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Gabriel Enrique Molina, MD

Dermatology · Palo Alto

NPI 1083243786

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Plans that list them
19
3 carriers
Offices
2

Offices

2 locations · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · County of Santa Clara

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Hospitals listed: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plans that list them

19 plans · 3 carriers

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19 of 19 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 Sutter Advantage +More (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health the ONE (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Anthem Full Dual Advantage Aligned (HMO D-SNP)Anthem Blue CrossListedOct 3, 2026
Anthem Medicare Advantage (HMO-POS)Anthem Blue CrossListedOct 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

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 it
    Overall 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.

Every scored measure at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections2.572WorseOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.563BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.256BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.369BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.25 (0.3 to 2.2) · 1,535 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.07 (0.76 to 1.38)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths214.59 (167.38 to 261.8) · 108 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.8 · 41 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6 · 141 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths10.2 · 124 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths8.3 · 501 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths14.9 · 653 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.1 · 348 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3 · 4,502 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.24 (0.04 to 0.43) · 9,014 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.34 (0.15 to 0.52) · 9,216 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths4.54 (2.51 to 6.58) · 1,421 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.54 (0 to 3.2) · 288 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.11 (0.66 to 3.56) · 1,446 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths11.61 (4.09 to 19.14) · 294 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths7.29 (3.39 to 11.2) · 299 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.9 (0.45 to 3.36) · 333 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.23 (0 to 0.78) · 7,538 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths5.4 · 94 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.735No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections2.573No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.6 · 185 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits22.1 · 951 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits56.3 · 128 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits6.4 · 644 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits1.3 · 699 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.3 · 921 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.7 (3.9 to 8.1) · 226 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits12.6 (9.4 to 16.5) · 226 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.4 · 94 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits11.4 · 54 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.3 · 242 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.2 (9.9 to 17.4) · 702 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1 (0.7 to 1.4) · 195 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (4,032 patients answered, 29% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information2
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness2
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Room was "always" clean70%
Nurses "always" communicated well73%
Doctors "always" communicated well76%
Staff "always" explained57%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information82%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge82%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand71%
Doctors "always" listened carefully74%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect82%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)67%
Staff "always" explained new medications71%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand71%
Nurses "always" listened carefully69%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect80%
"Always" quiet at night43%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital70%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects44%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms83%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$6,674

Medicare paid this office $6,674 for 52 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)29$2,983$88
Short return visit (20+ min)12$772$59

Procedures Medicare counted

Procedure volume Medicare published
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision1-10None
Removal of skin lesions63More than 73% of doctors who do this
Skin biopsy26More than 65% of doctors who do this

Who their Medicare patients are

52 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 70 · Women 39% · Health risk score 1.61. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical dermatology clinician is at 1.01.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 69% · Diabetes 35% · Coronary heart disease 21%.

The office billed $71,252, Medicare allowed $8,703 and paid $6,674; for 120 services of 20 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.

Medicaid work

$1,335 in 2024

Medicaid paid $1,335 for 1,106 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 162 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
OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 40115$517
Return visit (30+ min)233$259
Short return visit (20+ min)61$181
OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT LOW MDM 30 MINUTES48$130
New patient visit (30+ min)46$130
TISSUE EXAM BY PATHOLOGIST15$77
Destruction (eg, laser surgery, electrosurgery, cryosurgery, chemosurgery, surgical curettement), of benign lesions other than skin tags or cutaneous vascular proliferative lesions; up to 14 lesions17$37
Injection, intralesional; up to and including 7 lesions13$3
Service103$0
Medication list documented in medical record (COA)455$0
Medicaid work by year
20241,10610162$1,335

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$236,833

Pharmacies billed $236,833 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 305) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical dermatology clinician is at 0%.

258 generic and 47 brand-name prescriptions · $236,833 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
Dupixent15$53,490$3,566
Ketoconazole37$1,526$41
Tacrolimus16$971$61
Fluocinonide20$457$23
Clobetasol Propionate30$412$14
See all 8 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Dupixent15$53,490$3,566
Ketoconazole37$1,526$41
Tacrolimus16$971$61
Fluocinonide20$457$23
Clobetasol Propionate30$412$14
Triamcinolone Acetonide28$370$13
Ciclopirox12$229$19
Hydrocortisone18$209$12

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
20243051160% (0)15%$236,833
202311050None0%$3,322
202210948NoneNone$39,819
202114443None14%$13,768
202014NoneNoneNone$1,062

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
Clobetasol Propionate11$913$83

2022: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Fluocinonide14$1,016$73
Triamcinolone Acetonide17$180$11

2021: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Eliquis13$7,178$552
Atorvastatin16$416$26
Clopidogrel12$67$6

Money from drug and device companies

$172 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202533None$172
202322None$206

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
Galderma Laboratories L.P.Nemluvio$98
1 payment
  • Meals for Nemluvio · 2025-02-07 · $98
AbbvieSkyrizi$52
1 payment
  • Meals for Skyrizi · 2025-05-09 · $52
STRATA Skin SciencesXtrac$22
1 payment
  • Meals for Xtrac · 2025-09-23 · $22
See all 3 published payments
Every published payment
STRATA Skin SciencesMeals · 2025-09-23Xtrac$22
AbbvieMeals · 2025-05-09Skyrizi$52
Galderma Laboratories L.P.Meals · 2025-02-07Nemluvio$98
See earlier years (2023)

2023: $206

Payments by company in 2023
Boehringer Ingelheim PharmaceuticalsNone$125
1 payment
  • Meals · 2023-03-16 · $125
AbbvieRinvoq$81
1 payment
  • Meals for Rinvoq · 2023-03-17 · $81

Professional record

NPI
1083243786
Trained
Harvard Medical School, 2020
Group
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · County of Santa Clara
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207N00000X (207N00000X)
Mailing address
1293 Prescott Ave, Sunnyvale, CA, 94089
NPI first listed
2020-04-04
NPI last updated
2024-10-16
NPI record certified
2024-10-16

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

This office lists an electronic records connection.