Sarah Hartley Lindahl, PA
Physician Assistant · Castro Valley
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Offices
- 4
- Since medical school
- 24 years
- Graduated 2002
Offices
4 locations · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group
Looking this up.
Hospitals listed: California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus Hosp · Eden Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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California Medical Board record
Licence C19110 · Deceased
Licence status: Deceased · since 1957 · New York Medical College.
Licensee is deceased.
Matched on the licence number without its letter prefix; check the name before relying on it.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
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.
- California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus HospSan Francisco, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · No emergency departmentPart of Sutter Health, which runs 27 hospitals in 2 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 74% would definitely recommend itOverall 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): 0.187, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
- Eden Medical CenterCastro Valley, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Sutter Health, which runs 27 hospitals in 2 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 75% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.122, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus Hosp
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 4 measures. Safety: 1 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 4 the same, 1 worse of 5 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.187 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.02 (0 to 2.09) · 232 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.98 (0.56 to 1.4) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 10 · 72 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 15.1 · 106 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.4 · 257 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.8 · 721 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.26 (0.03 to 0.49) · 2,031 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.25 (0.04 to 0.45) · 2,032 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.35 (0.94 to 5.76) · 419 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.41 (0 to 3) · 211 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.84 (1.24 to 4.44) · 414 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 11.95 (2.91 to 20.98) · 218 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.61 (1.47 to 9.75) · 198 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.74 (0.22 to 3.26) · 52 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.32 (0 to 1.28) · 1,461 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4.6 · 58 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 1.756 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 22.1 · 91 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 65.3 · 84 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -26.6 · 115 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.4 · 142 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.5 · 55 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.6 · 25 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.7 to 1.3) · 312 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (602 patients answered, 22% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 75% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 73% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained | 59% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 86% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 88% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 73% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 78% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 85% |
| 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 | 68% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 71% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 81% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 46% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 74% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 46% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 85% |
See every measure and the patient survey for Eden Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.122 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.88 (0 to 1.89) · 819 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.81 (0.46 to 1.16) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 137.41 (92.94 to 181.88) · 70 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 8.4 · 78 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 11.7 · 38 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 11.1 · 207 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 17.6 · 359 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.5 · 355 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.4 · 1,714 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.17 (0 to 0.39) · 4,697 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.3 (0.1 to 0.5) · 4,676 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 2.69 (0.53 to 4.85) · 860 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.56 (0 to 3.24) · 251 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.75 (1.17 to 4.32) · 818 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 7.76 (0 to 15.78) · 261 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 6.09 (2.08 to 10.1) · 242 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.64 (0.16 to 3.12) · 233 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.16 (0 to 0.85) · 4,132 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.9 · 60 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.431 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.292 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.307 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.61 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 22.1 · 258 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 22.6 · 225 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 2.4 · 367 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.9 · 390 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.7 · 58 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20 · 88 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.9 (9.6 to 17.4) · 68 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.8 (0.6 to 1.1) · 205 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (431 patients answered, 17% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 2 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 71% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 75% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 75% |
| Staff "always" explained | 57% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 87% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 86% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 70% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 73% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 70% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 70% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 69% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 71% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 83% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 58% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 75% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 43% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 87% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$7,892
Medicare paid this office $7,892 for 88 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 45 | $3,894 | $63 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 19 | $1,093 | $58 |
| Cervical or vaginal cancer screening; pelvic and clinical breast examination | 21 | $852 | $41 |
Who their Medicare patients are
88 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Women 100% · Also on Medicaid 18% · Health risk score 1.20. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical physician assistant clinician is at 1.31.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 64% · Diabetes 27% · Depression 25% · Chronic kidney disease 22% · Cancer 14% · Atrial fibrillation 14% · Heart failure 13%.
The office billed $36,745, Medicare allowed $11,760 and paid $7,892; for 146 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.
