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Surbhi Bhargava, MD

Internal Medicine · Palo Alto

NPI 1730632944

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3 locations · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group

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California Medical Board record

Licence A187065 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2023 · expires 2027-06-30 · Kathmandu University, Nepalgunj Medical College.

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

Original Medicare doctor bills

$63,670

Medicare paid this office $63,670 for 282 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)146$22,401$106
Short return visit (20+ min)165$14,654$76
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit92$14,464$157
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 20 valent (pcv20), for intramuscular use14$4,071$291
Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and11$849$53
See all 7 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Return visit (30+ min)146$22,401$106
Short return visit (20+ min)165$14,654$76
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit92$14,464$157
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 20 valent (pcv20), for intramuscular use14$4,071$291
Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and11$849$53
Administration of pneumococcal vaccine18$653$36
Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's14$209$15

Who their Medicare patients are

282 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 77 · Women 72% · Also on Medicaid 5% · Health risk score 0.82. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 56% · Depression 17% · Coronary heart disease 16% · Atrial fibrillation 16% · Chronic kidney disease 12% · Cancer 11% · Diabetes 10% · Heart failure 8% · COPD 6% · Stroke 6% · Dementia 5%.

The office billed $176,625, Medicare allowed $82,657 and paid $63,670; for 613 services of 20 kinds; $6,074 of it was for drugs given in the office and $57,597 for care.

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
2024282613770.82$176,625$63,670
2023306570761.01$132,170$47,908
2022144617741.22$128,223$45,834
2021142514741.34$84,254$34,992
2020170529721.24$87,238$35,650
20194264741.16$10,811$4,110

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: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Return visit (30+ min)188$21,134$91
Short return visit (20+ min)107$9,480$84
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit60$8,934$149
Pneumococcal vaccine, 23-valent11$1,439$131
Influenza vaccine, quadrivalent inactivated, 0.5 ml dosage15$1,137$76
Administration of influenza virus vaccine16$591$37
Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample56$580$8
Administration of pneumococcal vaccine12$412$34

2022: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Return visit (30+ min)122$20,843$89
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit76$10,462$138
Long return visit (40+ min)21$3,134$149
Influenza vaccine split virus, preservative free29$1,988$69
Short return visit (20+ min)17$963$53
Administration of influenza virus vaccine30$942$31
Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample80$388$3

2021: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Return visit (30+ min)88$12,986$88
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit71$10,145$143
Long return visit (40+ min)15$1,819$121
Influenza vaccine split virus, preservative free27$1,819$65
Short return visit (20+ min)25$1,690$65
Intramuscular administration of single severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (covid-19) vaccine, mrna-lnp, spike protein, preservative free, 30 mcg/0.3ml dosage, diluent reconstituted; booster dose20$854$43
Administration of influenza virus vaccine32$600$18
Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample70$333$3
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report13$155$12

2020: 11 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Return visit (30+ min)91$11,640$87
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit57$7,034$123
Short return visit (20+ min)62$3,839$49
Pneumococcal vaccine, 13-valent11$2,301$209
New patient visit (45+ min)14$1,533$109
Influenza vaccine split virus, preservative free24$1,464$61
Pneumococcal vaccine, 23-valent12$1,407$117
Administration of influenza virus vaccine29$521$18
Administration of pneumococcal vaccine22$394$18
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report17$263$15
Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample49$174$3

2019: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Short return visit (20+ min)26$1,628$58

Medicaid work

$3,496 in 2023

Medicaid paid $3,496 for 123 billed services this clinician did in 2023, up to 29 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
Return visit (30+ min)123$3,496
Medicaid work by year
2023123129$3,496
2022464638$8,561
202186127$2,306
202025213$511
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2022

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
Return visit (30+ min)268$7,725
Short return visit (20+ min)123$736
Most recent systolic blood pressure less than 130 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD)17$50
Most recent diastolic blood pressure less than 80 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM)16$50
TOBACCO NON-USER18$0
Screening for depression performed (DEM)22$0

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
Return visit (30+ min)86$2,306

2020

Largest Medicaid services in 2020
Short return visit (20+ min)12$330
Return visit (30+ min)13$181

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$87,642

Pharmacies billed $87,642 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 1% of their Part D prescriptions (12 of 1,337) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1%.

