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Rafee Allah Obaidi, MD

Anesthesiology · Glendale

NPI 1346560737

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
3
Since medical school
16 years
University of California, Geffen School of Medicine, 2010

Offices

3 locations · Valley Anesthesiology Consultants Inc · 284 clinicians in this group

Looking this up.

Hospitals listed: Banner Estrella Medical Center · Banner Thunderbird 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 A118209 · Delinquent

Licence status: Delinquent · since 2011 · expires 2024-11-30 · David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

License renewal fee has not been paid. No practice is permitted.

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

School, training and certification

What this clinician told their state board, medical school and everything before it. Only some states publish this, so nothing here means the state does not say, not that there was no training or certification.

Specialty certification

  • American Board of Anesthesiology - Anesthesiology

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.

  • Banner Estrella Medical CenterPhoenix, AZAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Banner Health, which runs 33 hospitals in 6 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 68% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 3 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Pressure ulcer rate: 1.49 (0.71 to 2.27) · 3,084 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.176, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.613, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
  • Banner Thunderbird Medical CenterGlendale, AZAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · No emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Banner Health, which runs 33 hospitals in 6 statesPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 57% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 16.27 (9.75 to 22.79) · 434 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.364, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.347, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.103, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Banner Estrella Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 1 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 7 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Banner Estrella Medical Center
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths1.49 (0.71 to 2.27) · 3,084 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.176BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.613BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.45 (0.42 to 2.47) · 647 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.24 (0.87 to 1.6)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths180.72 (122.13 to 239.31) · 56 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths3.2 · 26 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7 · 69 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths11.8 · 105 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths8.9 · 281 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths16.8 · 346 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths11 · 201 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.3 · 2,885 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.34 (0.13 to 0.56) · 3,255 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.36 (0.16 to 0.57) · 3,549 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.71 (1.44 to 5.97) · 810 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.98 (0.32 to 3.64) · 210 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths1.95 (0.36 to 3.54) · 747 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths7.6 (0 to 15.51) · 223 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths4.46 (0.45 to 8.47) · 216 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths2 (0.51 to 3.49) · 201 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.728No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.528No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections1.042No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.982No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.2 · 217 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.4 · 794 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits-11.2 · 97 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-21.2 · 316 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits-15.9 · 345 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15.9 · 879 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits12.6 · 74 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.2 · 214 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.1 (9.7 to 17.5) · 356 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1 (0.8 to 1.3) · 421 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (882 patients answered, 15% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Banner Estrella Medical Center
Cleanliness2
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication2
Communication about medicines2
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness4
Recommend hospital3
Share of patients giving the best answer at Banner Estrella Medical Center
Room was "always" clean63%
Nurses "always" communicated well74%
Doctors "always" communicated well73%
Staff "always" explained53%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information84%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge82%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand67%
Doctors "always" listened carefully71%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect80%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)67%
Staff "always" explained new medications69%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand68%
Nurses "always" listened carefully73%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect82%
"Always" quiet at night67%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital68%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects38%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms85%
See every measure and the patient survey for Banner Thunderbird Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 4 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 8 the same, 2 worse of 10 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths16.27 (9.75 to 22.79) · 434 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.364BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.347BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.103BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.02 (0.07 to 1.98) · 1,132 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.22 (0.92 to 1.53)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths156.89 (111.63 to 202.16) · 118 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.9 · 98 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths8.5 · 111 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths14.1 · 158 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths10.5 · 351 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths17.1 · 615 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.2 · 350 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3 · 4,337 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.2 (0 to 0.39) · 5,996 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.29 (0.09 to 0.48) · 6,270 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths2.76 (0.81 to 4.71) · 1,571 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths2.1 (0.55 to 3.64) · 426 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.94 (1.52 to 4.37) · 1,458 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths4.59 (0.85 to 8.33) · 434 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.62 (0.15 to 3.09) · 287 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.9 (0.29 to 1.51) · 5,552 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.641No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.961No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.795No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15.2 · 313 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits19.8 · 828 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits4.4 · 160 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-7.5 · 406 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits9.5 · 656 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.6 · 1,508 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits6.8 (5.1 to 9.1) · 295 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits8.9 (7 to 11.4) · 295 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.3 · 203 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.7 · 328 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.6 (9.5 to 16.9) · 335 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1 (0.8 to 1.3) · 419 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,165 patients answered, 17% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
Cleanliness2
Nurse communication2
Doctor communication2
Communication about medicines1
Discharge information2
Overall hospital rating2
Quietness3
Recommend hospital2
Share of patients giving the best answer at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
Room was "always" clean64%
Nurses "always" communicated well69%
Doctors "always" communicated well66%
Staff "always" explained48%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information79%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge75%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand62%
Doctors "always" listened carefully63%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect74%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)57%
Staff "always" explained new medications65%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand65%
Nurses "always" listened carefully66%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect77%
"Always" quiet at night52%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital57%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects32%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms84%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$3,216

Medicare paid this office $3,216 for 25 people.

