Vidya K Rao, MD
Anesthesiology · Stanford
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 1
- 1 carrier
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group
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| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A111922 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2010 · expires 2028-03-31 · Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine.
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
$10,816
Medicare paid this office $10,816 for 22 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 17 | $3,717 | $186 |
| Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | 15 | $3,183 | $94 |
Who their Medicare patients are
22 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 65 · 85 and older 0% · Health risk score 2.38. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical anesthesiology clinician is at 1.54.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Heart failure 73% · Chronic kidney disease 73% · Atrial fibrillation 68% · Coronary heart disease 55% · Diabetes 50%.
The office billed $124,448, Medicare allowed $13,565 and paid $10,816; for 75 services of 13 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 | 22 | 75 | 65 | 2.38 | $124,448 | $10,816 |
| 2023 | 61 | 206 | 69 | 2.34 | $361,291 | $26,768 |
| 2022 | 37 | 90 | 68 | 2.69 | $141,669 | $12,926 |
| 2021 | 62 | 171 | 67 | 2.84 | $253,072 | $24,028 |
| 2020 | 123 | 393 | 69 | 1.98 | $479,913 | $58,901 |
| 2019 | 55 | 154 | 70 | 2.28 | $213,888 | $27,026 |
| 2018 | 61 | 234 | 70 | 2.43 | $308,450 | $37,259 |
| 2017 | 64 | 187 | 70 | 2.30 | $268,291 | $32,483 |
| 2016 | 68 | 264 | 70 | 1.85 | $387,036 | $48,874 |
| 2015 | 72 | 291 | 70 | 2.44 | $400,427 | $50,503 |
| 2014 | 169 | 505 | 72 | 2.35 | $681,007 | $94,260 |
| 2013 | 98 | 203 | 70 | 1.97 | $272,402 | $36,012 |
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
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 49 | $12,835 | $192 |
| Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | 33 | $8,876 | $96 |
2022: 2 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 29 | $6,848 | $196 |
| Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | 15 | $2,747 | $98 |
2021: 4 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 46 | $14,949 | $199 |
| Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | 19 | $3,863 | $99 |
| Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | 11 | $989 | $76 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 13 | $636 | $40 |
2020: 4 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 100 | $37,743 | $202 |
| Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | 40 | $11,674 | $102 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 29 | $1,366 | $40 |
| Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | 13 | $1,310 | $77 |
2019: 2 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 47 | $19,171 | $198 |
| Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | 15 | $2,581 | $99 |
2018: 5 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 38 | $21,558 | $196 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 16 | $1,177 | $65 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 11 | $1,087 | $99 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 12 | $465 | $39 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 11 | $32 | $3 |
2017: 2 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 39 | $16,270 | $196 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 14 | $1,166 | $65 |
2016: 2 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 47 | $27,787 | $196 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 23 | $1,736 | $64 |
2015: 7 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 35 | $24,503 | $196 |
| Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | 14 | $2,559 | $107 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 13 | $1,420 | $109 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 20 | $894 | $45 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | 18 | $337 | $13 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers, follow-up | 11 | $73 | $7 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 13 | $39 | $3 |
2014: 7 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 77 | $42,026 | $195 |
| Anesthesia for procedure on heart and large blood vessels using heart-lung machine (1 year or older) | 16 | $13,409 | $838 |
| Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | 29 | $4,162 | $107 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 52 | $2,496 | $45 |
| Anesthesia for procedure to correct abnormal heart rhythm | 14 | $1,680 | $112 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 15 | $961 | $64 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | 31 | $558 | $13 |
2013: 5 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 14 | $9,100 | $190 |
| Anesthesia for procedure to assess heart electrical activity | 18 | $6,176 | $343 |
| Anesthesia for procedure to correct abnormal heart rhythm | 22 | $2,086 | $95 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 30 | $1,337 | $43 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access | 11 | $178 | $13 |
Medicaid work
$1,545 in 2020
Medicaid paid $1,545 for 21 billed services this clinician did in 2020, up to 13 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.
| Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes | 21 | $1,545 |
| 2020 | 21 | 1 | 13 | $1,545 |
Money from drug and device companies
$274 in 2025
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Baxter Healthcare | None | $274 | 4 payments
|
See all 4 published payments
| Baxter Healthcare | Travel · 2025-10-16 | None | $46 |
| Baxter Healthcare | Meals · 2025-10-16 | None | $27 |
| Baxter Healthcare | Meals · 2025-10-16 | None | $33 |
| Baxter Healthcare | Travel · 2025-10-15 | None | $168 |
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
- 1205167798
- Licence
- CA A111922California A111922: Current · expires 2028-03-31
- Trained
- Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine, 2005
- Group
- Stanford Health Care
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207L00000X (207L00000X); Federal specialty code 207LC0200X (207LC0200X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
- NPI first listed
- 2010-01-22
- NPI last updated
- 2024-04-11
- NPI record certified
- 2024-04-11
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.