1,206 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $87,642 in drug cost · 57 antibiotic prescriptions to 43 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
Eliquis21$32,936$1,568
Estradiol16$2,420$151
Synthroid18$1,471$82
Atorvastatin173$1,418$8
Gabapentin43$682$16
See all 33 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Eliquis21$32,936$1,568
Estradiol16$2,420$151
Synthroid18$1,471$82
Atorvastatin173$1,418$8
Gabapentin43$682$16
Amlodipine Besylate72$675$9
Pravastatin39$664$17
Losartan55$653$12
Pantoprazole40$598$15
Rosuvastatin25$588$24
Levothyroxine50$577$12
Valsartan19$574$30
Alendronate45$564$13
Bupropion Xl11$563$51
Losartan-Hydrochlorothiazide21$536$26
Lisinopril44$385$9
Omeprazole22$367$17
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa17$358$21
Escitalopram19$274$14
Allopurinol17$253$15
Celecoxib11$203$18
Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)11$171$16
Sertraline17$157$9
Metoprolol12$143$12
Trazodone17$129$8
Azithromycin19$120$6
Simvastatin11$91$8
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass13$71$5
Lorazepam16$51$3
Metformin13$50$4
Zolpidem13$38$3
Hydrochlorothiazide12$22$2
Paxlovid13$0$0

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
20241,3372581% (12)None$87,642
20232,4993581% (16)11%$226,353
20222,7442571% (31)11%$253,215
20211,8781951% (22)13%$207,656
2020838170NoneNone$93,662
201928670NoneNone$26,327
2018146590% (0)20%$13,859
2017152660% (0)None$13,201
201641160% (0)None$5,758

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 53 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Jardiance41$47,695$1,163
Eliquis22$22,370$1,017
Ozempic15$20,610$1,374
Trulicity12$17,278$1,440
Breo Ellipta11$4,858$442
Chlorpromazine13$2,528$194
Atorvastatin155$2,523$16
Rosuvastatin103$2,505$24
Levothyroxine115$1,793$16
Escitalopram66$1,690$26
Metoprolol59$1,486$25
Losartan88$1,410$16
Pantoprazole79$1,373$17
Synthroid12$1,112$93
Celecoxib30$1,031$34
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa41$1,021$25
Amlodipine Besylate117$1,019$9
Lisinopril111$991$9
Valsartan13$947$73
Duloxetine15$939$63
Azelastine16$757$47
Ezetimibe18$711$40
Tamsulosin35$706$20
Nebivolol13$680$52
Omeprazole61$668$11
Venlafaxine Hcl Er27$626$23
Glipizide Er22$547$25
Trazodone45$540$12
Metformin Hcl Er64$531$8
Gabapentin39$500$13
Pravastatin31$497$16
Losartan-Hydrochlorothiazide18$496$28
Metformin55$414$8
Allopurinol32$414$13
Clopidogrel19$388$20
Montelukast33$388$12
Oxybutynin Chloride Er15$354$24
Alendronate33$332$10
Simvastatin37$297$8
Famotidine15$289$19
Hydrochlorothiazide36$230$6
Sertraline17$229$13
Fluticasone Propionate17$186$11
Clonazepam14$161$12
Carvedilol12$158$13
Methylprednisolone13$109$8
Spironolactone15$103$7
Citalopram Hbr20$102$5
Prednisone13$100$8
Furosemide25$73$3
Zolpidem11$51$5
Lorazepam11$23$2
Alprazolam14$16$1

2022: 55 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Jardiance44$44,031$1,001
Januvia20$24,009$1,200
Eliquis13$7,645$588
Rosuvastatin177$5,968$34
Wixela Inhub13$5,119$394
Livalo11$3,426$311
Levothyroxine133$2,725$20
Escitalopram99$2,724$28
Atorvastatin147$2,494$17
Nebivolol14$1,802$129
Gabapentin47$1,787$38
Metoprolol72$1,758$24
Losartan94$1,627$17
Amlodipine Besylate130$1,269$10
Tamsulosin43$1,253$29
Pantoprazole68$1,060$16
Lisinopril112$1,056$9
Glipizide Er42$990$24
Ezetimibe21$969$46
Pravastatin36$915$25
Trazodone73$839$11
Omeprazole48$756$16
Sertraline18$731$41
Bupropion Xl15$725$48
Synthroid12$711$59
Clopidogrel25$673$27
Azelastine22$638$29
Allopurinol31$596$19
Venlafaxine Hcl Er25$587$23
Metformin59$585$10
Celecoxib15$568$38
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa18$556$31
Metformin Hcl Er67$518$8
Potassium Chloride12$484$40
Montelukast22$468$21
Simvastatin35$359$10
Citalopram Hbr24$328$14
Alendronate25$321$13
Famotidine12$285$24
Hydrochlorothiazide43$266$6
Furosemide41$263$6
Duloxetine14$222$16
Carvedilol16$212$13
Hydralazine11$190$17
Fluticasone Propionate24$176$7
Clonazepam11$168$15
Hydroxyzine12$162$14
Metoprolol13$159$12
Lisinopril-Hydrochlorothiazide14$154$11
Methylprednisolone13$138$11
Fluoxetine16$128$8
Alprazolam23$81$4
Diazepam13$46$4
Meclizine14$41$3
Tramadol15$19$1

