Gopal G Krishna, MD

2 locations · Central Coast Nephrology Medical Corporation · 11 clinicians in this group

Hospitals listed: 052892 · 552724 · Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula · Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital · Natividad Medical Center · Salinas Valley Health Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

28 plans · 8 carriers

Licence A36123 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 1980 · expires 2028-08-31 · Andhra University, Andhra Medical College.

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

4 hospitals

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

• Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Montage HealthPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 84% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite: 1.48 (1.22 to 1.74), Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate: 3.12 (1.69 to 4.56) · 1,095 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 19.24 (14.17 to 24.3) · 1,118 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Postoperative sepsis rate: 9.62 (6.42 to 12.82) · 1,086 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.39, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
• Hazel Hawkins Memorial HospitalHollister, CACritical Access Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department
  No overall ratingNo measure marked better or worse than the national rate
• Natividad Medical CenterSalinas, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Natividad Medical CenterPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 71% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.316, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
• Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare SystemPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 74% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.247, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025

$856,721

Medicare paid this office $856,721 for 622 people.

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

Who their Medicare patients are

622 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Under 65 21% · 85 and older 12% · Women 51% · Also on Medicaid 53% · Health risk score 5.10. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical nephrology clinician is at 4.01.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 75% · Diabetes 70% · Heart failure 47% · Coronary heart disease 43% · Atrial fibrillation 32% · Depression 28% · COPD 23% · Stroke 13% · Dementia 11% · Cancer 10%.

The office billed $1,761,922, Medicare allowed $1,091,641 and paid $856,721; for 31,733 services of 67 kinds; $527,990 of it was for drugs given in the office and $328,732 for care.

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 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.

$168,733 in 2024

Medicaid paid $168,733 for 1,485 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 74 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.

$385,283

Pharmacies billed $385,283 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 2,037) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical nephrology clinician is at 0%.

1,716 generic and 321 brand-name prescriptions · $385,283 in drug cost · 21 antibiotic prescriptions to 14 people.

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.

Year by year

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