Skip to main content
UniHealth

Doctor search

Shelley M Marks, MD

General Surgery · Palo Alto

NPI 1043325285

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
3
3 carriers
Offices
3

Offices

3 locations · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group

Looking this up.

Hospitals listed: Sequoia Hospital. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plans that list them

3 plans · 3 carriers

A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Marks’s office to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.

3 of 3 plans

Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Alignment Health Sutter Advantage +More (HMO)Alignment 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 G81731 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 1995 · expires 2027-04-30 · Rosalind Franklin University, the Chicago Medical School. Board flags: Malpractice Judgment.

Public record actions

Actions the Medical Board of California publishes for this licence
2025-08-01Malpractice judgment$550,000 · Superior court of san mateo county, CA · 21-CIV-00461

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.

  • Sequoia HospitalRedwood City, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of CommonSpirit Health, which runs 145 hospitals in 19 statesPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 81% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 104.12 (51.8 to 156.44) · 56 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Sequoia Hospital

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 1 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 5 measures. Readmissions: 3 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 9 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Sequoia Hospital
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths104.12 (51.8 to 156.44) · 56 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.95 (0 to 1.98) · 472 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.91 (0.58 to 1.24)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.8 · 68 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths12.5 · 72 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths9.1 · 258 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths15.5 · 171 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths9.3 · 81 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.2 · 1,231 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.23 (0.01 to 0.44) · 3,018 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.23 (0.03 to 0.44) · 3,164 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths2.59 (0.47 to 4.71) · 1,402 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.47 (0.04 to 2.9) · 926 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths1.68 (0.21 to 3.16) · 1,310 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths9.54 (4.42 to 14.67) · 978 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths4.98 (1.61 to 8.36) · 924 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.69 (0.19 to 3.19) · 192 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.57 (0 to 1.43) · 2,501 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.5 · 332 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.702No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.853No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.2 · 67 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits22.3 · 295 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits-27.1 · 76 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-22.3 · 304 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits-4.6 · 178 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits17.3 · 180 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.1 · 305 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.9 · 41 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.7 · 29 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.1 (9.7 to 17.7) · 129 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.9 (0.7 to 1.2) · 713 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (631 patients answered, 27% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Sequoia Hospital
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness3
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Sequoia Hospital
Room was "always" clean78%
Nurses "always" communicated well80%
Doctors "always" communicated well82%
Staff "always" explained60%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information88%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge86%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully81%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect89%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)77%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully77%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night55%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital81%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects44%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms91%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$71,532

Medicare paid this office $71,532 for 189 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Repair of groin hernia (5 years or older)22$9,988$454
New patient visit (60+ min)43$8,416$196
New patient visit (45+ min)42$6,201$148
Removal of external hemorrhoids by rubber banding16$6,059$275
Return visit (30+ min)31$3,695$115
See all 9 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Repair of groin hernia (5 years or older)22$9,988$454
New patient visit (60+ min)43$8,416$196
New patient visit (45+ min)42$6,201$148
Removal of external hemorrhoids by rubber banding16$6,059$275
Return visit (30+ min)31$3,695$115
Long return visit (40+ min)15$2,540$169
Short return visit (20+ min)26$2,217$76
New patient visit (30+ min)22$2,165$98
Short return visit11$785$56

Procedures Medicare counted

Procedure volume Medicare published
Colonoscopy1-10None
Hernia repair - groin (open)27More than 98% of doctors who do this
Hernia repair (minimally invasive)1-10None

Who their Medicare patients are

189 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Women 48% · Health risk score 1.06. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical general surgery clinician is at 1.69.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 60% · Coronary heart disease 29% · Atrial fibrillation 20% · Cancer 19% · Diabetes 17% · Chronic kidney disease 17% · Depression 12% · Heart failure 10% · COPD 9%.

