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Songqian Li, MD

Internal Medicine · San Jose

NPI 1548525157

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Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
1
1 carrier
Office
1
Since medical school
14 years
Graduated 2012

Offices

1 location · County of Santa Clara · 1,000 clinicians in this group

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Plans that list them

1 plan · 1 carrier

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Anthem Full Dual Advantage Aligned (HMO D-SNP)Anthem Blue CrossListedOct 3, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A136726 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2015 · expires 2027-03-31 · University of Toledo College of Medicine.

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 Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
80.6 / 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.

  • Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 70% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 2 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 2.572, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.563, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.256, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.369, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 10 the same, 1 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 Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections2.572WorseOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.563BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.256BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.369BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.25 (0.3 to 2.2) · 1,535 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.07 (0.76 to 1.38)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths214.59 (167.38 to 261.8) · 108 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.8 · 41 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6 · 141 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths10.2 · 124 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths8.3 · 501 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths14.9 · 653 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.1 · 348 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3 · 4,502 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.24 (0.04 to 0.43) · 9,014 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.34 (0.15 to 0.52) · 9,216 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths4.54 (2.51 to 6.58) · 1,421 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.54 (0 to 3.2) · 288 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.11 (0.66 to 3.56) · 1,446 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths11.61 (4.09 to 19.14) · 294 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths7.29 (3.39 to 11.2) · 299 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.9 (0.45 to 3.36) · 333 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.23 (0 to 0.78) · 7,538 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths5.4 · 94 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.735No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections2.573No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.6 · 185 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits22.1 · 951 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits56.3 · 128 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits6.4 · 644 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits1.3 · 699 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.3 · 921 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.7 (3.9 to 8.1) · 226 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits12.6 (9.4 to 16.5) · 226 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.4 · 94 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits11.4 · 54 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.3 · 242 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.2 (9.9 to 17.4) · 702 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1 (0.7 to 1.4) · 195 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (4,032 patients answered, 29% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information2
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness2
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Room was "always" clean70%
Nurses "always" communicated well73%
Doctors "always" communicated well76%
Staff "always" explained57%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information82%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge82%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand71%
Doctors "always" listened carefully74%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect82%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)67%
Staff "always" explained new medications71%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand71%
Nurses "always" listened carefully69%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect80%
"Always" quiet at night43%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital70%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects44%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms83%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$31,277

Medicare paid this office $31,277 for 251 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes139$12,408$41
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes84$8,805$104
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes31$3,227$101
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes21$2,585$66
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes34$2,118$62

Who their Medicare patients are

251 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 74 · Under 65 16% · 85 and older 17% · Women 52% · Also on Medicaid 75% · Health risk score 3.15. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 61% · Coronary heart disease 50% · Chronic kidney disease 48% · Heart failure 44% · Depression 39% · Atrial fibrillation 36% · Dementia 29% · Stroke 28% · COPD 25% · Cancer 14%.

The office billed $328,266, Medicare allowed $41,898 and paid $31,277; for 511 services of 12 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
2024251511743.15$328,266$31,277
2023237570722.89$366,627$39,128
2022244527722.75$338,765$39,347
2021299629752.61$425,852$51,017
2020191367713.15$273,607$32,606
2019189406702.64$226,405$29,434
201865130692.65$62,843$10,593

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: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes138$16,899$46
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes81$8,623$106
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes37$5,802$157
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes27$3,153$117
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes25$2,299$79
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes25$1,826$73

2022: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes119$11,244$42
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes51$5,992$117
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes47$5,834$78
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes26$5,598$215
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes28$2,929$105
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes12$1,742$145
Hospital observation care on day of discharge15$1,083$72
Follow-up observation care per day, typically 15 minutes12$712$42

2021: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes143$10,721$41
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes96$9,874$74
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes81$9,525$116
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes37$7,693$208
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes24$3,445$144
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes11$2,388$199
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes21$2,280$109
Hospital observation care on day of discharge23$1,902$83

2020: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes42$9,099$212
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes69$8,484$71
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes40$4,616$113
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes54$4,260$40

2019: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes84$11,302$65
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes49$4,788$98
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes22$3,310$150
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes17$2,930$172
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes43$2,731$35
Hospital observation care on day of discharge20$1,264$63
Follow-up observation care per day, typically 25 minutes15$1,047$65

2018: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes31$3,857$65
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes12$2,183$182
Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes11$1,841$167
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes12$1,185$99
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes12$734$35

