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Sydney Payne Litt, MD

Diagnostic Radiology · Salt Lake City

NPI 1629605704

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

Offices

1 location · University of Utah Adult Services · 1,758 clinicians in this group

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Hospitals listed: University of Utah Hospital and Clinics. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

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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.

  • University of Utah Hospital and ClinicsSalt Lake City, UTAcute Care Hospital · Government - State · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics, which runs 2 hospitalsHome of Huntsman 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 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.603, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.55, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.518, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.595, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 8.8 (7.3 to 10.3) · 1,119 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for University of Utah Hospital and Clinics

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 4 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 8 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 University of Utah Hospital and Clinics
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.603BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.55BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.518BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.595BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits8.8 (7.3 to 10.3) · 1,119 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.78 (0.03 to 1.53) · 3,231 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.91 (0.6 to 1.22)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths156.56 (123.99 to 189.13) · 297 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.8 · 68 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths8.3 · 69 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths12 · 168 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths9.1 · 423 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths12.7 · 347 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.8 · 506 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.7 · 5,004 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.19 (0.02 to 0.37) · 11,361 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.26 (0.08 to 0.43) · 12,089 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths4.06 (2.7 to 5.41) · 4,881 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.58 (0 to 3.27) · 204 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.55 (1.5 to 3.59) · 4,443 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths6.76 (0 to 15.4) · 212 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.49 (1.4 to 9.58) · 198 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.88 (0.63 to 3.14) · 1,317 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.5 (0.08 to 0.92) · 10,150 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths2.8 · 289 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.204No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.738No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits13.5 · 213 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits17.5 · 664 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits0.4 · 180 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-34.8 · 478 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits-7 · 374 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.2 · 535 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.8 (4.6 to 7) · 1,119 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.4 · 310 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10 · 72 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits18.2 · 113 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.6 (9.9 to 15.8) · 2,684 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1.1 (0.9 to 1.2) · 2,156 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,497 patients answered, 27% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at University of Utah Hospital and Clinics
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness4
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at University of Utah Hospital and Clinics
Room was "always" clean79%
Nurses "always" communicated well79%
Doctors "always" communicated well78%
Staff "always" explained59%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information90%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge91%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand73%
Doctors "always" listened carefully77%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect85%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)78%
Staff "always" explained new medications73%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand75%
Nurses "always" listened carefully76%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
"Always" quiet at night61%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects46%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Money from drug and device companies

$66 in 2025

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
StrykerOptablate$66
2 payments
  • Meals for Optablate · 2025-11-22 · $44
  • Meals for Optablate · 2025-11-22 · $22
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Every published payment
StrykerMeals · 2025-11-22Optablate$44
StrykerMeals · 2025-11-22Optablate$22

Professional record

NPI
1629605704
Trained
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2020
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Diagnostic radiology (2085R0202X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr Ste H1330, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2020-03-26
NPI last updated
2025-12-27
NPI record certified
2025-12-27

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

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