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Sunita Sastry, MD

Anesthesiology · Stanford

NPI 1447272588

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
Not verified
Not the same as out of network.
Office
1
Since medical school
36 years
Graduated 1990

Offices

1 location · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group

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Plan participation

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California Medical Board record

Licence A56074 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 1996 · expires 2028-05-31 · University of Bombay, Grant Medical College.

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

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 it
    Overall 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.

Every scored measure at Stanford Health Care
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.317BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.446BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.241BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.86 (0.72 to 1)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.1 · 192 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.4 · 146 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths9.7 · 253 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths6.3 · 880 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 935 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths8.7 · 501 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.1 · 7,730 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.6 · 416 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.869No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.857No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.368No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.2 · 247 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.5 · 1,021 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits47.8 · 258 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-1.6 · 990 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits20.8 · 976 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.5 · 959 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.1 · 425 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits9.6 · 158 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.6 · 183 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care
Room was "always" clean75%
Nurses "always" communicated well82%
Doctors "always" communicated well81%
Staff "always" explained63%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge89%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)79%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects50%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$85,073

Medicare paid this office $85,073 for 252 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Anesthesia for procedure to assess heart electrical activity130$51,007$386
Anesthesia for x-ray on artery of brain, heart, or chest19$4,708$235
Anesthesia for insertion or replace of pacing heart defibrillator14$3,553$254
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin39$1,467$38

Procedures year by year

Procedures billed to Original Medicare by year
Procedure201920202021202220232024
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin483438456439

Times billed to Original Medicare each year. A blank year means fewer than 11 people had it, or none: Medicare does not publish smaller counts. Medicare Advantage patients are not included.

Who their Medicare patients are

252 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Under 65 9% · 85 and older 8% · Women 40% · Also on Medicaid 21% · Health risk score 1.98. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical anesthesiology clinician is at 1.54.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Atrial fibrillation 66% · Coronary heart disease 49% · Heart failure 40% · Diabetes 36% · Chronic kidney disease 34% · Cancer 23% · COPD 19% · Depression 19% · Stroke 17% · Dementia 9%.

The office billed $806,126, Medicare allowed $107,946 and paid $85,073; for 297 services of 44 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
2024252297731.98$806,126$85,073
2023181246722.19$552,065$71,829
2022149202742.11$426,485$53,569
2021114153721.89$333,778$36,641
202089129721.87$294,511$33,574
2019106159741.62$335,956$34,391
2018107155711.85$275,593$22,643
201791111701.96$215,228$23,367
2016128161721.82$308,552$34,913
2015120155701.69$288,193$38,500

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: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Anesthesia for procedure to assess heart electrical activity68$33,180$488
Anesthesia for extensive surgery on spine11$7,348$668
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin64$2,498$39
Anesthesia for other procedure on esophagus, stomach, or upper small bowel using an endoscope11$1,709$155

2022: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Anesthesia for procedure to assess heart electrical activity39$19,043$488
Anesthesia for insertion of permanent heart pacemaker17$4,302$253
Anesthesia for insertion or replace of pacing heart defibrillator12$3,732$311
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin45$1,755$39

2021: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Anesthesia for procedure to assess heart electrical activity32$14,879$451
Anesthesia for insertion or replace of pacing heart defibrillator20$5,995$300
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin37$1,511$40

2020: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Anesthesia for procedure to assess heart electrical activity23$13,531$588
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin34$1,372$40

2019: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Anesthesia for procedure to assess heart electrical activity34$15,504$443
Anesthesia for insertion or replace of pacing heart defibrillator17$4,704$277
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin46$1,906$40

2018: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Anesthesia for procedure to assess heart electrical activity32$10,274$321
Anesthesia for insertion or replace of pacing heart defibrillator13$2,140$165
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin36$1,394$39
Anesthesia for lens surgery15$900$60

2017: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Anesthesia for procedure on gastrointestinal tract using an endoscope16$2,056$128
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin14$625$45

2016: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Anesthesia for other procedure on lower spine11$4,049$368
Anesthesia for procedure on gastrointestinal tract using an endoscope15$1,474$98
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin24$1,071$45

2015: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Anesthesia for extensive surgery on spine11$5,740$522
Anesthesia for procedure on gastrointestinal tract using an endoscope15$1,870$125
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin26$1,119$43

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
1447272588
Licence
CA A56074California A56074: Current · expires 2028-05-31
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Medicaid ID
CA 00A560740
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207L00000X (207L00000X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
NPI first listed
2006-07-25
NPI last updated
2024-04-10
NPI record certified
2024-04-10

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