Farnaz Azarbal, MD

Offices

1 location · Permanente Medical Group Inc · 10,928 clinicians in this group

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Hospitals listed: Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plans that list them

4 plans · 1 carrier

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician

Kaiser Permanente Dual Complete North P2 (HMO D-SNP)	Kaiser Permanente	Listed	Sep 1, 2026
Kaiser Permanente Dual Complete North P23 (HMO D-SNP)	Kaiser Permanente	Listed	Sep 1, 2026
Kaiser Permanente Sr Adv Basic Santa Clara (HMO)	Kaiser Permanente	Listed	Sep 1, 2026
Kaiser Permanente Sr Adv Enhanced Santa Clara (HMO)	Kaiser Permanente	Listed	Sep 1, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A122468 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2012 · expires 2027-10-31 · University of California San Francisco School 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.

Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa ClaraSanta Clara, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Kaiser Permanente, which runs 41 hospitals in 3 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 75% would definitely recommend it
Overall rating: 2 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.38, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025

See every measure and the patient survey for Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 3 measures. Safety: 2 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 1 the same, 1 worse of 2 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

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Every scored measure at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections	0.38	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths	1.01 (0 to 2.09) · 181 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths	1.02 (0.61 to 1.42)	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths	10.5 · 312 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths	3.8 · 3,736 cases	None	Jul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths	0.2 (0 to 0.43) · 910 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths	0.26 (0.05 to 0.48) · 1,036 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths	4.53 (2.03 to 7.03) · 235 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths	1.57 (0 to 3.25) · 83 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths	2.5 (0.82 to 4.18) · 178 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths	11.73 (3.81 to 19.64) · 74 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths	5.31 (1.3 to 9.32) · 94 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths	1.75 (0.22 to 3.28) · 37 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths	0.34 (0 to 1.34) · 819 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.72	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections	1.049	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections	0.598	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections	0.926	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	13 · 589 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	20.7 · 828 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits	107.6 · 27 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	17.9 · 642 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits	7.8 · 249 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits	20.6 · 181 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025

What patients said (572 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

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Patient survey stars by topic at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara

Cleanliness	4
Nurse communication	3
Doctor communication	4
Communication about medicines	2
Discharge information	4
Overall hospital rating	3
Quietness	2
Recommend hospital	4

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Share of patients giving the best answer at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara

Room was "always" clean	72%
Nurses "always" communicated well	75%
Doctors "always" communicated well	80%
Staff "always" explained	57%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information	88%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge	88%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand	74%
Doctors "always" listened carefully	79%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)	70%
Staff "always" explained new medications	72%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand	72%
Nurses "always" listened carefully	71%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	82%
"Always" quiet at night	44%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital	75%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects	42%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms	89%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$3,178

Medicare paid this office $3,178 for 80 people.

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

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Largest Original Medicare bills

Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only	50	$382	$7
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only	12	$50	$4

Who their Medicare patients are

80 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 70 · Under 65 28% · 85 and older 16% · Women 54% · Also on Medicaid 50% · Health risk score 2.62. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical cardiology clinician is at 1.71.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 48% · Diabetes 46% · Chronic kidney disease 45% · Heart failure 40% · Atrial fibrillation 33% · Depression 26% · Dementia 20% · Stroke 20% · COPD 19%.

The office billed $15,463, Medicare allowed $4,458 and paid $3,178; for 109 services of 17 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.

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Original Medicare by year

2024	80	109	70	2.62	$15,463	$3,178
2023	53	70	73	2.14	$12,031	$2,703
2022	51	60	73	2.88	$18,690	$4,298
2021	58	69	71	2.64	$12,583	$3,422
2020	35	50	70	2.53	$10,253	$2,788
2019	127	180	80	2.15	$53,849	$14,990
2018	55	84	80	2.11	$32,261	$9,294

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.

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2023: 2 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2023

Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only	16	$117	$6
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only	12	$75	$6

2022: 2 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2022

Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function	19	$1,189	$59
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only	11	$56	$5

2021: 2 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2021

Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate, direction and valve function	15	$851	$57
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only	20	$100	$5

2019: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2019

New patient visit (60+ min)	20	$3,076	$154
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	25	$2,121	$85
Short return visit (20+ min)	32	$1,884	$59
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	11	$1,460	$54
Return visit (30+ min)	15	$1,016	$68
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin	19	$694	$37

2018: 2 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2018

Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	19	$1,687	$89
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	15	$1,129	$59

Medicaid work

$6,975 in 2024

Medicaid paid $6,975 for 682 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 76 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.

