Sonia K Ghei, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Redwood City
- 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
- 12
Offices
12 locations · Permanente Medical Group Inc · Stanford Health Care
Hospitals listed: Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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California Medical Board record
Licence A95837 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2006 · expires 2028-06-30 · Wayne State University School 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.
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood CityRedwood City, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Kaiser Permanente, which runs 41 hospitals in 3 statesPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 80% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 3.075, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better 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): 0.064, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 2 measures. Safety: 2 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 1 the same, 0 worse of 1 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 3.075 | Worse | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.064 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.04 (0 to 2.12) · 81 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.91 (0.43 to 1.39) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 13.3 · 366 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 4.3 · 1,523 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.2 (0 to 0.44) · 477 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.26 (0.05 to 0.48) · 479 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.19 (0.67 to 5.72) · 160 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.66 (0 to 3.38) · 73 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.21 (0.52 to 3.9) · 167 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 8.49 (0 to 18.18) · 69 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.03 (0.77 to 9.28) · 75 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.49 (0 to 1.69) · 311 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.719 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.2 · 71 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 21 · 204 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.3 · 209 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20 · 45 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
What patients said (1,673 patients answered, 27% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 76% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 78% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained | 62% |
| 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 | 77% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 80% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 86% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 75% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 74% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 76% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 85% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 57% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 80% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 49% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 88% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$5,175
Medicare paid this office $5,175 for 87 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Ct scan head or brain without contrast | 13 | $443 | $34 |
| X-ray of chest, 1 view | 31 | $304 | $7 |
Who their Medicare patients are
87 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 68 · Under 65 29% · Women 44% · Also on Medicaid 59% · Health risk score 1.68. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical diagnostic radiology clinician is at 1.7.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 71% · Diabetes 38% · Chronic kidney disease 33% · Stroke 29% · Depression 26% · Heart failure 25% · Coronary heart disease 22% · COPD 17% · Cancer 16% · Atrial fibrillation 16%.
The office billed $44,341, Medicare allowed $7,549 and paid $5,175; for 750 services of 40 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 | 87 | 750 | 68 | 1.68 | $44,341 | $5,175 |
| 2023 | 65 | 158 | 66 | 1.43 | $29,857 | $3,357 |
| 2022 | 65 | 426 | 72 | 1.59 | $40,432 | $4,788 |
| 2021 | 63 | 91 | 72 | 1.66 | $29,195 | $4,075 |
| 2020 | 47 | 74 | 69 | 1.97 | $19,480 | $2,662 |
| 2019 | 54 | 140 | 72 | 1.93 | $24,181 | $3,904 |
| 2018 | 69 | 190 | 73 | 1.73 | $35,179 | $4,961 |
| 2017 | 64 | 245 | 70 | 1.56 | $36,553 | $4,909 |
| 2016 | 49 | 65 | 73 | 2.26 | $19,240 | $2,752 |
| 2013 | 18 | 29 | 67 | 1.94 | $10,746 | $1,295 |
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: 2 services
| Ct scan head or brain without contrast | 12 | $435 | $33 |
| X-ray of chest, 1 view | 14 | $86 | $6 |
2022: 2 services
| Ct scan head or brain without contrast | 17 | $522 | $29 |
| X-ray of chest, 1 view | 15 | $119 | $8 |
2021: 2 services
| Ct scan head or brain without contrast | 14 | $474 | $32 |
| X-ray of chest, 1 view | 19 | $163 | $8 |
2020: 1 service
| Ct scan head or brain without contrast | 19 | $837 | $38 |
2019: 1 service
| Ct scan head or brain without contrast | 21 | $691 | $28 |
2018: 1 service
| Ct scan head or brain without contrast | 25 | $938 | $36 |
2017: 2 services
| Ct scan head or brain without contrast | 12 | $434 | $33 |
| X-ray of chest, 1 view, front | 12 | $70 | $6 |
2016: 1 service
| Ct scan head or brain without contrast | 13 | $436 | $34 |
Medicaid work
$11,209 in 2024
Medicaid paid $11,209 for 162 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 20 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.
| MRI BRAIN BRAIN STEM W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL | 29 | $8,383 |
| Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material | 12 | $1,385 |
| Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 108 | $1,072 |
| Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 13 | $368 |
| 2024 | 162 | 4 | 20 | $11,209 |
| 2023 | 58 | 2 | 15 | $370 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1 | 15 | $145 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material | 25 | $307 |
| Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 33 | $64 |
2022
| Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material | 16 | $145 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1457498339
- Licence
- CA A95837California A95837: Current · expires 2028-06-30
- Trained
- Wayne State University School of Medicine, 2004
- Group
- Permanente Medical Group Inc · Stanford Health Care
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Diagnostic radiology (2085R0202X)
- Mailing address
- 4860 Y St, Suite 3100, Sacramento, CA, 95817
- NPI first listed
- 2007-01-31
- NPI last updated
- 2021-12-15
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
This office lists an electronic records connection.