Pardeep Taunk, MD
Internal Medicine · Los Gatos
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 24
- 6 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Patricia Sitnitsky PC · 11 clinicians in this group
Research they published
10 papers · cited 7 times
Published as Pardeep Taunk at Coney Island Hospital.
Research identity is not a guarantee of current clinical practice. Same name is not the same person — if this looks like someone else, tell us.
| 2022 | Emerging Multiorgan Klebsiella pneumoniae Invasive Syndrome Leading to Septic Shock: A Case Report and Review of the Literature | Cureus |
Topics: Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies · Gut microbiota and health · Inflammatory Bowel Disease · Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria · Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
Plans that list them
24 plans · 6 carriers
A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Taunk’s office at (408) 495-5770 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
24 of 24 plans
| Alignment Health Advantage PPO (PPO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| 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 |
| Anthem Prime (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross Partnership Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Astiva Health C-SNP WOW - NorCal (HMO C-SNP) | Astiva Health | Listed | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Astiva Health Premier Plan - NorCal (HMO) | Astiva Health | Listed | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Astiva Health Savings Plan - NorCal (HMO) | Astiva Health | Listed | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Blue Shield Inspire (HMO) | Blue Shield of California | Listed | Aug 26, 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 |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$24,331
Medicare paid this office $24,331 for 88 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 70 | $13,223 | $58 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 39 | $3,254 | $83 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 22 | $2,811 | $88 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 24 | $2,341 | $98 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 20 | $1,812 | $37 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Removal of nail tissue | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
88 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 78 · Women 55% · Also on Medicaid 18% · Health risk score 2.27. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical hospitalist clinician is at 2.49.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 49% · Coronary heart disease 48% · Heart failure 48% · COPD 44% · Diabetes 41% · Depression 39% · Atrial fibrillation 33% · Stroke 19% · Cancer 18% · Dementia 18%.
The office billed $95,435, Medicare allowed $31,013 and paid $24,331; for 382 services of 8 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 | 382 | 78 | 2.27 | $95,435 | $24,331 |
| 2023 | 301 | 726 | 78 | 2.74 | $314,543 | $57,978 |
| 2022 | 119 | 392 | 75 | 2.56 | $62,197 | $23,526 |
| 2021 | 95 | 285 | 74 | 2.17 | $53,522 | $19,904 |
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: 6 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 139 | $16,956 | $66 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 109 | $16,678 | $104 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 104 | $10,241 | $98 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 63 | $5,689 | $42 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 24 | $3,414 | $142 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 27 | $2,722 | $101 |
2022: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 83 | $13,826 | $56 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 24 | $3,417 | $81 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 22 | $1,794 | $82 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 14 | $766 | $55 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 13 | $731 | $30 |
2021: 6 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 37 | $5,812 | $56 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 24 | $5,460 | $80 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 16 | $1,688 | $106 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 18 | $1,106 | $30 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 13 | $1,074 | $83 |
| Hospital observation care on day of discharge | 11 | $626 | $57 |
Medicaid work
$2,710 in 2024
Medicaid paid $2,710 for 35 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 12 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.
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 35 | $2,710 |
| 2024 | 35 | 1 | 12 | $2,710 |
| 2023 | 34 | 2 | 14 | $1,742 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 22 | $1,028 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter | 12 | $714 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$17,399
Pharmacies billed $17,399 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
212 generic and 19 brand-name prescriptions · $17,399 in drug cost · 33 antibiotic prescriptions to 29 people.
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.