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Largest Medicaid services in 2024

Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only	599	$6,205
Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report	83	$770

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Medicaid work by year

2024	682	2	76	$6,975
2023	621	6	66	$22,599
2022	208	2	37	$7,160
2021	249	2	30	$3,439
2020	112	1	43	$847
2019	35	1	35	$331

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2023

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Largest Medicaid services in 2023

Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation (2D), includes M-mode recording, when performed, complete, with spectral Doppler echocardiography, and with color flow Doppler echocardiography	111	$15,752
Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only	433	$3,398
Return visit (30+ min)	13	$2,280
CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS TEST	14	$540
CARDIOVASCULAR STRESS TEST	14	$354
Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report	36	$276

2022

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Largest Medicaid services in 2022

Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation (2D), includes M-mode recording, when performed, complete, with spectral Doppler echocardiography, and with color flow Doppler echocardiography	38	$5,730
Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only	170	$1,430

2021

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Largest Medicaid services in 2021

Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only	236	$1,949
Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation (2D), includes M-mode recording, when performed, complete, with spectral Doppler echocardiography, and with color flow Doppler echocardiography	13	$1,491

2020

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Largest Medicaid services in 2020

Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only	112	$847

2019

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Largest Medicaid services in 2019

Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only	35	$331

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$149,931

Pharmacies billed $149,931 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 813) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical cardiology clinician is at 0%.

649 generic and 164 brand-name prescriptions · $149,931 in drug cost · 23 antibiotic prescriptions.

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.

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Largest Part D drug costs

Jardiance	66	$33,311	$505
Eliquis	20	$25,920	$1,296
Entresto	27	$25,679	$951
Pradaxa	26	$6,107	$235
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er	30	$1,053	$35

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Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed

Jardiance	66	$33,311	$505
Eliquis	20	$25,920	$1,296
Entresto	27	$25,679	$951
Pradaxa	26	$6,107	$235
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er	30	$1,053	$35
Spironolactone	94	$933	$10
Metoprolol	81	$881	$11
Atorvastatin	49	$771	$16
Rosuvastatin	61	$689	$11
Amiodarone	24	$663	$28
Furosemide	39	$426	$11
Metoprolol	33	$401	$12
Sotalol	17	$344	$20
Amlodipine Besylate	30	$343	$11
Losartan	27	$280	$10
Lisinopril	23	$268	$12
Carvedilol	19	$204	$11
Ezetimibe	17	$185	$11
Amoxicillin	17	$105	$6

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Part D prescribing by year

2024	813	267	0% (0)	20%	$149,931
2023	1,343	403	0% (0)	25%	$316,644
2022	1,636	433	0% (0)	30%	$331,953
2021	1,668	401	0% (0)	33%	$367,501
2020	783	253	0% (0)	33%	$135,833
2019	38	26	0% (0)	None	$3,830
2018	180	70	None	None	$6,749
2017	73	48	0% (0)	None	$1,790
2014	14	None	0% (0)	None	$377
2013	23	15	None	None	$1,191

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

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2023: 27 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2023

Eliquis	62	$62,404	$1,007
Entresto	35	$39,542	$1,130
Repatha Sureclick	29	$26,824	$925
Jardiance	39	$25,088	$643
Pradaxa	89	$22,843	$257
Xarelto	29	$20,780	$717
Rosuvastatin	120	$2,932	$24
Atorvastatin	97	$2,581	$27
Bisoprolol	84	$2,187	$26
Metoprolol	78	$1,609	$21
Amiodarone	24	$1,056	$44
Spironolactone	79	$736	$9
Carvedilol	57	$724	$13
Metoprolol	72	$707	$10
Amlodipine Besylate	60	$694	$12
Digoxin	21	$579	$28
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er	31	$553	$18
Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)	18	$471	$26
Lisinopril	34	$412	$12
Furosemide	35	$410	$12
Ezetimibe	45	$395	$9
Potassium Chloride	17	$381	$22
Atenolol	23	$315	$14
Clopidogrel	16	$297	$19
Losartan	25	$272	$11
Nitroglycerin	14	$209	$15
Hydralazine	12	$168	$14

2022: 26 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2022

Eliquis	98	$104,807	$1,069
Pradaxa	169	$73,181	$433
Entresto	39	$36,426	$934
Xarelto	26	$26,859	$1,033
Repatha Sureclick	37	$23,787	$643
Jardiance	39	$14,760	$378
Bisoprolol	117	$4,234	$36
Atorvastatin	161	$3,447	$21
Rosuvastatin	88	$1,877	$21
Ezetimibe	68	$1,484	$22
Amiodarone	19	$1,305	$69
Potassium Chloride	30	$1,008	$34
Metoprolol	56	$969	$17
Amlodipine Besylate	78	$927	$12
Digoxin	32	$901	$28
Carvedilol	75	$894	$12
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er	41	$873	$21
Metoprolol	79	$736	$9
Spironolactone	72	$658	$9
Atenolol	45	$555	$12
Furosemide	46	$522	$11
Lisinopril	44	$513	$12
Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)	18	$440	$24
Clopidogrel	21	$378	$18
Hydralazine	11	$220	$20
Losartan	18	$209	$12

