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Amanda A Munoz, MD

Otolaryngology · San Jose

NPI 1609057736

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Plans that list them
22
4 carriers
Office
1

Offices

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

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Hospitals listed: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plans that list them

22 plans · 4 carriers

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22 of 22 plans

Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Harmony (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health the ONE (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Central Health Classic Care Plan III (HMO)Central Health Medicare PlanListedAug 15, 2026
Central Health Dual Access Plan (HMO D-SNP)Central Health Medicare PlanListedAug 15, 2026
Central Health Embrace Care Plan (HMO C-SNP)Central Health Medicare PlanListed, may be out of dateSep 15, 2025
Central Health Embrace Choice Plan (HMO C-SNP)Central Health Medicare PlanListedAug 15, 2026
Central Health Valor Care Plan (HMO)Central Health Medicare PlanListedAug 15, 2026
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
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)Santa Clara Family Health PlanListedSep 1, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A102095 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2007 · expires 2027-04-30 · Harvard Medical School.

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.

  • 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

$7,960

Medicare paid this office $7,960 for 92 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Short return visit (20+ min)19$1,675$60
Short return visit43$1,401$27
New patient visit (30+ min)16$1,064$66
New patient visit (15+ min)17$524$31
Exam of ear using a microscope12$267$8
See all 6 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Short return visit (20+ min)19$1,675$60
Short return visit43$1,401$27
New patient visit (30+ min)16$1,064$66
New patient visit (15+ min)17$524$31
Exam of ear using a microscope12$267$8
Removal of impacted ear wax12$174$15

Who their Medicare patients are

92 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Under 65 16% · 85 and older 17% · Women 55% · Health risk score 1.85. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical otolaryngology clinician is at 1.19.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 71% · Diabetes 38% · Depression 21% · Chronic kidney disease 20% · Heart failure 17% · Coronary heart disease 16% · COPD 14% · Atrial fibrillation 14% · Cancer 12%.

The office billed $131,346, Medicare allowed $11,025 and paid $7,960; for 193 services of 22 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
202492193721.85$131,346$7,960
202398169711.54$83,737$6,947
2022123214711.58$145,302$11,743
20213053681.42$26,550$3,027
20205080711.76$39,104$3,662
2019140248711.70$137,890$13,889
2016108266681.95$213,451$24,696
201599179661.83$78,031$9,829
2014156280651.46$168,832$23,155
201383173641.32$82,525$12,015

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
Short return visit (20+ min)25$1,675$52
Short return visit46$1,209$24
Removal of impacted ear wax27$716$23

2022: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Short return visit (20+ min)40$2,563$51
Short return visit76$2,267$29
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope13$715$55
Removal of impacted ear wax24$654$27

2021: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Short return visit (20+ min)16$942$55

2020: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Short return visit (20+ min)26$1,070$38

2019: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Short return visit (20+ min)45$2,457$42
New patient visit (15+ min)35$1,449$41
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope16$1,106$61
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes12$1,095$91
New patient visit (30+ min)16$999$62
Short return visit29$638$21
Removal of impacted ear wax16$404$24

2016: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Short return visit (20+ min)58$2,744$40
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope27$2,110$62
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes14$1,160$83
Return visit (30+ min)19$981$52
Short return visit26$647$22
Exam of ear using a microscope22$190$8

2015: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Short return visit (20+ min)47$2,085$35
Return visit (30+ min)34$2,059$57
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope20$1,479$57
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes13$1,125$87
Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope13$455$35

2014: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Short return visit (20+ min)71$3,366$39
Return visit (30+ min)47$3,125$58
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope32$2,284$62
Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope11$484$40
Short return visit13$245$18

2013: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope29$1,859$60
Return visit (30+ min)22$1,439$58
Short return visit (20+ min)31$1,288$36
Short return visit19$431$21

Medicaid work

$5,849 in 2024

Medicaid paid $5,849 for 1,064 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 65 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
OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT LOW MDM 30 MINUTES89$1,995
Short return visit (20+ min)113$1,784
OFF/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST SF 2099$1,457
New patient visit (30+ min)12$256
Short return visit60$222
Diagnostic flexible fiberoptic laryngoscopy13$117
Binocular microscopy16$19
Pain severity quantified; no pain present (COA) (ONC)16$0
Medication list documented in medical record (COA)376$0
Most recent systolic blood pressure less than 130 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD)130$0
Most recent diastolic blood pressure less than 80 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM)128$0
Most recent diastolic blood pressure 80-89 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM)12$0
Medicaid work by year
20241,0641265$5,849
2023520536$4,530
2022409421$3,302
2021104329$1,143
2020186539$2,488
2019477429$2,195
2018285322$2,229
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
Short return visit (20+ min)201$2,209
OFF/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST SF 20131$1,050
Short return visit117$737
OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT LOW MDM 30 MINUTES54$431
Removal of impacted ear wax17$103

