patient visit (60+ min)55$8,914$162
Short return visit (20+ min)64$8,042$58
Return visit (30+ min)25$4,128$88
Long return visit (40+ min)22$2,703$118
Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test and automated differential white blood cell count94$2,551$10

Medicaid work

$731 in 2024

Medicaid paid $731 for 18 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 12 people in a month for one service.

Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.

Largest Medicaid services in 2024
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES18$731
Medicaid work by year
202418112$731
2018161320$4,461
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2018

Largest Medicaid services in 2018
Return visit (30+ min)43$3,992
Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count104$470
Radiologic examination, chest; single view14$0

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$174,449

Pharmacies billed $174,449 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 37) in 2024. Too few prescriptions to compare fairly with other clinicians.

16 generic and 21 brand-name prescriptions · $174,449 in drug cost.

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.

Largest Part D drug costs
Eliquis12$17,905$1,492

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
202437150% (0)57%$174,449
202351180% (0)67%$173,583
202265180% (0)48%$22,899
202131140% (0)39%$8,495
201925None0% (0)56%$18,778
201814630None51%$232,146
201721038None36%$357,213
201610125None29%$99,550
20155724NoneNone$37,358
20144516NoneNone$17,816

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Eliquis17$18,536$1,090

2022: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Eliquis26$14,244$548
Hydroxyurea22$1,429$65

2018: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Jakafi14$94,935$6,781
Pradaxa23$9,341$406
Xarelto16$8,032$502
Hydroxyurea21$1,109$53

2017: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Jakafi19$133,257$7,014
Pradaxa16$6,801$425
Enoxaparin24$1,367$57
Hydroxyurea27$1,296$48
Prochlorperazine Maleate11$70$6

2016: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Pradaxa12$6,007$501
Hydroxyurea21$835$40

2015: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Hydroxyurea15$416$28

2014: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Hydroxyurea11$359$33

Money from drug and device companies

$125 in 2021

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
Alexion PharmaceuticalsNone$125
1 payment
  • Meals · 2021-09-15 · $125
See the published payment
Every published payment
Alexion PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2021-09-15None$125

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
76.5 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI
1013327493
Licence
CA A130097California A130097: Current · expires 2028-04-30
Video visits
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Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207RH0000X (207RH0000X); Internal medicine (207R00000X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2014-05-06
NPI last updated
2024-04-16
NPI record certified
2024-04-16

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

Extra NPI addresses: 1669 Dominican Way, Santa Cruz, CA, 95065