Juan Carlos Fernandez-Miranda
Neurosurgery · Stanford
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 17
- 3 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group
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Plans that list them
17 plans · 3 carriers
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17 of 17 plans
| 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 |
| 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 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A175501 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2021 · expires 2027-11-30 · Complutense University of Madrid Faculty 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.
- Stanford Health CareStanford, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsHome of Stanford Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 83% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.317, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.446, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.241, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 5 the same, 4 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases | Worse | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.317 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.446 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.241 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases | Better | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.86 (0.72 to 1) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.1 · 192 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.4 · 146 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 9.7 · 253 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 6.3 · 880 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 10.3 · 935 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 8.7 · 501 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.1 · 7,730 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.6 · 416 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.869 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.857 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.368 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.2 · 247 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.5 · 1,021 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 47.8 · 258 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -1.6 · 990 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.8 · 976 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.5 · 959 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.1 · 425 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 9.6 · 158 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.6 · 183 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 75% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 82% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained | 63% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 89% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 89% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 76% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 80% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 76% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 77% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 79% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 88% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 53% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 83% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 50% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 90% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$76,121
Medicare paid this office $76,121 for 158 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Other procedure on nervous system | 11 | $8,746 | $795 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 45 | $4,828 | $86 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 25 | $3,424 | $118 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 29 | $3,236 | $112 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 23 | $1,759 | $76 |
See all 9 services
| Other procedure on nervous system | 11 | $8,746 | $795 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 45 | $4,828 | $86 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 25 | $3,424 | $118 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 29 | $3,236 | $112 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 23 | $1,759 | $76 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 11 | $1,525 | $139 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 13 | $1,371 | $105 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 18 | $1,012 | $56 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 14 | $878 | $63 |
Who their Medicare patients are
158 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 70 · Women 55% · Also on Medicaid 24% · Health risk score 1.39. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical neurosurgery clinician is at 1.46.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 66% · Diabetes 27% · Coronary heart disease 22% · Depression 19% · Stroke 18% · Cancer 16% · Heart failure 14% · Atrial fibrillation 14% · Chronic kidney disease 10% · COPD 10% · Dementia 8%.
The office billed $694,348, Medicare allowed $96,473 and paid $76,121; for 264 services of 31 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 | 158 | 264 | 70 | 1.39 | $694,348 | $76,121 |
| 2023 | 127 | 220 | 69 | 1.07 | $511,266 | $65,678 |
| 2022 | 143 | 251 | 70 | 1.01 | $609,033 | $77,843 |
| 2021 | 127 | 235 | 70 | 1.11 | $627,625 | $78,205 |
| 2020 | 96 | 193 | 70 | 1.19 | $743,204 | $78,516 |
| 2019 | 82 | 153 | 69 | 1.25 | $531,126 | $45,254 |
| 2018 | 66 | 110 | 70 | 1.01 | $484,760 | $55,122 |
| 2017 | 79 | 139 | 65 | 1.70 | $363,912 | $69,444 |
| 2016 | 72 | 116 | 67 | 1.62 | $375,577 | $53,692 |
| 2015 | 68 | 107 | 67 | 1.69 | $334,732 | $48,486 |
| 2014 | 50 | 81 | 68 | 1.41 | $355,123 | $40,094 |
| 2013 | 79 | 125 | 67 | 1.40 | $425,545 | $59,618 |
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
| Return visit (30+ min) | 57 | $6,029 | $87 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 23 | $2,727 | $119 |
| Computer-assisted procedure inside brain | 12 | $2,376 | $198 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 32 | $1,830 | $57 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 22 | $1,666 | $76 |
2022: 4 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 43 | $4,142 | $88 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 63 | $3,772 | $56 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 24 | $2,602 | $108 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 32 | $2,099 | $66 |
2021: 6 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 39 | $3,913 | $89 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 43 | $3,249 | $76 |