2021: 43 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Jardiance32$45,189$1,412
Trulicity18$31,430$1,746
Rosuvastatin111$5,872$53
Atorvastatin94$2,263$24
Ezetimibe19$2,143$113
Metoprolol63$1,937$31
Levothyroxine79$1,808$23
Pantoprazole44$1,446$33
Escitalopram61$1,114$18
Azelastine25$1,067$43
Gabapentin19$1,037$55
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa17$892$52
Clopidogrel23$718$31
Glipizide Er28$671$24
Synthroid14$663$47
Pravastatin33$657$20
Lisinopril93$650$7
Losartan46$629$14
Amlodipine Besylate80$579$7
Acyclovir11$489$44
Metformin Hcl Er55$466$8
Omeprazole24$393$16
Tamsulosin14$378$27
Trazodone36$366$10
Metformin38$334$9
Montelukast15$334$22
Alendronate24$307$13
Allopurinol20$258$13
Citalopram Hbr14$247$18
Cephalexin11$228$21
Atenolol20$190$9
Methylprednisolone19$169$9
Sertraline11$159$14
Fluticasone Propionate13$152$12
Triamterene-Hydrochlorothiazid14$132$9
Simvastatin19$128$7
Prednisone13$125$10
Metoprolol20$122$6
Lisinopril-Hydrochlorothiazide12$121$10
Hydrochlorothiazide28$110$4
Lorazepam12$99$8
Alprazolam15$95$6
Furosemide20$86$4

2020: 19 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Jardiance17$21,033$1,237
Atorvastatin57$1,085$19
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa13$810$62
Rosuvastatin25$754$30
Levothyroxine35$738$21
Azelastine13$553$43
Pantoprazole21$485$23
Metoprolol17$390$23
Gabapentin13$372$29
Lisinopril40$316$8
Methylprednisolone30$291$10
Amlodipine Besylate26$284$11
Fluticasone Propionate21$207$10
Metformin26$207$8
Escitalopram15$141$9
Metformin Hcl Er14$140$10
Cephalexin17$136$8
Simvastatin13$104$8
Furosemide12$78$6

2019: 6 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Atorvastatin27$483$18
Metoprolol15$399$27
Losartan17$234$14
Fluticasone Propionate12$114$9
Metformin11$88$8
Metoprolol11$60$5

2018: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Atorvastatin12$170$14

2017: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Atorvastatin12$109$9
Amlodipine Besylate12$92$8
Prednisone12$68$6

Money from drug and device companies

$290 in 2024

Industry payments by year
202411$290$290
202322None$34
202212None$36
202044None$55
201911None$14

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
Gilead SciencesVeklury$290
1 payment
  • Consulting for Veklury · 2024-11-21 · $290
See the published payment
Every published payment
Gilead SciencesConsulting · 2024-11-21Veklury$290
See earlier years (2023, 2022, 2020, 2019)

2023: $34

Payments by company in 2023
GlaxoSmithKlineShingrix$21
1 payment
  • Meals for Shingrix · 2023-03-30 · $21
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPFarxiga$13
1 payment
  • Meals for Farxiga · 2023-05-18 · $13

2022: $36

Payments by company in 2022
PfizerPrevnar 20$36
2 payments
  • Meals for Prevnar 20 · 2022-09-08 · $20
  • Meals for Prevnar 20 · 2022-05-19 · $17

2020: $55

Payments by company in 2020
LifeScanOt Verio Reflect "One Touch Meter and Strips"$15
1 payment
  • Meals for Ot Verio Reflect "One Touch Meter and Strips" · 2020-11-10 · $15
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPFarxiga$14
1 payment
  • Meals for Farxiga · 2020-03-05 · $14
PfizerPrevnar 13$14
1 payment
  • Meals for Prevnar 13 · 2020-03-10 · $14
Teva Pharmaceuticals USAAjovy$12
1 payment
  • Meals for Ajovy · 2020-03-03 · $12

2019: $14

Payments by company in 2019
Lilly USABasaglar$14
1 payment
  • Meals for Basaglar · 2019-10-31 · $14

Professional record

NPI
1730632944
Licence
CA A187065, PA MD469037California A187065: Current · expires 2027-06-30
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Internal medicine (207R00000X)
Mailing address
325 Distel Cir, Los Altos, CA, 94022
NPI first listed
2016-07-25
NPI last updated
2023-07-11
NPI record certified
2023-07-11

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

Extra NPI addresses: 178 W Street Rd, Feasterville Trevose, PA, 19053

This office lists an electronic records connection.