Year by year
| 2024 | 88 | 146 | 72 | 1.20 | $36,745 | $7,892 |
| 2023 | 83 | 147 | 70 | 1.25 | $35,339 | $8,475 |
| 2022 | 110 | 182 | 72 | 1.02 | $40,821 | $10,627 |
| 2021 | 92 | 157 | 73 | 0.86 | $34,287 | $9,423 |
| 2020 | 66 | 154 | 68 | 1.21 | $27,393 | $5,736 |
| 2019 | 94 | 203 | 71 | 1.02 | $38,108 | $9,033 |
| 2018 | 59 | 131 | 69 | 1.28 | $23,007 | $5,331 |
| 2017 | 52 | 135 | 67 | 1.04 | $22,349 | $5,434 |
| 2016 | 62 | 94 | 70 | 0.97 | $18,468 | $4,596 |
| 2015 | 42 | 81 | 75 | 1.05 | $15,583 | $3,492 |
| 2014 | 71 | 171 | 69 | 0.87 | $33,643 | $7,350 |
| 2013 | 81 | 200 | 67 | 1.10 | $36,896 | $8,595 |
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: 3 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 38 | $3,636 | $62 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 18 | $1,423 | $79 |
| Cervical or vaginal cancer screening; pelvic and clinical breast examination | 22 | $897 | $41 |
2022: 3 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 55 | $5,012 | $66 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 24 | $2,079 | $87 |
| Cervical or vaginal cancer screening; pelvic and clinical breast examination | 23 | $918 | $40 |
2021: 3 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 53 | $5,623 | $68 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 11 | $1,003 | $91 |
| Cervical or vaginal cancer screening; pelvic and clinical breast examination | 23 | $931 | $40 |
2020: 1 service
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 48 | $4,002 | $49 |
2019: 4 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 64 | $6,286 | $55 |
| Cervical or vaginal cancer screening; pelvic and clinical breast examination | 14 | $557 | $40 |
| Short return visit | 14 | $448 | $32 |
| Urinalysis, manual test | 15 | $58 | $3 |
2018: 2 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 41 | $3,694 | $51 |
| Cervical or vaginal cancer screening; pelvic and clinical breast examination | 14 | $535 | $38 |
2017: 2 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 36 | $3,552 | $49 |
| Cervical or vaginal cancer screening; pelvic and clinical breast examination | 14 | $530 | $38 |
2016: 1 service
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 42 | $3,184 | $52 |
2015: 1 service
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 28 | $2,506 | $46 |
2014: 4 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 45 | $5,110 | $49 |
| Cervical or vaginal cancer screening; pelvic and clinical breast examination | 17 | $619 | $36 |
| Screening papanicolaou smear; obtaining, preparing and conveyance of cervical or vaginal smear to laboratory | 12 | $528 | $44 |
| Short return visit | 11 | $310 | $26 |
2013: 4 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 38 | $5,019 | $52 |
| Short return visit | 20 | $748 | $33 |
| Screening papanicolaou smear; obtaining, preparing and conveyance of cervical or vaginal smear to laboratory | 15 | $684 | $46 |
| Cervical or vaginal cancer screening; pelvic and clinical breast examination | 17 | $629 | $37 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$14,687
Pharmacies billed $14,687 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
118 generic and 14 brand-name prescriptions · $14,687 in drug cost · 12 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.
| Estradiol | 26 | $1,357 | $52 |
| Fluconazole | 12 | $44 | $4 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide | 18 | $42 | $2 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 132 | 53 | None | 11% | $14,687 |
| 2023 | 134 | 47 | None | None | $13,989 |
| 2022 | 115 | 57 | None | 17% | $11,240 |
| 2021 | 108 | 45 | 0% (0) | 14% | $6,998 |
| 2020 | 119 | 40 | 0% (0) | 22% | $11,952 |
| 2019 | 100 | 39 | 0% (0) | 21% | $10,613 |
| 2018 | 130 | 32 | 0% (0) | 43% | $16,509 |
| 2017 | 86 | 29 | 0% (0) | 23% | $9,912 |
| 2016 | 72 | 29 | None | 32% | $9,434 |
| 2015 | 108 | 31 | None | 49% | $11,256 |
| 2014 | 171 | 47 | 6% (11) | 44% | $15,505 |
| 2013 | 546 | 110 | 5% (25) | None | $30,522 |
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
| Estradiol | 29 | $2,435 | $84 |
2022: 2 drugs
| Estradiol | 19 | $1,074 | $57 |
| Estradiol (Once Weekly) | 11 | $634 | $58 |
2021: 2 drugs
| Estradiol (Once Weekly) | 17 | $1,690 | $99 |
| Estradiol | 12 | $172 | $14 |
2020: 1 drug
| Estradiol | 13 | $182 | $14 |
2019: 1 drug
| Estradiol | 19 | $1,642 | $86 |
2018: 4 drugs
| Estring | 11 | $4,608 | $419 |
| Estradiol | 43 | $3,714 | $86 |
| Premarin | 13 | $2,292 | $176 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride Er | 12 | $519 | $43 |
2017: 3 drugs
| Premarin | 11 | $1,927 | $175 |
| Estradiol | 15 | $1,002 | $67 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride Er | 11 | $464 | $42 |
2016: 1 drug
| Estradiol | 17 | $388 | $23 |
2015: 3 drugs
| Premarin | 15 | $4,176 | $278 |
| Estradiol | 12 | $617 | $51 |
| Trinessa | 12 | $147 | $12 |
2014: 3 drugs
| Premarin | 19 | $3,910 | $206 |
| Estrace | 11 | $1,778 | $162 |
| Vivelle-Dot | 20 | $1,685 | $84 |
2013: 8 drugs
| Ibandronate | 13 | $1,525 | $117 |
| Estradiol | 14 | $544 | $39 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er | 12 | $284 | $24 |
| Lisinopril | 40 | $240 | $6 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 16 | $121 | $8 |
| Tramadol | 12 | $115 | $10 |
| Warfarin | 13 | $111 | $9 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 12 | $60 | $5 |
Money from drug and device companies
$19 in 2023
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $19 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | None | $21 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | None | $44 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Pfizer | Myfembree | $19 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Pfizer | Education · 2023-05-05 | Myfembree | $19 |
See earlier years (2022, 2021)
2022: $21
| Abiomed | Impella | $21 | 1 payment
|
2021: $44
| AbbVie | Oriahnn | $25 | 1 payment
|
| Mylan Pharmaceuticals | Xulane | $19 | 1 payment
|
Professional record
- NPI
- 1336279785
- Licence
- CA 19110, CT 001260California C19110: Deceased
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Physician assistant (363A00000X)
- Mailing address
- Po Box 60000 # 74010, San Francisco, CA, 94160
- NPI first listed
- 2007-03-06
- NPI last updated
- 2009-11-11
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.