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Maria Cristina Cabe, PA

Physician Assistant · Sacramento

NPI 1760067276

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Offices
2

Offices

2 locations · Sutter Valley Medical Foundation · 2,473 clinicians in this group

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Hospitals listed: Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

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California Medical Board record

Licence G59391 · Cancelled

Licence status: Cancelled · since 1987 · Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine.

License has been voluntarily canceled, or the license has been expired for at least five years and has not been renewed. No practice is permitted.

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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.

  • Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Sutter Health, which runs 27 hospitals in 2 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 79% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 13.9 (12 to 15.9) · 992 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.066, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.335, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.215, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.46, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.253, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 9 the same, 2 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 Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits13.9 (12 to 15.9) · 992 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.066BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.335BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.215BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.46BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.253BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.12 (0.29 to 1.94) · 2,408 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.99 (0.78 to 1.2)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths166.68 (126.66 to 206.71) · 180 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.4 · 292 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.7 · 143 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths10.2 · 359 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths11.8 · 543 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths15.9 · 425 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.4 · 441 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3 · 5,216 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.11 (0 to 0.29) · 9,948 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.28 (0.1 to 0.45) · 10,968 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.04 (1.53 to 4.56) · 3,983 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.33 (0.2 to 2.46) · 2,033 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.78 (1.69 to 3.87) · 3,594 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths9.79 (6.29 to 13.29) · 2,100 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths6.62 (4.04 to 9.2) · 2,018 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.63 (0.29 to 2.98) · 867 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.54 (0.07 to 1.01) · 8,613 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.3 · 294 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15.5 · 598 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits19.9 · 924 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits8.5 · 488 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-18.3 · 638 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits24.4 · 443 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits17.7 · 600 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits4.9 (3.9 to 6.1) · 992 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.1 · 298 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits9 · 249 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.6 · 250 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits11.3 (8.7 to 14.6) · 1,326 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1 (0.8 to 1.3) · 934 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (700 patients answered, 20% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento
Room was "always" clean76%
Nurses "always" communicated well80%
Doctors "always" communicated well79%
Staff "always" explained61%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information86%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge84%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand75%
Doctors "always" listened carefully77%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect84%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)79%
Staff "always" explained new medications75%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand75%
Nurses "always" listened carefully78%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect86%
"Always" quiet at night49%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital79%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects47%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms87%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$92,819

Medicare paid this office $92,819 for 267 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Hyaluronan or derivative, synvisc or synvisc-one, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg46$26,773None
Hyaluronan or derivative, orthovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose34$16,591None
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint113$15,399$64
Short return visit (20+ min)100$8,544$68
Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis38$6,013$158
See all 9 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Hyaluronan or derivative, synvisc or synvisc-one, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg46$26,773None
Hyaluronan or derivative, orthovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose34$16,591None
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint113$15,399$64
Short return visit (20+ min)100$8,544$68
Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis38$6,013$158
Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee36$6,002$158
Return visit (30+ min)36$3,640$93
New patient visit (30+ min)16$1,158$72
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg39$166None

Procedures Medicare counted

Procedure volume Medicare published
Hip replacement12More than 53% of doctors who do this
Knee replacement12More than 39% of doctors who do this
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)1-10None
Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)1-10None

Who their Medicare patients are

267 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 77 · Women 68% · Also on Medicaid 9% · Health risk score 0.87. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical physician assistant clinician is at 1.31.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 71% · Chronic kidney disease 22% · Diabetes 21% · Cancer 19% · Depression 19% · Coronary heart disease 18% · Atrial fibrillation 15% · Heart failure 10% · COPD 7% · Dementia 7% · Stroke 7%.

The office billed $587,618, Medicare allowed $120,576 and paid $92,819; for 5,323 services of 25 kinds; $48,058 of it was for drugs given in the office and $44,762 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
20242675,323770.87$587,618$92,819
20233014,755771.01$551,695$101,536
20222383,849760.87$385,319$78,911

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: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Hyaluronan or derivative, synvisc or synvisc-one, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg44$23,258None
Hyaluronan or derivative, orthovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose46$20,861None
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint115$16,194$65
Short return visit (20+ min)101$8,629$66
Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee48$7,957$159
Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis48$7,909$158
Return visit (30+ min)45$4,693$100
New patient visit (30+ min)36$2,747$76
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg24$152None

2022: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Hyaluronan or derivative, synvisc or synvisc-one, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg45$24,907None
Hyaluronan or derivative, orthovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose30$15,792None
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint97$12,029$64
Short return visit (20+ min)105$10,164$73
Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis30$4,789$160
Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee28$4,465$159
New patient visit (30+ min)24$2,174$91
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg33$114None

Medicaid work

$1,474 in 2022

Medicaid paid $1,474 for 61 billed services this clinician did in 2022, up to 30 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 2022
Short return visit (20+ min)29$1,340
Handling and/or conveyance of specimen for transfer from physician office to laboratory32$134
Medicaid work by year
202261230$1,474
2021142346$4,951
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
New patient visit (30+ min)38$2,420
Short return visit (20+ min)47$2,323
Handling and/or conveyance of specimen for transfer from physician office to laboratory57$209

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$8,483

Pharmacies billed $8,483 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 34% of their Part D prescriptions (138 of 402) in 2024. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical physician assistant clinician is at 1%.

402 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $8,483 in drug cost · 43 antibiotic prescriptions to 33 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
Celecoxib117$4,553$39
Enoxaparin34$2,029$60
Oxycodone110$846$8
Cephalexin14$252$18
Meloxicam48$201$4
See all 7 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Celecoxib117$4,553$39
Enoxaparin34$2,029$60
Oxycodone110$846$8
Cephalexin14$252$18
Meloxicam48$201$4
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen15$141$9
Amoxicillin22$55$2

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
202440214934% (138)0%$8,483
202340615334% (137)None$13,154
20221658039% (65)None$5,718
2021452060% (27)0%$436

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 6 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Celecoxib104$5,429$52
Enoxaparin43$3,339$78
Cephalexin13$1,617$124
Oxycodone120$1,134$9
Meloxicam51$369$7
Amoxicillin24$84$4

2022: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Celecoxib42$2,528$60
Enoxaparin11$851$77
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen50$690$14
Amoxicillin13$63$5
Meloxicam12$43$4

2021: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen16$197$12

Money from drug and device companies

$17 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202511None$17
202433None$466

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
BioventusDurolane$17
1 payment
  • Meals for Durolane · 2025-03-12 · $17
See the published payment
Every published payment
BioventusMeals · 2025-03-12Durolane$17
See earlier years (2024)

2024: $466

Payments by company in 2024
StrykerMako$166
1 payment
  • Meals for Mako · 2024-07-12 · $166
BioventusDurolane$150
1 payment
  • Meals for Durolane · 2024-11-14 · $150
Medical Device Business ServicesEthicon$150
1 payment
  • Meals for Ethicon · 2024-03-22 · $150

Professional record

NPI
1760067276
Licence
CA 59391California G59391: Cancelled
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Physician assistant (363A00000X); Physician assistant, medical (363AM0700X)
Mailing address
Po Box 255228, Sacramento, CA, 95865
NPI first listed
2021-03-16
NPI last updated
2025-07-22
NPI record certified
2025-07-22

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