| Eliquis | 12 | $10,347 | $862 |
| Bumetanide | 19 | $734 | $39 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate Er | 14 | $348 | $25 |
| Pantoprazole | 19 | $179 | $9 |
| Levofloxacin | 12 | $41 | $3 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 231 | 84 | None | 8% | $17,399 |
| 2023 | 209 | 87 | None | 7% | $13,631 |
| 2022 | 215 | 105 | None | None | $12,987 |
| 2021 | 511 | 82 | None | 16% | $45,618 |
| 2020 | 469 | 59 | 0% (0) | 21% | $44,519 |
| 2019 | 619 | 73 | 0% (0) | 21% | $39,348 |
| 2018 | 97 | 18 | 0% (0) | None | $10,176 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 2 drugs
| Levetiracetam | 11 | $277 | $25 |
| Atorvastatin | 19 | $127 | $7 |
2022: 1 drug
| Lisinopril | 16 | $50 | $3 |
2021: 15 drugs
| Januvia | 21 | $13,779 | $656 |
| Famotidine | 17 | $1,546 | $91 |
| Albuterol Sulfate Hfa | 13 | $911 | $70 |
| Hydralazine | 17 | $368 | $22 |
| Pantoprazole | 20 | $354 | $18 |
| Atorvastatin | 23 | $294 | $13 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 11 | $145 | $13 |
| Metformin | 11 | $145 | $13 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 20 | $129 | $6 |
| Escitalopram | 12 | $126 | $10 |
| Losartan | 14 | $116 | $8 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 13 | $105 | $8 |
| Carvedilol | 14 | $86 | $6 |
| Lisinopril | 18 | $48 | $3 |
| Alcohol Prep Pads | 11 | $24 | $2 |
2020: 12 drugs
| Nitroglycerin | 12 | $413 | $34 |
| Atorvastatin | 31 | $326 | $11 |
| Levothyroxine | 12 | $325 | $27 |
| Pantoprazole | 20 | $153 | $8 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 15 | $96 | $6 |
| Tamsulosin | 14 | $88 | $6 |
| Gabapentin | 16 | $81 | $5 |
| Metformin | 12 | $77 | $6 |
| Losartan | 11 | $57 | $5 |
| Lisinopril | 13 | $43 | $3 |
| Paroxetine | 11 | $27 | $2 |
| Furosemide | 11 | $16 | $1 |
2019: 16 drugs
| Januvia | 13 | $8,571 | $659 |
| Atorvastatin | 36 | $480 | $13 |
| Levothyroxine | 20 | $390 | $19 |
| Famotidine | 15 | $245 | $16 |
| Hydralazine | 20 | $232 | $12 |
| Rosuvastatin | 13 | $156 | $12 |
| Pantoprazole | 28 | $144 | $5 |
| Metformin | 14 | $141 | $10 |
| Lisinopril | 24 | $122 | $5 |
| Tamsulosin | 13 | $114 | $9 |
| Escitalopram | 13 | $113 | $9 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 26 | $111 | $4 |
| Losartan | 16 | $93 | $6 |
| Metoprolol | 20 | $85 | $4 |
| Glipizide | 15 | $72 | $5 |
| Furosemide | 16 | $58 | $4 |
Money from drug and device companies
$408 in 2025
| 2025 | 14 | 18 | None | $408 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $24 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | None | $105 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Pfizer | Nurtec Odt | $68 | 3 payments
|
| Lundbeck | Vyepti | $56 | 2 payments
|
| Abbvie | Ubrelvy | $41 | 2 payments
|
| Edwards Lifesciences | Edwards Sapien 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve | $34 | 1 payment
|
| Axsome Therapeutics | Symbravo | $28 | 1 payment
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| Eisai | Leqembi | $26 | 1 payment
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See all 18 published payments
| Edwards Lifesciences | Meals · 2025-12-10 | Edwards Sapien 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve | $34 |
| Otsuka America Pharmaceutical | Meals · 2025-12-09 | Rexulti | $22 |
| Paratek Pharmaceuticals | Meals · 2025-12-04 | Xhance | $19 |
| Invivyd | Meals · 2025-11-04 | Pemgarda | $21 |
| Axsome Therapeutics | Meals · 2025-10-30 | Symbravo | $28 |
| Pfizer | Meals · 2025-10-27 | Nurtec Odt | $23 |
| ViiV Healthcare | Meals · 2025-10-22 | Apretude | $17 |
| Abbvie | Meals · 2025-09-30 | Ubrelvy | $21 |
| Pfizer | Meals · 2025-09-23 | Nurtec Odt | $28 |
| Lundbeck | Meals · 2025-09-23 | Vyepti | $26 |
| Pfizer | Meals · 2025-09-17 | Nurtec Odt | $16 |
| Salix Pharmaceuticals a division of Bausch Health US | Meals · 2025-09-16 | Xifaxan | $17 |
| Lilly USA | Meals · 2025-09-15 | Kisunla | $22 |
| Abbvie | Meals · 2025-09-10 | Botox | $20 |
| Exact Sciences | Meals · 2025-08-26 | The Cologuard Plus Collection Kit | $19 |
| Eisai | Meals · 2025-08-18 | Leqembi | $26 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A. | Meals · 2025-08-11 | Trintellix | $20 |
| Lundbeck | Meals · 2025-07-17 | Vyepti | $30 |
See earlier years (2023, 2022)
2023: $24
| E.R. Squibb & Sons L.L.C. | Eliquis | $24 | 1 payment
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2022: $105
| Cook Medical | Instinct | $105 | 1 payment
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Professional record
- NPI
- 1336643477
- Licence
- ME MD27565, ND PT17600
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Internal medicine (207R00000X)
- Mailing address
- 827 Altos Oaks Dr Ste 4, Los Altos, CA, 94024
- NPI first listed
- 2018-03-22
- NPI last updated
- 2025-10-29
- NPI record certified
- 2025-10-29
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.