The office billed $300,358, Medicare allowed $93,171 and paid $71,532; for 331 services of 49 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
2024189331761.06$300,358$71,532
2023186357761.05$371,089$86,788
2022193393761.03$342,316$83,132
2021201417761.05$350,990$90,987
2020158363761.25$342,559$83,342
2019221440771.13$386,238$94,858
2018191366740.98$321,834$79,163
2017186351740.93$375,318$92,385
2016160316740.91$278,057$69,005
2015214450741.18$383,626$100,845
2014188395751.13$327,068$82,826
2013174348751.10$337,457$84,122

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: 10 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope20$11,186$559
Removal of external hemorrhoids by rubber banding19$10,720$298
Repair of groin hernia (5 years or older)16$8,402$494
New patient visit (45+ min)53$7,865$148
New patient visit (60+ min)33$6,577$199
Return visit (30+ min)35$4,862$119
Long return visit (40+ min)11$2,092$174
Short return visit (20+ min)20$2,079$87
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes13$1,765$118
New patient visit (30+ min)17$1,751$103

2022: 11 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Repair of groin hernia (5 years or older)20$8,930$446
Removal of external hemorrhoids by rubber banding18$8,874$296
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope12$6,248$521
New patient visit (60+ min)32$6,088$190
New patient visit (45+ min)44$5,952$135
Return visit (30+ min)33$4,696$115
Long return visit (40+ min)16$2,660$156
Short return visit (20+ min)26$2,481$80
New patient visit (30+ min)23$2,367$103
New patient visit (15+ min)12$872$73
Office for the evaluation and management of established patient that may not require presence of healthcare professional28$668$23

2021: 12 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope19$11,183$589
Repair of groin hernia (5 years or older)20$10,547$527
Removal of external hemorrhoids by rubber banding20$9,696$303
New patient visit (45+ min)48$7,248$151
New patient visit (60+ min)25$5,318$213
Short return visit (20+ min)40$3,999$85
Return visit (30+ min)31$3,349$108
New patient visit (30+ min)24$2,215$92
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes12$1,500$65
Short return visit14$848$50
New patient visit (15+ min)13$836$64
Office for the evaluation and management of established patient that may not require presence of healthcare professional13$303$22

2020: 12 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope16$8,722$545
Repair of groin hernia (5 years or older)13$6,558$504
Removal of external hemorrhoids by rubber banding11$4,754$280
New patient visit (45+ min)24$3,397$142
Return visit (30+ min)29$3,314$104
New patient visit (60+ min)15$2,681$179
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes15$2,055$66
Long return visit (40+ min)16$2,053$128
Short return visit (20+ min)26$2,015$67
New patient visit (15+ min)30$1,606$54
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes13$1,287$92
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes11$644$36

2019: 11 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope18$10,657$592
Removal of external hemorrhoids by rubber banding22$10,497$269
Repair of groin hernia (5 years or older)16$8,032$502
Return visit (30+ min)52$6,030$97
New patient visit (45+ min)42$5,843$139
New patient visit (60+ min)22$4,281$195
Short return visit (20+ min)38$3,520$66
Long return visit (40+ min)16$2,322$137
New patient visit (30+ min)24$2,030$85
New patient visit (15+ min)27$1,858$69
Diagnostic exam of anus using an endoscope15$1,468$92

2018: 11 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope18$10,132$563
Removal of external hemorrhoids by rubber banding18$8,386$262
New patient visit (60+ min)42$7,895$188
Repair of groin hernia (5 years or older)16$6,993$437
Return visit (30+ min)51$5,916$94
New patient visit (45+ min)35$4,978$142
Long return visit (40+ min)32$4,030$126
Short return visit (20+ min)21$1,931$60
New patient visit (30+ min)21$1,892$90
Diagnostic exam of anus using an endoscope15$1,110$74
New patient visit (15+ min)12$502$42

2017: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
New patient visit (60+ min)38$6,852$180
Repair of groin hernia (5 years or older)13$6,705$479
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope13$6,510$501
New patient visit (45+ min)37$5,052$137
Long return visit (40+ min)29$4,560$127
Return visit (30+ min)36$3,754$92
New patient visit (30+ min)31$2,655$86
Short return visit (20+ min)22$1,730$67
New patient visit (15+ min)11$640$58