| Computer-assisted procedure inside brain | 14 | $2,828 | $202 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 22 | $2,672 | $121 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 44 | $2,414 | $52 |
| Use of operating microscope | 11 | $2,054 | $187 |
2020: 5 services
| Other procedure on nervous system | 13 | $10,620 | $759 |
| Computer-assisted procedure inside brain | 12 | $2,436 | $203 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 31 | $2,183 | $70 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 43 | $1,999 | $42 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 11 | $956 | $74 |
2019: 5 services
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 23 | $2,691 | $117 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 25 | $1,537 | $47 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 13 | $1,317 | $101 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 18 | $1,238 | $69 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 14 | $1,008 | $72 |
2017: 4 services
| Computer-assisted procedure inside brain | 15 | $3,087 | $193 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 13 | $1,080 | $83 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 19 | $1,080 | $54 |
| Short return visit | 19 | $699 | $30 |
2016: 4 services
| Computer-assisted procedure inside brain | 15 | $2,870 | $191 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 16 | $1,235 | $77 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 20 | $1,195 | $48 |
| Short return visit | 18 | $558 | $31 |
2015: 3 services
| Other procedure on nervous system | 13 | $20,754 | $1,384 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 35 | $2,372 | $54 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 15 | $1,203 | $80 |
2014: 2 services
| Other procedure on nervous system | 11 | $10,888 | $907 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 26 | $1,565 | $54 |
2013: 2 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 41 | $2,341 | $53 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 14 | $1,065 | $76 |
Money from drug and device companies
$26,220 in 2025
| 2025 | 4 | 35 | $25,042 | $26,220 |
| 2024 | 3 | 14 | $517 | $997 |
| 2023 | 4 | 16 | $2,093 | $9,969 |
| 2022 | 2 | 5 | $7,134 | $7,316 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5 | $366 | $22,307 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 | $5,782 | $5,782 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | $1,200 | $1,338 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Medtronic | Midas Rex | $25,705 | 30 payments
|
| KLS-Martin L.P. | None | $392 | 3 payments
|
| Integra LifeSciences | Acclarent Aera | $83 | 1 payment
|
| Davol | Avitene Ultrafoam | $40 | 1 payment
|
See all 35 published payments
| Davol | Meals · 2025-12-19 | Avitene Ultrafoam | $40 |
| KLS-Martin L.P. | Royalties · 2025-10-22 | None | $164 |
| Medtronic | Consulting · 2025-10-17 | Stealthstation S8 Platform | $850 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-10-14 | Strata | $55 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-08-07 | Propel | $167 |
| Integra LifeSciences | Meals · 2025-08-01 | Acclarent Aera | $83 |
| Medtronic | Paid to speak or teach · 2025-07-22 | Midas Rex | $850 |
| Medtronic | Paid to speak or teach · 2025-07-22 | Midas Rex | $850 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-05-10 | Stealthstation S8 Platform | $46 |
| KLS-Martin L.P. | Royalties · 2025-05-07 | None | $41 |
| Medtronic | Paid to speak or teach · 2025-03-20 | Midas Rex | $22,100 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-16 | Midas Rex | $3 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-15 | Midas Rex | $4 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-15 | Midas Rex | $8 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-15 | Midas Rex | $14 |
| Medtronic | Travel · 2025-03-15 | Midas Rex | $29 |
| Medtronic | Travel · 2025-03-15 | Midas Rex | $29 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-14 | Midas Rex | $44 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-14 | Midas Rex | $2 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-14 | Midas Rex | $7 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-14 | Midas Rex | $2 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-14 | Midas Rex | $6 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-14 | Midas Rex | $4 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-14 | Midas Rex | $5 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-14 | Midas Rex | $3 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-14 | Midas Rex | $159 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-14 | Midas Rex | $0 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-14 | Midas Rex | $13 |
| Medtronic | Travel · 2025-03-14 | Midas Rex | $29 |
| Medtronic | Travel · 2025-03-14 | Midas Rex | $47 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-13 | Midas Rex | $177 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-13 | Midas Rex | $58 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-13 | Midas Rex | $3 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-02-17 | Stealthstation S8 Platform | $141 |
| KLS-Martin L.P. | Royalties · 2025-02-05 | None | $187 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)
2024: $997
| KLS-Martin L.P. | Retractor | $517 | 1 payment
|
| Medtronic | Midas Rex | $370 | 11 payments
|
| Stryker | Na | $110 | 2 payments
|
2023: $9,969
| Mizuho America | None | $7,374 | 2 payments
|
| Medtronic | Straightshot | $1,820 | 5 payments
|
| KLS-Martin L.P. | Retractor | $393 | 4 payments
|
| Stryker | Core | $383 | 5 payments
|
2022: $7,316
| Stryker | Universal Neuro 3 | $7,260 | 3 payments
|
| KLS-Martin L.P. | None | $56 | 2 payments
|
2021: $22,307
| Carl Zeiss Meditec USA | Kinevo | $21,859 | 1 payment
|
| KLS-Martin L.P. | None | $366 | 2 payments
|
| Stryker | N/A | $81 | 2 payments
|
2020: $5,782
| Integra LifeSciences | Duragen | $5,000 | 1 payment
|
| KLS-Martin L.P. | None | $782 | 3 payments
|
2019: $1,338
| Medtronic USA | Rhinobur | $1,200 | 1 payment
|
| Penumbra | Artemis | $138 | 1 payment
|
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 76.5 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1407059181
- Licence
- CA A175501, PA MD439896California A175501: Current · expires 2027-11-30
- Group
- Stanford Health Care
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207T00000X (207T00000X)
- Mailing address
- 213 Quarry Rd Rm 2851, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
- NPI first listed
- 2007-06-08
- NPI last updated
- 2024-04-26
- NPI record certified
- 2024-04-26
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 213 Quarry Rd Rm 2851, Palo Alto, CA, 94304 · 200 Lothrop St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213