Sandeep Singh Bains, MD
Internal Medicine · San Jose
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Offices
- 2
Offices
2 locations · County of Santa Clara · Permanente Medical Group Inc
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Hospitals listed: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
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State licence records
1 licence
- Washington MD.MD.60958731Physician And Surgeon License · since 2019 · expires 2025-12-14ExpiredNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state
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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.
- Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 70% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 2 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 2.572, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.563, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.256, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.369, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 10 the same, 1 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 2.572 | Worse | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.563 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.256 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.369 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.25 (0.3 to 2.2) · 1,535 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.07 (0.76 to 1.38) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 214.59 (167.38 to 261.8) · 108 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.8 · 41 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6 · 141 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 10.2 · 124 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.3 · 501 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 14.9 · 653 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.1 · 348 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3 · 4,502 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.24 (0.04 to 0.43) · 9,014 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.34 (0.15 to 0.52) · 9,216 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.54 (2.51 to 6.58) · 1,421 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.54 (0 to 3.2) · 288 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.11 (0.66 to 3.56) · 1,446 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 11.61 (4.09 to 19.14) · 294 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 7.29 (3.39 to 11.2) · 299 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.9 (0.45 to 3.36) · 333 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.23 (0 to 0.78) · 7,538 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 5.4 · 94 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.735 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 2.573 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.6 · 185 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 22.1 · 951 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 56.3 · 128 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 6.4 · 644 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 1.3 · 699 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.3 · 921 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.7 (3.9 to 8.1) · 226 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 12.6 (9.4 to 16.5) · 226 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.4 · 94 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 11.4 · 54 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.3 · 242 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.2 (9.9 to 17.4) · 702 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.7 to 1.4) · 195 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (4,032 patients answered, 29% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 2 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 70% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 73% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained | 57% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 82% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 82% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 74% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 67% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 71% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 69% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 80% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 43% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 70% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 44% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 83% |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$21,635
Pharmacies billed $21,635 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 56) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1%.
16 generic and 40 brand-name prescriptions · $21,635 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.
| Stiolto Respimat | 11 | $8,171 | $743 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 56 | 13 | 0% (0) | 71% | $21,635 |
| 2023 | 70 | 14 | 0% (0) | 64% | $28,647 |
| 2022 | 92 | 29 | 0% (0) | None | $11,259 |
| 2021 | 77 | 26 | None | None | $6,639 |
| 2020 | 105 | 34 | None | None | $5,251 |
| 2019 | 548 | 50 | None | 10% | $22,738 |
| 2018 | 703 | 57 | 0% (0) | 17% | $47,356 |
| 2017 | 565 | 60 | None | None | $28,068 |
| 2016 | 105 | 34 | None | None | $3,027 |
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
| Spiriva Respimat | 11 | $6,032 | $548 |
2022: 1 drug
| Spiriva Respimat | 11 | $4,032 | $367 |
2019: 15 drugs
| Chlorthalidone | 23 | $872 | $38 |
| Atorvastatin | 54 | $568 | $11 |
| Metoprolol | 17 | $420 | $25 |
| Allopurinol | 16 | $320 | $20 |
| Levothyroxine | 14 | $277 | $20 |
| Pantoprazole | 11 | $249 | $23 |
| Lisinopril | 41 | $228 | $6 |
| Gabapentin | 16 | $228 | $14 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 51 | $220 | $4 |
| Losartan | 20 | $196 | $10 |
| Quetiapine | 21 | $74 | $4 |
| Nortriptyline | 11 | $67 | $6 |
| Trazodone | 11 | $63 | $6 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 11 | $38 | $3 |
| Clopidogrel | 11 | $35 | $3 |
2018: 19 drugs
| Ventolin Hfa | 13 | $733 | $56 |
| Chlorthalidone | 22 | $694 | $32 |
| Atorvastatin | 67 | $593 | $9 |
| Gabapentin | 33 | $548 | $17 |
| Metoprolol | 25 | $515 | $21 |
| Tamsulosin | 21 | $463 | $22 |
| Levothyroxine | 15 | $297 | $20 |
| Insulin | 13 | $282 | $22 |
| Allopurinol | 20 | $244 | $12 |
| Lisinopril | 49 | $231 | $5 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 43 | $169 | $4 |
| Losartan | 14 | $95 | $7 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 16 | $94 | $6 |
| Clopidogrel | 21 | $75 | $4 |
| Atenolol | 12 | $74 | $6 |
| Omeprazole | 16 | $62 | $4 |
| Clonidine | 13 | $47 | $4 |
| Quetiapine | 12 | $42 | $3 |
| Citalopram Hbr | 15 | $27 | $2 |
2017: 19 drugs
| Lantus | 12 | $4,049 | $337 |
| Ventolin Hfa | 15 | $808 | $54 |
| Chlorthalidone | 21 | $494 | $24 |
| Atorvastatin | 44 | $272 | $6 |
| Levothyroxine | 12 | $265 | $22 |
| Gabapentin | 33 | $247 | $7 |
| Pantoprazole | 14 | $190 | $14 |
| Lisinopril | 40 | $174 | $4 |
| Tamsulosin | 12 | $167 | $14 |
| Allopurinol | 13 | $145 | $11 |
| Losartan | 23 | $137 | $6 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 39 | $117 | $3 |
| Omeprazole | 21 | $87 | $4 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 15 | $70 | $5 |
| Trazodone | 11 | $49 | $4 |
| Clonidine | 12 | $43 | $4 |
| Furosemide | 11 | $37 | $3 |
| Clopidogrel | 11 | $33 | $3 |
| Citalopram Hbr | 11 | $16 | $1 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1073960159
- Licence
- RI LP03666, VA 0101266469, WA MD60958731Washington MD.MD.60958731: Expired
- Trained
- University of Arizona College of Medicine, 2016
- Group
- County of Santa Clara · Permanente Medical Group Inc
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207RC0200X (207RC0200X); Internal medicine (207R00000X); Federal specialty code 207RP1001X (207RP1001X)
- Mailing address
- 2500 Merced St, San Leandro, CA, 94577
- NPI first listed
- 2016-05-19
- NPI last updated
- 2025-07-22
- NPI record certified
- 2025-07-22
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 4320 Seminary Rd, Alexandria, VA, 22304 · 2930 Maple St, Everett, WA, 98201 · 3901 Hoyt Ave, Everett, WA, 98201 · 593 Eddy St, Providence, RI, 02903 · 2500 Merced St, San Leandro, CA, 94577 · 201 16th Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98112 · 425 8th St Nw Apt 918, Washington, DC, 20004
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