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Peter Gerard Bendix, MD

General Surgery · Carmichael

NPI 1235304551

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
17
3 carriers
Offices
2

Offices

2 locations · Acute Care Surgery Medical Group Inc · County of Santa Clara

Looking this up.

Hospitals listed: Mercy San Juan Medical Center · Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plans that list them

17 plans · 3 carriers

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17 of 17 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 smartHMO (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health the ONE (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 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
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)Santa Clara Family Health PlanListedSep 1, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence C175079 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2021 · expires 2027-09-30 · University of California, Davis School of Medicine.

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

State licence records

1 licence

  • Illinois 036144069Licensed Physician And Surgeon · since 2017 · expires 2023-07-31
    Not RenewedNo 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.

Hospitals they work in

2 hospitals

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

  • Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of CommonSpirit Health, which runs 145 hospitals in 19 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 69% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.108, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.144, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
  • Sierra Nevada Memorial HospitalGrass Valley, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of CommonSpirit Health, which runs 145 hospitals in 19 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 71% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.118, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Mercy San Juan Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 8 the same, 2 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 Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.108BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.144BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.78 (0 to 1.72) · 1,413 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.77 (0.47 to 1.07)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths195.56 (150.94 to 240.19) · 122 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.9 · 45 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths9.6 · 193 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths14.6 · 190 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths12.9 · 445 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths13.7 · 444 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths12.2 · 518 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.7 · 3,727 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.19 (0 to 0.39) · 8,263 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.23 (0.05 to 0.42) · 8,488 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths2.3 (0.42 to 4.18) · 1,992 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.38 (0 to 2.95) · 566 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.08 (0.71 to 3.44) · 1,929 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths6.41 (0 to 13) · 533 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths4.3 (0.68 to 7.92) · 557 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.6 (0.14 to 3.06) · 338 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.53 (0 to 1.11) · 7,155 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4.3 · 48 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.567No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15.1 · 283 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits22.2 · 852 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits1.4 · 183 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-14.6 · 522 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits-12.4 · 458 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits17.9 · 708 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits4.9 (3.1 to 7.5) · 102 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits10 (7 to 14) · 102 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits6.1 · 57 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits11.3 · 51 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits21.2 · 379 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.8 (9.5 to 17.2) · 384 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1.1 (0.8 to 1.4) · 291 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (611 patients answered, 17% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness2
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Room was "always" clean64%
Nurses "always" communicated well77%
Doctors "always" communicated well77%
Staff "always" explained63%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information86%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge86%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand72%
Doctors "always" listened carefully74%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect85%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)68%
Staff "always" explained new medications75%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand75%
Nurses "always" listened carefully72%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect84%
"Always" quiet at night41%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital69%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects50%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms86%
See every measure and the patient survey for Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 1 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Safety: 1 better, 3 the same, 1 worse of 5 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 9 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.118BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.2 (0.17 to 2.23) · 434 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.83 (0.44 to 1.23)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths9.9 · 129 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths12.2 · 27 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths11.1 · 278 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths13.4 · 234 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths9.9 · 153 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.3 · 1,408 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.25 (0.02 to 0.47) · 3,431 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.28 (0.08 to 0.49) · 3,403 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.54 (1.21 to 5.88) · 543 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.56 (0 to 3.24) · 86 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.14 (0.48 to 3.8) · 524 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths6.74 (0 to 15.38) · 85 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.43 (1.37 to 9.5) · 80 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.64 (0.16 to 3.12) · 131 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.26 (0 to 1.13) · 2,939 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths5.3 · 47 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.644No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits19.5 · 276 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-22.4 · 283 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits9.5 · 231 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.9 · 214 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits4.8 (3.3 to 6.9) · 229 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits10.8 (8.1 to 14.2) · 229 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.6 · 44 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.9 · 139 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.3 (9.8 to 17.8) · 67 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1.3 (0.9 to 1.7) · 162 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (468 patients answered, 22% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness2
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Room was "always" clean79%
Nurses "always" communicated well83%
Doctors "always" communicated well77%
Staff "always" explained64%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information85%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge83%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand71%
Doctors "always" listened carefully76%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect85%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)72%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand76%
Nurses "always" listened carefully81%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect90%
"Always" quiet at night47%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital71%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects51%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms88%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$21,855

Medicare paid this office $21,855 for 77 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes18$11,779$184
New patient visit (30+ min)23$1,453$63

Who their Medicare patients are

77 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 74 · Women 42% · Also on Medicaid 31% · Health risk score 1.98. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical general surgery clinician is at 1.69.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 40% · Chronic kidney disease 31% · Depression 30% · Cancer 29% · Coronary heart disease 25% · Heart failure 25% · Atrial fibrillation 25% · Dementia 21% · COPD 19% · Stroke 19%.

The office billed $172,976, Medicare allowed $28,533 and paid $21,855; for 161 services of 21 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

Original Medicare by year
202477161741.98$172,976$21,855
2023119234751.81$247,777$38,288
202251120731.74$139,035$20,718
20213978642.69$82,492$11,939
20204883702.41$114,917$16,149
20194475692.62$76,982$10,444
201886213712.79$167,961$33,864
2017148254702.87$161,936$30,739
201693149702.49$107,792$22,371

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: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes12$6,202$188
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes28$3,225$115
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes12$3,164$105
New patient visit (30+ min)36$2,707$75
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes20$2,034$70

2022: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes11$2,617$90
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes18$1,632$63
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes11$983$89

2019: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes17$1,620$60

2018: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes37$17,300$190
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes20$2,313$58

2017: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes77$8,307$56
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes29$4,377$151
Short return visit (20+ min)24$1,210$48

2016: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes36$3,196$59
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes13$2,160$166
Short return visit11$522$37

Medicaid work

$7,132 in 2021

Medicaid paid $7,132 for 73 billed services this clinician did in 2021, up to 23 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 2021
Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes29$4,913
1ST HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MODERATE MDM 55 MINUTES16$1,236
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM28$983
Medicaid work by year
202173323$7,132
202045118$1,521
201923112$573
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2020

Largest Medicaid services in 2020
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM45$1,521

2019

Largest Medicaid services in 2019
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES23$573

Money from drug and device companies

$21 in 2023

Industry payments by year
202311None$21
201915None$769

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
AbiomedImpella$21
1 payment
  • Meals for Impella · 2023-06-28 · $21
See the published payment
Every published payment
AbiomedMeals · 2023-06-28Impella$21
See earlier years (2019)

2019: $769

Payments by company in 2019
Zimmer Biomet HoldingsRibfix Blu$769
5 payments
  • Travel for Cmf Orthognathic · 2019-09-28 · $38
  • Travel for Ribfix Blu · 2019-09-27 · $381
  • Travel for Ribfix Blu · 2019-09-27 · $34
  • Travel for Ribfix Blu · 2019-08-09 · $34
  • Travel for Ribfix Blu · 2019-08-09 · $282

Professional record

NPI
1235304551
Licence
CA C175079, IL 036.144069California C175079: Current · expires 2027-09-30Illinois 036144069: Not Renewed
Trained
University of California, Davis School of Medicine, 2008
Group
Acute Care Surgery Medical Group Inc · County of Santa Clara
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Surgery (208600000X); Federal specialty code 2086S0102X (2086S0102X); Federal specialty code 2086S0127X (2086S0127X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
NPI first listed
2008-04-28
NPI last updated
2024-04-28
NPI record certified
2024-04-28

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

Extra NPI addresses: 5841 S Maryland Ave # 5033, Chicago, IL, 60637