2022

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
Short return visit (20+ min)147$1,751
OFF/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST SF 2094$831
OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT LOW MDM 30 MINUTES67$638
Short return visit101$82

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
Short return visit (20+ min)78$581
Diagnostic flexible fiberoptic laryngoscopy13$509
Nasal endoscopy, diagnostic, unilateral or bilateral (separate procedure)13$53

2020

Largest Medicaid services in 2020
Short return visit (20+ min)117$1,258
OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT LOW MDM 30 MINUTES33$577
Service12$409
OFF/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST SF 2012$175
Diagnostic flexible fiberoptic laryngoscopy12$69

2019

Largest Medicaid services in 2019
OFF/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST SF 20140$984
Short return visit (20+ min)242$932
OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT LOW MDM 30 MINUTES42$159
Short return visit53$121

2018

Largest Medicaid services in 2018
OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT LOW MDM 30 MINUTES101$1,273
OFF/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST SF 2064$565
Short return visit (20+ min)120$392

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$601

Pharmacies billed $601 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 39) in 2024. Too few prescriptions to compare fairly with other clinicians.

39 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $601 in drug cost.

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
Pantoprazole12$32$3

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
202439None0% (0)0%$601
202311None0% (0)0%$556
202213None0% (0)None$163
202120None0% (0)None$408
20207324None27%$1,373
20199228None15%$2,544
201871220% (0)21%$2,358
20178127NoneNone$2,106
201610727None30%$6,891
20157530None21%$2,147
20149539NoneNone$3,579
20135224NoneNone$1,144

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2020: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Water16$446$28
Fluticasone Propionate19$266$14
Triamterene-Hydrochlorothiazid12$80$7

2019: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Fluticasone Propionate20$182$9
Triamterene-Hydrochlorothiazid12$80$7

2018: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Fluticasone Propionate16$143$9
Triamterene-Hydrochlorothiazid12$88$7

2017: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Fluticasone Propionate12$152$13

2016: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Water13$438$34
Omeprazole15$140$9
Montelukast17$105$6

2015: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Water11$327$30
Fluticasone Propionate21$210$10

2014: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Omeprazole12$181$15

2013: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Omeprazole16$162$10

Money from drug and device companies

$235 in 2025

Industry payments by year
2025113None$235
202111None$4

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
Smith+NephewTula$235
13 payments
  • Meals for Tula · 2025-11-12 · $11
  • Meals for Tula · 2025-11-12 · $12
  • Meals for Halo · 2025-07-16 · $20
  • Meals for Tula · 2025-07-16 · $21
  • Meals for Tula · 2025-07-15 · $25
  • Meals for Tula · 2025-06-18 · $14
  • Meals for Halo · 2025-06-15 · $25
  • Meals for Tula · 2025-05-29 · $24
  • Meals for Tula · 2025-04-18 · $28
  • Meals for Halo · 2025-04-02 · $11
  • Meals for Tula · 2025-02-13 · $35
  • Meals for Halo · 2025-02-13 · $1
  • Meals for Tula · 2025-02-13 · $8
See all 13 published payments
Every published payment
Smith+NephewMeals · 2025-11-12Tula$11
Smith+NephewMeals · 2025-11-12Tula$12
Smith+NephewMeals · 2025-07-16Halo$20
Smith+NephewMeals · 2025-07-16Tula$21
Smith+NephewMeals · 2025-07-15Tula$25
Smith+NephewMeals · 2025-06-18Tula$14
Smith+NephewMeals · 2025-06-15Halo$25
Smith+NephewMeals · 2025-05-29Tula$24
Smith+NephewMeals · 2025-04-18Tula$28
Smith+NephewMeals · 2025-04-02Halo$11
Smith+NephewMeals · 2025-02-13Tula$35
Smith+NephewMeals · 2025-02-13Halo$1
Smith+NephewMeals · 2025-02-13Tula$8
See earlier years (2021)

2021: $4

Payments by company in 2021
KLS-Martin L.P.None$4
1 payment
  • Meals · 2021-09-30 · $4

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.

Professional record

NPI
1609057736
Licence
CA A102095California A102095: Current · expires 2027-04-30
Trained
Harvard Medical School, 2006
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Otolaryngology (207Y00000X)
Mailing address
801 Welch Rd, Stanford Otolaryngolog-Head and Neck Surgery, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
NPI first listed
2007-11-16
NPI last updated
2007-11-16

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