2016: 10 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Repair of groin hernia (5 years or older)15$7,639$509
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope12$6,386$532
New patient visit (60+ min)33$5,941$180
Removal of external hemorrhoids by rubber banding12$5,603$255
Return visit (30+ min)40$5,417$93
New patient visit (45+ min)33$4,397$133
New patient visit (30+ min)28$2,601$93
Long return visit (40+ min)16$2,020$119
Short return visit (20+ min)21$1,824$61
Diagnostic exam of anus using an endoscope13$1,184$85

2015: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope18$10,331$574
Repair of groin hernia (5 years or older)16$7,919$495
Return visit (30+ min)64$7,411$98
New patient visit (60+ min)26$5,133$197
New patient visit (45+ min)35$5,090$145
New patient visit (30+ min)41$4,078$99
Short return visit (20+ min)24$2,495$67
Long return visit (40+ min)16$2,128$133
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes14$1,142$67

2014: 13 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Repair of groin hernia (5 years or older)19$8,634$454
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope13$7,298$561
Removal of external hemorrhoids by rubber banding12$5,537$252
Return visit (30+ min)46$5,112$95
New patient visit (45+ min)25$3,491$140
New patient visit (60+ min)19$3,449$182
New patient visit (30+ min)29$2,708$93
Short return visit (20+ min)30$2,248$68
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes11$2,158$180
Long return visit (40+ min)11$1,351$123
New patient visit (15+ min)22$1,328$60
Diagnostic exam of anus using an endoscope12$1,059$81
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes14$1,056$59

2013: 10 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope15$8,432$562
New patient visit (60+ min)25$4,494$180
New patient visit (45+ min)25$3,570$143
Return visit (30+ min)30$3,306$89
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes17$2,976$175
Long return visit (40+ min)14$1,989$133
New patient visit (30+ min)20$1,989$99
Short return visit (20+ min)22$1,610$62
New patient visit (15+ min)22$1,006$46
Short return visit19$962$38

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$288

Pharmacies billed $288 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

Opioids were 78% of their Part D prescriptions (43 of 55) in 2024. A higher opioid share than 9 in 10 peers; the typical general surgery clinician is at 34%.

55 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $288 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
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen40$192$5

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024554778% (43)0%$288
2023765661% (46)None$417
2022524262% (32)None$364
2021564775% (42)None$419
2020795852% (41)None$846
2019835455% (46)None$922
2018865657% (49)None$1,004
2017955151% (48)None$670
2016604150% (30)None$1,903
2015785233% (26)17%$3,311
2014674754% (36)None$807
2013804851% (41)None$934

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
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen45$194$4

2022: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen32$151$5

2021: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen42$300$7

2020: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen41$307$7

2019: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen46$321$7
Hydrocortisone13$67$5

2018: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen38$306$8

2017: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen31$178$6
Acetaminophen-Codeine16$72$5

2016: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Acetaminophen-Codeine24$153$6

2015: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Acetaminophen-Codeine23$166$7

2014: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen25$263$11

2013: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen40$232$6

Money from drug and device companies

$84 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202533None$84
202311None$13
202013None$46

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
DavolArista$51
1 payment
  • Meals for Arista · 2025-08-25 · $51
AngioDynamicsAngiovac$19
1 payment
  • Meals for Angiovac · 2025-09-18 · $19
BiofronteraAmeluz$14
1 payment
  • Meals for Ameluz · 2025-05-01 · $14
See all 3 published payments
Every published payment
AngioDynamicsMeals · 2025-09-18Angiovac$19
DavolMeals · 2025-08-25Arista$51
BiofronteraMeals · 2025-05-01Ameluz$14
See earlier years (2023, 2020)

2023: $13

Payments by company in 2023
MedtronicParietene Ds$13
1 payment
  • Meals for Parietene Ds · 2023-08-18 · $13

2020: $46

Payments by company in 2020
AllerganNone$46
3 payments
  • Meals · 2020-10-30 · $16
  • Meals · 2020-06-13 · $16
  • Meals · 2020-01-13 · $14

Professional record

NPI
1043325285
Licence
CA G81731California G81731: Current · expires 2027-04-30
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Surgery (208600000X)
Mailing address
325 Distel Cir, Los Altos, CA, 94022
NPI first listed
2006-08-20
NPI last updated
2020-03-04
NPI record certified
2020-03-04

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