Steven Guy Cavella, PA
Physician Assistant · Stanford
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 1
- 1 carrier
- Offices
- 2
Offices
2 locations · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Stanford Health Care. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
1 plan · 1 carrier
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| SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A55845 · Deceased
Licence status: Deceased · since 1996 · Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
Licensee is deceased.
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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 itOverall 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.
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases | Worse | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.317 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.446 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.241 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases | Better | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.86 (0.72 to 1) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.1 · 192 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.4 · 146 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 9.7 · 253 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 6.3 · 880 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 10.3 · 935 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 8.7 · 501 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.1 · 7,730 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.6 · 416 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.869 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.857 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.368 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.2 · 247 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.5 · 1,021 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 47.8 · 258 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -1.6 · 990 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.8 · 976 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.5 · 959 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.1 · 425 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 9.6 · 158 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.6 · 183 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 75% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 82% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained | 63% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 89% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 89% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 76% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 80% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 76% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 77% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 79% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 88% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 53% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 83% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 50% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 90% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$21,596
Medicare paid this office $21,596 for 212 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 34 | $2,914 | $75 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 47 | $2,741 | $48 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 29 | $2,631 | $73 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 33 | $1,825 | $55 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 15 | $1,734 | $116 |
See all 11 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 34 | $2,914 | $75 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 47 | $2,741 | $48 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 29 | $2,631 | $73 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 33 | $1,825 | $55 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 15 | $1,734 | $116 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 31 | $1,567 | $47 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 21 | $1,205 | $57 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 13 | $1,122 | $86 |
| Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope | 19 | $1,046 | $48 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 47 | $1,003 | $20 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 16 | $402 | $24 |
Who their Medicare patients are
212 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Under 65 12% · 85 and older 17% · Women 55% · Also on Medicaid 40% · Health risk score 1.37. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical physician assistant clinician is at 1.31.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 63% · Diabetes 29% · Coronary heart disease 25% · Chronic kidney disease 17% · Atrial fibrillation 17% · Depression 17% · COPD 16% · Heart failure 15% · Cancer 14% · Stroke 11% · Dementia 7%.
The office billed $66,220, Medicare allowed $29,322 and paid $21,596; for 380 services of 15 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
| 2024 | 212 | 380 | 73 | 1.37 | $66,220 | $21,596 |
| 2023 | 188 | 322 | 74 | 1.53 | $67,367 | $17,447 |
| 2022 | 109 | 158 | 77 | 1.40 | $27,831 | $8,890 |
| 2021 | 151 | 231 | 74 | 1.28 | $57,804 | $13,727 |
| 2020 | 83 | 122 | 75 | 1.18 | $26,705 | $6,008 |
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
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 29 | $3,504 | $109 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 32 | $2,533 | $70 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 42 | $2,512 | $49 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 30 | $1,803 | $60 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 11 | $1,091 | $99 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 32 | $877 | $25 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 11 | $844 | $70 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 15 | $822 | $43 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 38 | $791 | $19 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 14 | $773 | $55 |
2022: 7 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 23 | $1,845 | $77 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 13 | $1,512 | $108 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 21 | $1,377 | $53 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 13 | $835 | $64 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 13 | $718 | $55 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 16 | $403 | $25 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 14 | $328 | $23 |
2021: 8 services
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 42 | $5,564 | $114 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 31 | $2,173 | $68 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 19 | $1,041 | $55 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 18 | $1,024 | $57 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 16 | $1,004 | $50 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 26 | $627 | $22 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 16 | $439 | $22 |
| Exam of ear using a microscope | 11 | $111 | $7 |
2020: 3 services
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 21 | $2,234 | $86 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 24 | $1,004 | $40 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 13 | $768 | $59 |
Medicaid work
$119 in 2024
Medicaid paid $119 for 14 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 14 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.
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 14 | $119 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1 | 14 | $119 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1 | 12 | $62 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 12 | $62 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$22,850
Pharmacies billed $22,850 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
273 generic and 35 brand-name prescriptions · $22,850 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.
| Emgality | Migraine | 18 | $12,844 | $714 |
| Ofloxacin | None | 28 | $2,052 | $73 |
| Ciprofloxacin-Dexamethasone | None | 12 | $1,186 | $99 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | None | 61 | $792 | $13 |
| Azelastine | None | 24 | $551 | $23 |
See all 8 drugs
| Emgality | Migraine | 18 | $12,844 | $714 |
| Ofloxacin | None | 28 | $2,052 | $73 |
| Ciprofloxacin-Dexamethasone | None | 12 | $1,186 | $99 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | None | 61 | $792 | $13 |
| Azelastine | None | 24 | $551 | $23 |
| Venlafaxine Hcl Er | None | 14 | $433 | $31 |
| Escitalopram | None | 18 | $187 | $10 |
| Sertraline | None | 15 | $84 | $6 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 308 | 124 | None | 11% | $22,850 |
| 2023 | 266 | 97 | None | 17% | $39,329 |
| 2022 | 170 | 64 | None | 9% | $13,020 |
| 2021 | 215 | 86 | None | 8% | $15,488 |
| 2020 | 229 | 87 | None | None | $5,546 |
| 2019 | 72 | 39 | None | None | $1,978 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 7 drugs
| Emgality | Migraine | 21 | $17,153 | $817 |
| Ofloxacin | None | 22 | $2,324 | $106 |
| Nortriptyline | None | 24 | $817 | $34 |
| Azelastine | None | 24 | $675 | $28 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | None | 31 | $478 | $15 |
| Sertraline | None | 19 | $331 | $17 |
| Escitalopram | None | 21 | $327 | $16 |
2022: 4 drugs
| Emgality | Migraine | 12 | $8,054 | $671 |
| Ofloxacin | None | 17 | $987 | $58 |
| Nortriptyline | None | 16 | $335 | $21 |
| Topiramate | None | 19 | $211 | $11 |
2021: 5 drugs
| Ofloxacin | 19 | $1,258 | $66 |
| Nortriptyline | 28 | $648 | $23 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 11 | $264 | $24 |
| Escitalopram | 12 | $176 | $15 |
| Sertraline | 18 | $170 | $9 |
2020: 7 drugs
| Ofloxacin | 20 | $939 | $47 |
| Nortriptyline | 30 | $820 | $27 |
| Escitalopram | 14 | $367 | $26 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 12 | $128 | $11 |
| Topiramate | 13 | $127 | $10 |
| Sertraline | 11 | $71 | $6 |
| Triamterene-Hydrochlorothiazid | 11 | $65 | $6 |
Money from drug and device companies
$87 in 2025
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Medtronic | Midas Rex | $87 | 2 payments
|
See all 2 published payments
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-04-06 | Midas Rex | $42 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-04-06 | Midas Rex | $45 |
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
- 1053875328
- Licence
- CA 55845California A55845: Deceased
- Group
- Stanford Health Care
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Physician assistant (363A00000X); Physician assistant, surgical (363AS0400X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
- NPI first listed
- 2019-01-30
- NPI last updated
- 2025-12-23
- NPI record certified
- 2025-12-23
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 2452 Watson Ct Ste 1700, Palo Alto, CA, 94303