2021: 28 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2021

Pradaxa	226	$107,657	$476
Eliquis	98	$91,295	$932
Entresto	35	$35,381	$1,011
Multaq	14	$32,856	$2,347
Xarelto	28	$29,539	$1,055
Repatha Sureclick	44	$25,724	$585
Jardiance	14	$8,440	$603
Bisoprolol	86	$3,587	$42
Atorvastatin	166	$3,125	$19
Ezetimibe	93	$2,704	$29
Amiodarone	32	$1,881	$59
Digoxin	40	$1,182	$30
Diltiazem 24hr Er (Xr)	20	$1,129	$56
Metoprolol	48	$1,047	$22
Rosuvastatin	47	$1,018	$22
Carvedilol	78	$983	$13
Spironolactone	94	$914	$10
Metoprolol	86	$804	$9
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er	37	$725	$20
Clopidogrel	34	$692	$20
Atenolol	55	$647	$12
Amlodipine Besylate	41	$482	$12
Nitroglycerin	15	$449	$30
Potassium Chloride	13	$372	$29
K-Tab Er	17	$350	$21
Lisinopril	27	$312	$12
Furosemide	22	$241	$11
Losartan	14	$173	$12

2020: 22 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2020

Pradaxa	112	$55,335	$494
Eliquis	34	$31,284	$920
Entresto	20	$9,747	$487
Vascepa	12	$4,919	$410
Amiodarone	24	$2,222	$93
Bisoprolol	37	$1,592	$43
Dilt-Xr	20	$1,386	$69
Atorvastatin	55	$1,034	$19
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er	27	$794	$29
Metoprolol	34	$744	$22
Digoxin	28	$729	$26
Ezetimibe	22	$681	$31
Carvedilol	38	$458	$12
Clopidogrel	17	$386	$23
Spironolactone	38	$380	$10
K-Tab Er	16	$361	$23
Metoprolol	34	$319	$9
Rosuvastatin	13	$318	$24
Amlodipine Besylate	29	$317	$11
Lisinopril	25	$292	$12
Atenolol	21	$219	$10
Furosemide	19	$217	$11

2019: 1 drug

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2019

Clopidogrel	12	$214	$18

2018: 1 drug

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2018

Clopidogrel	111	$1,760	$16

2017: 1 drug

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2017

Clopidogrel	36	$697	$19

Money from drug and device companies

$328 in 2019

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Payments by company

Medtronic Vascular	Corevalve Evolut	$177	4 payments Meals for Corevalve Evolut · 2019-10-29 · $18 Meals for Corevalve Evolut · 2019-06-22 · $125 Meals for Corevalve Evolut · 2019-05-30 · $18 Meals for Corevalve Evolut · 2019-05-09 · $17
Amgen	Repatha	$54	2 payments Meals for Corlanor · 2019-05-15 · $27 Meals for Repatha · 2019-03-13 · $28
Edwards Lifesciences	Edwards Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve	$43	1 payment Meals for Edwards Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve · 2019-05-01 · $43
Boston Scientific	Watchman	$37	2 payments Meals for Synergy · 2019-03-22 · $14 Meals for Watchman · 2019-02-07 · $23
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP	Brilinta	$16	1 payment Meals for Brilinta · 2019-04-24 · $16

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Every published payment

Medtronic Vascular	Meals · 2019-10-29	Corevalve Evolut	$18
Medtronic Vascular	Meals · 2019-06-22	Corevalve Evolut	$125
Medtronic Vascular	Meals · 2019-05-30	Corevalve Evolut	$18
Amgen	Meals · 2019-05-15	Corlanor	$27
Medtronic Vascular	Meals · 2019-05-09	Corevalve Evolut	$17
Edwards Lifesciences	Meals · 2019-05-01	Edwards Sapien 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve	$43
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP	Meals · 2019-04-24	Brilinta	$16
Boston Scientific	Meals · 2019-03-22	Synergy	$14
Amgen	Meals · 2019-03-13	Repatha	$28
Boston Scientific	Meals · 2019-02-07	Watchman	$23

Professional record

NPI: 1316236078
Licence: CA A122468California A122468: Current · expires 2027-10-31
Trained: University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, 2011
Group: Permanente Medical Group Inc
Gender: Female

More record details

Sole proprietor: Yes
Taxonomy: Cardiology (207RC0000X)
Mailing address: 710 Lawrence Expy, Santa Clara, CA, 95051
NPI first listed: 2011-04-04
NPI last updated: 2023-08-31
NPI record certified: 2023-08-31

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

This office lists an electronic records connection.