David Seth Kauvar, MD
Vascular Surgery · San Jose
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 18
- 3 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · County of Santa Clara · 1,000 clinicians in this group
Looking this up.
Hospitals listed: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
18 plans · 3 carriers
A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Kauvar’s office at (408) 885-5000 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
18 of 18 plans
| Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Harmony (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health the ONE (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Full Dual Advantage Aligned (HMO D-SNP) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Medicare Advantage (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Classic (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN MyChoice (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence C188080 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2023 · expires 2027-07-31 · Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
State licence records
3 licences
- Colorado CDRH.67884CDRH · since 2023 · expires 2027-04-30ActiveNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the stateWhat they told the state about themselves
- Colorado DR.67884Physician · since 2022 · expires 2023-03-06Transferred to Compact PhysicianNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the stateWhat they told the state about themselves
- Washington MD.MD.61000627Physician And Surgeon License · since 2019 · expires 2020-10-08ExpiredNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state
We check Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, plus California above. A state that is not in this list has not been checked, which is not the same as clear.
School, training and certification
What this clinician told their state board, medical school and everything before it. Only some states publish this, so nothing here means the state does not say, not that there was no training or certification.
Specialty certification
- Surgery: Vascular Surgery
Education
- Uniformed Serv UHS F. Edward Hebert Sch of Med2002
What else the board holds
Hospitals they may admit to
Where the clinician told their state board they may admit and treat patients.
- Santa Clara County Health System · San Jose, CA
- Stanford University Medical Center/Stanford Health Care · Palo Alto, CA
Also licensed in
States the clinician told their board they are also licensed in. Only the states we check are verified.
Idaho · Pennsylvania · Texas · Utah · Washington
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% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$42,526
Medicare paid this office $42,526 for 218 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 91 | $7,112 | $58 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 26 | $5,288 | $106 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 39 | $2,769 | $71 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 27 | $2,080 | $69 |
| Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less | 16 | $1,442 | $55 |
See all 6 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 91 | $7,112 | $58 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 26 | $5,288 | $106 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 39 | $2,769 | $71 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 27 | $2,080 | $69 |
| Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less | 16 | $1,442 | $55 |
| Ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries | 28 | $314 | $10 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Leg revascularization (restoring blood flow) | 1-10 | None |
| Removal of skin lesions | 1-10 | None |
| Removal of tissue | 53 | More than 79% of doctors who do this |
Who their Medicare patients are
218 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 71 · Under 65 19% · 85 and older 9% · Women 42% · Also on Medicaid 82% · Health risk score 4.12. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical vascular surgery clinician is at 2.33.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 68% · Chronic kidney disease 55% · Heart failure 48% · Coronary heart disease 47% · Atrial fibrillation 30% · Depression 28% · COPD 18% · Stroke 17% · Dementia 13% · Cancer 11%.
The office billed $497,172, Medicare allowed $53,862 and paid $42,526; for 461 services of 51 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 | 218 | 461 | 71 | 4.12 | $497,172 | $42,526 |
| 2023 | 82 | 150 | 70 | 4.52 | $136,105 | $12,915 |
| 2022 | 46 | 58 | 66 | 2.71 | $35,086 | $7,178 |
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: 2 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 24 | $1,550 | $57 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 17 | $1,154 | $68 |
Medicaid work
$9,330 in 2024
Medicaid paid $9,330 for 1,519 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 53 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.
| Service | 120 | $7,668 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 287 | $1,095 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 44 | $341 |
| Service | 51 | $125 |
| Limited bilateral noninvasive physiologic studies of upper or lower extremity arteries, (eg, for lower extremity: ankle/brachial indices at distal posterior tibial and anterior tibial/dorsalis pedis arteries plus bidirectional, Doppler waveform recording and analysis at 1-2 levels, or ankle/brachial indices at distal posterior tibial and anterior tibial/dorsalis pedis arteries plus volume plethysmography at 1-2 levels, or ankle/brachial indices at distal posterior tibial and anterior tibial/dorsalis pedis arteries with, transcutaneous oxygen tension measurement at 1-2 levels) | 35 | $88 |
| Injection, heparin sodium, per 1000 units | 20 | $13 |
| Medication list documented in medical record (COA) | 358 | $0 |
| Most recent systolic blood pressure less than 130 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD) | 128 | $0 |
| Most recent systolic blood pressure 130-139 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD) | 27 | $0 |
| Most recent systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 140 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM) | 161 | $0 |
| Most recent diastolic blood pressure less than 80 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM) | 209 | $0 |
| Most recent diastolic blood pressure 80-89 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM) | 57 | $0 |
| 2024 | 1,519 | 13 | 53 | $9,330 |
| 2023 | 100 | 5 | 19 | $2,407 |
| 2022 | 84 | 3 | 15 | $7,693 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| LOWER EXTREMITY STUDY | 14 | $1,618 |
| Limited bilateral noninvasive physiologic studies of upper or lower extremity arteries, (eg, for lower extremity: ankle/brachial indices at distal posterior tibial and anterior tibial/dorsalis pedis arteries plus bidirectional, Doppler waveform recording and analysis at 1-2 levels, or ankle/brachial indices at distal posterior tibial and anterior tibial/dorsalis pedis arteries plus volume plethysmography at 1-2 levels, or ankle/brachial indices at distal posterior tibial and anterior tibial/dorsalis pedis arteries with, transcutaneous oxygen tension measurement at 1-2 levels) | 21 | $558 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 34 | $231 |
| Service | 18 | $0 |
| Most recent diastolic blood pressure less than 80 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM) | 13 | $0 |
2022
| EXTREMITY STUDY | 57 | $6,248 |
| LOWER EXTREMITY STUDY | 14 | $1,158 |
| Limited bilateral noninvasive physiologic studies of upper or lower extremity arteries, (eg, for lower extremity: ankle/brachial indices at distal posterior tibial and anterior tibial/dorsalis pedis arteries plus bidirectional, Doppler waveform recording and analysis at 1-2 levels, or ankle/brachial indices at distal posterior tibial and anterior tibial/dorsalis pedis arteries plus volume plethysmography at 1-2 levels, or ankle/brachial indices at distal posterior tibial and anterior tibial/dorsalis pedis arteries with, transcutaneous oxygen tension measurement at 1-2 levels) | 13 | $286 |
Money from drug and device companies
$52 in 2024
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | None | $52 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $14 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | None | $156 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 | None | $138 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Silk Road Medical | Enroute Transcarotid Neuroprotection System | $52 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Silk Road Medical | Meals · 2024-05-01 | Enroute Transcarotid Neuroprotection System | $52 |
See earlier years (2023, 2022, 2021)
2023: $14
| Medtronic | Endurant Iis | $14 | 1 payment
|
2022: $156
| W. L. Gore & Associates | Gore Excluder Aaa Endoprosthesis | $132 | 1 payment
|
| Medtronic | Endurant Iis | $24 | 1 payment
|
2021: $138
| Centerline Biomedical | Iops Mobile Cart | $138 | 3 payments
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Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 91.1 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1144210626
- Licence
- CA C188080, CO DR.0067884, UT 7290038-1205, WA MD61000627California C188080: Current · expires 2027-07-31Colorado CDRH.67884: ActiveColorado DR.67884: Transferred to Compact PhysicianWashington MD.MD.61000627: Expired
- Trained
- Uniformed Services Uhs Fe Hebert School of Med, 2002
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 2086S0129X (2086S0129X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
- NPI first listed
- 2005-10-25
- NPI last updated
- 2024-04-29
- NPI record certified
- 2024-04-29
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.