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Benny Gavi, MD

Internal Medicine · Stanford

NPI 1487796579

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
4
1 carrier
Offices
2
Since medical school
30 years
Harvard Medical School, 1996

Offices

2 locations · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group

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Plans that list them

4 plans · 1 carrier

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Classic (HMO)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN MyChoice (HMO)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A89436 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2004 · expires 2028-08-31 · Harvard Medical School.

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

School, training and certification

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Specialty certification

  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine

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.

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

$24,563

Medicare paid this office $24,563 for 72 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes51$15,515$106
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes33$5,128$147
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less29$2,154$74
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes13$1,272$71

Who their Medicare patients are

72 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 74 · Under 65 19% · 85 and older 22% · Women 53% · Also on Medicaid 44% · Health risk score 3.65. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 61% · Diabetes 51% · Heart failure 49% · Depression 44% · Coronary heart disease 43% · Atrial fibrillation 42% · Dementia 35% · COPD 32% · Stroke 21% · Cancer 19%.

The office billed $102,736, Medicare allowed $31,259 and paid $24,563; for 233 services of 7 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
202472233743.65$102,736$24,563
202349130732.89$52,110$12,987
2022109341762.69$139,762$35,242
202169221722.71$83,569$22,321
202055164753.15$65,108$18,063
201984258723.71$96,700$25,635
201850149713.44$56,366$15,059
201741121733.22$41,154$10,974
201679263732.67$89,253$24,396
201561182752.50$64,814$18,099
2014124250732.13$79,010$22,218
201367134741.45$35,918$9,795

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: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes20$6,363$110
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes16$2,399$150
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less20$1,345$67

2022: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes64$15,834$93
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes59$11,513$180
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes28$3,457$63
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less37$2,494$66

2021: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes38$8,591$95
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes35$7,032$185
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes20$3,054$66
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less35$2,666$68

2020: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes28$6,013$200
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes24$5,869$98
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less31$2,348$71
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes14$1,493$68

2019: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes49$11,697$94
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes32$6,240$184
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less43$2,851$66
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes21$2,178$66

2018: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes25$6,553$94
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes23$4,184$182
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes16$1,830$65
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less15$1,003$67

2017: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes17$4,020$93
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes11$2,332$65
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes12$2,175$181
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less19$1,259$66

2016: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes31$6,759$93
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes32$5,768$180
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes34$5,594$64
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less35$2,432$66
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes14$1,701$121

2015: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes35$6,514$93
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes31$5,786$181
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes27$3,043$65
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less23$1,524$66

2014: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes62$9,797$92
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes57$4,868$64
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes16$2,878$180
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes28$2,500$89
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less11$720$65

2013: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes56$6,253$62

Medicaid work

$1,181 in 2023

Medicaid paid $1,181 for 49 billed services this clinician did in 2023, 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.

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES49$1,181
Medicaid work by year
202349112$1,181
202250117$1,264
202064214$2,275
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2022

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES50$1,264

2020

Largest Medicaid services in 2020
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES49$1,441
1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 7515$834

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$62,437

Pharmacies billed $62,437 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

Opioids were 5% of their Part D prescriptions (26 of 542) in 2024. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1%.

457 generic and 85 brand-name prescriptions · $62,437 in drug cost · 39 antibiotic prescriptions to 22 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.

Largest Part D drug costs
Eliquis18$14,786$821
Jardiance13$8,444$650
Testosterone14$1,240$89
Tramadol15$798$53
Atorvastatin38$405$11
See all 14 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Eliquis18$14,786$821
Jardiance13$8,444$650
Testosterone14$1,240$89
Tramadol15$798$53
Atorvastatin38$405$11
Losartan28$312$11
Rosuvastatin19$261$14
Amlodipine Besylate23$252$11
Oxycodone11$177$16
Escitalopram14$112$8
Pravastatin14$76$5
Gabapentin13$62$5
Levothyroxine12$56$5
Paxlovid12$0$0

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024542585% (26)16%$62,437
2023421555% (20)10%$51,582
2022384615% (18)14%$86,453
202130346NoneNone$35,177
202033448None19%$87,087
201932457NoneNone$102,964
201822040None25%$87,843
201726648None28%$93,846
201629746NoneNone$80,852
2015330464% (14)22%$51,377
201421734None32%$63,201
2013102220% (0)43%$34,566

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Testosterone14$2,432$174
Tramadol14$549$39
Losartan27$224$8
Rosuvastatin13$217$17
Atorvastatin25$201$8
Gabapentin17$149$9
Escitalopram13$114$9
Amlodipine Besylate14$106$8
Benazepril-Hydrochlorothiazide11$22$2

2022: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Eliquis16$8,943$559
Testosterone14$1,544$110
Tramadol15$425$28
Chlorthalidone11$319$29
Atorvastatin24$253$11
Tamsulosin11$179$16
Gabapentin14$125$9
Losartan17$116$7
Furosemide11$77$7

2021: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Testosterone11$5,067$461
Potassium Chloride11$660$60
Atorvastatin21$313$15
Furosemide16$66$4

2020: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Eliquis11$7,997$727
Acetazolamide11$1,723$157
Esomeprazole Magnesium13$922$71
Atorvastatin20$492$25
Chlorthalidone14$484$35
Losartan13$278$21
Furosemide12$36$3

2019: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Noxafil12$75,505$6,292
Prednisone16$524$33
Valsartan12$498$42
Atorvastatin14$335$24
Chlorthalidone11$325$30
Losartan20$258$13
Amlodipine Besylate18$198$11

2018: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Noxafil12$71,913$5,993
Esomeprazole Magnesium12$2,820$235
Valsartan11$218$20

2017: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Noxafil13$74,899$5,761
Uloric13$3,800$292
Nexium11$3,294$299
Ipratropium13$466$36
Prednisone19$273$14
Atorvastatin11$255$23
Valsartan12$149$12

2016: 8 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Noxafil11$60,507$5,501
Uloric12$3,179$265
Losartan15$508$34
Prednisone23$349$15
Gabapentin11$336$31
Atorvastatin13$317$24
Lidocaine11$167$15
Valsartan12$162$14

2015: 10 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Uloric11$2,784$253
Dexilant11$2,367$215
Duloxetine12$1,970$164
Gabapentin13$955$73
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen13$729$56
Prednisone13$506$39
Losartan14$426$30
Clindamycin14$294$21
Lidocaine12$186$16
Pravastatin11$88$8

2014: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Uloric12$3,020$252
Dexilant12$2,432$203
Ipratropium11$541$49
Amlodipine Besylate11$53$5

Professional record

NPI
1487796579
Licence
CA A89436California A89436: Current · expires 2028-08-31
Trained
Harvard Medical School, 1996 · 30 years ago
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
Yes
Medicaid ID
CA 00A894360
Taxonomy
Internal medicine (207R00000X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2007-02-13
NPI last updated
2024-04-18
NPI record certified
2024-04-18

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