Medicaid work

$10,776 in 2024

Medicaid paid $10,776 for 872 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 43 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
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE SF/LOW MDM 25 MINUTES578$5,629
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter193$3,719
1ST HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MODERATE MDM 55 MINUTES24$616
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES46$421
1ST HOSP IP/OBS SF/LOW 4031$391
Medicaid work by year
2024872543$10,776
2023948335$10,373
2022663528$9,737
2021651429$9,543
2020538432$9,838
2019840432$13,508
2018618430$10,718
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE SF/LOW MDM 25 MINUTES744$7,231
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter191$3,098
1ST HOSP IP/OBS SF/LOW 4013$44

2022

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE SF/LOW MDM 25 MINUTES414$4,532
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter109$2,713
1ST HOSP IP/OBS SF/LOW 4073$1,458
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES55$741
1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 7512$293

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE SF/LOW MDM 25 MINUTES403$4,990
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter100$2,266
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES131$1,587
1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 7517$699

2020

Largest Medicaid services in 2020
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES237$3,697
1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75107$3,441
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE SF/LOW MDM 25 MINUTES142$1,472
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter52$1,228

2019

Largest Medicaid services in 2019
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES516$7,044
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter199$4,258
1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 7560$1,464
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE SF/LOW MDM 25 MINUTES65$741

2018

Largest Medicaid services in 2018
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES375$5,375
Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter143$3,260
1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 7580$1,951
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE SF/LOW MDM 25 MINUTES20$132

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$28,296

Pharmacies billed $28,296 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 3% of their Part D prescriptions (11 of 344) in 2024. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1%.

268 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $28,296 in drug cost · 37 antibiotic prescriptions to 28 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
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa12$314$26
Metoprolol14$151$11
Atorvastatin23$120$5
Gabapentin15$67$4
Pantoprazole15$65$4
See all 6 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa12$314$26
Metoprolol14$151$11
Atorvastatin23$120$5
Gabapentin15$67$4
Pantoprazole15$65$4
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass13$54$4

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024344993% (11)None$28,296
20233611014% (13)None$56,072
2022276824% (12)None$32,639
2021268975% (13)None$14,506
202013950None17%$7,729
201922070NoneNone$91,068
201823759None19%$13,201
201720561None25%$17,119
2016334944% (13)23%$18,227
201549854None19%$31,071
2014580703% (17)None$30,835
2013472543% (12)None$36,074

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Pantoprazole20$371$19
Atorvastatin17$324$19
Metoprolol17$254$15
Furosemide28$253$9
Carvedilol15$132$9

2022: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Eliquis14$6,823$487
Ampicillin-Sulbactam14$1,550$111
Atorvastatin17$164$10
Pantoprazole12$110$9
Furosemide15$53$4

2021: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Furosemide18$139$8
Pantoprazole13$130$10
Metformin17$43$3

2020: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Atorvastatin12$100$8

2019: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Xarelto17$7,361$433
Atorvastatin18$302$17

2018: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Atorvastatin17$255$15
Gabapentin12$111$9
Pantoprazole13$104$8
Clopidogrel11$104$9
Carvedilol11$61$6

2017: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Atorvastatin11$261$24
Pantoprazole12$223$19

2016: 6 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Atrovent Hfa11$3,353$305
Atorvastatin20$291$15
Metoprolol15$117$8
Lisinopril13$61$5
Amlodipine Besylate15$60$4
Metformin11$52$5

2015: 12 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Levemir16$4,175$261
Proair Hfa17$1,161$68
Atorvastatin31$513$17
Polyethylene Glycol 335022$501$23
Tamsulosin11$459$42
Omeprazole18$216$12
Lisinopril44$174$4
Amlodipine Besylate23$116$5
Metoprolol15$72$5
Hydrochlorothiazide18$61$3
Spironolactone11$49$4
Furosemide12$38$3

2014: 11 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Proair Hfa21$1,134$54
Polyethylene Glycol 335025$579$23
Atorvastatin29$359$12
Amlodipine Besylate43$267$6
Clopidogrel18$127$7
Lisinopril33$114$3
Hydrochlorothiazide30$74$2
Metoprolol14$72$5
Prednisone12$69$6
Spironolactone15$64$4
Ibuprofen11$60$5

2013: 12 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Nexium16$4,242$265
Crestor20$3,749$187
Proair Hfa15$1,253$84
Metoprolol21$698$33
Fluticasone Propionate19$480$25
Lisinopril30$194$6
Amlodipine Besylate28$165$6
Pravastatin13$129$10
Metformin11$111$10
Furosemide13$71$5
Hydrochlorothiazide17$47$3
Metoprolol11$15$1

Professional record

NPI
1548525157
Licence
CA A136726California A136726: Current · expires 2027-03-31
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Internal medicine (207R00000X)
Mailing address
751 S Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA, 95128
NPI first listed
2012-07-10
NPI last updated
2018-09-03

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