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

Who their Medicare patients are

25 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Women 52% · Health risk score 1.93. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical anesthesiology clinician is at 1.54.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Depression 44%.

The office billed $26,597, Medicare allowed $3,974 and paid $3,216; for 28 services of 14 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
20242528731.93$26,597$3,216
20235462741.79$128,742$7,513
20225682732.16$174,753$10,442
20215168732.07$160,490$10,072
20207384701.73$212,211$14,111
201981101702.86$209,509$13,907
2018162618721.78$319,211$19,743
20172491,526711.52$483,501$31,997
2016194222701.99$314,320$26,746
2015160203711.58$231,064$25,614
20147485732.43$119,864$14,239

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

2022: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement12$290$24

2018: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Anesthesia for x-ray procedure (accessed through the skin) on spine and spinal cord59$5,735$96
Anesthesia for other procedure on esophagus, stomach, or upper small bowel using an endoscope18$1,964$109
Injection, propofol, 10 mg67$40None

2017: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Anesthesia for x-ray procedure (accessed through the skin) on spine and spinal cord102$10,776$102
Anesthesia for nerve block and injection procedure, prone position37$3,599$97
Injection, propofol, 10 mg157$111None
Injection, ondansetron hydrochloride, per 1 mg12$3None

2016: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Anesthesia for x-ray procedure (accessed through the skin) on spine and spinal cord49$4,996$102
Anesthesia for nerve block and injection procedure, prone position36$3,741$98
Anesthesia for procedure on gastrointestinal tract using an endoscope26$3,195$123

2015: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Anesthesia for x-ray procedure (accessed through the skin) on spine and spinal cord45$5,134$112
Anesthesia for nerve block and injection procedure, prone position37$3,912$100

2014: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Anesthesia for procedure on gastrointestinal tract using an endoscope11$1,562$142

Medicaid work

$114,730 in 2024

Medicaid paid $114,730 for 240 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 37 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 2024
Neuraxial labor analgesia/anesthesia for planned vaginal delivery (this includes any repeat subarachnoid needle placement and drug injection and/or any necessary replacement of an epidural catheter during labor)240$114,730
Medicaid work by year
2024240137$114,730
2023223233$102,401
2022148122$66,890
2021101123$55,507
2020148418$29,899
2019105217$19,592
2018143321$44,503
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
Neuraxial labor analgesia/anesthesia for planned vaginal delivery (this includes any repeat subarachnoid needle placement and drug injection and/or any necessary replacement of an epidural catheter during labor)211$97,711
Anesthesia for cesarean delivery only12$4,690

2022

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
Neuraxial labor analgesia/anesthesia for planned vaginal delivery (this includes any repeat subarachnoid needle placement and drug injection and/or any necessary replacement of an epidural catheter during labor)148$66,890

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
Neuraxial labor analgesia/anesthesia for planned vaginal delivery (this includes any repeat subarachnoid needle placement and drug injection and/or any necessary replacement of an epidural catheter during labor)101$55,507

2020

Largest Medicaid services in 2020
Neuraxial labor analgesia/anesthesia for planned vaginal delivery (this includes any repeat subarachnoid needle placement and drug injection and/or any necessary replacement of an epidural catheter during labor)74$29,899
Duration of general or neuraxial anesthesia 60 minutes or longer, as documented in the anesthesia record (CRIT) (Peri2)37$0
Anesthesia complicated by emergency conditions (specify) (List separately in addition to code for primary anesthesia procedure)14$0
At least 1 body temperature measurement equal to or greater than 35.5 degrees celsius (or 95.9 degrees fahrenheit) achieved within the 30 minutes immediately before or 15 minutes immediately after anesthesia end time23$0

2019

Largest Medicaid services in 2019
Neuraxial labor analgesia/anesthesia for planned vaginal delivery (this includes any repeat subarachnoid needle placement and drug injection and/or any necessary replacement of an epidural catheter during labor)43$19,592
Duration of general or neuraxial anesthesia 60 minutes or longer, as documented in the anesthesia record (CRIT) (Peri2)62$0

2018

Largest Medicaid services in 2018
Neuraxial labor analgesia/anesthesia for planned vaginal delivery (this includes any repeat subarachnoid needle placement and drug injection and/or any necessary replacement of an epidural catheter during labor)106$43,905
Anesthesia for percutaneous image guided procedures on the spine and spinal cord; therapeutic21$598
Injection, propofol, 10 mg16$0

Professional record

NPI
1346560737
Licence
AZ 48501, CA A118209California A118209: Delinquent · expires 2024-11-30
Trained
University of California, Geffen School of Medicine, 2010 · 16 years ago
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
Yes
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207L00000X (207L00000X)
Mailing address
645 E Missouri Ave Ste 300, Phoenix, AZ, 85012
NPI first listed
2010-06-08
NPI last updated
2018-09-07

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

Extra NPI addresses: 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305