Maria Cristina Cabe, PA
Physician Assistant · Sacramento
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Offices
- 2
Offices
2 locations · Sutter Valley Medical Foundation · 2,473 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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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 itOverall 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.
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 13.9 (12 to 15.9) · 992 cases | Worse | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.066 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.335 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.215 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.46 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.253 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.12 (0.29 to 1.94) · 2,408 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.99 (0.78 to 1.2) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 166.68 (126.66 to 206.71) · 180 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.4 · 292 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.7 · 143 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 10.2 · 359 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 11.8 · 543 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 15.9 · 425 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.4 · 441 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3 · 5,216 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.11 (0 to 0.29) · 9,948 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.28 (0.1 to 0.45) · 10,968 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.04 (1.53 to 4.56) · 3,983 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.33 (0.2 to 2.46) · 2,033 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.78 (1.69 to 3.87) · 3,594 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 9.79 (6.29 to 13.29) · 2,100 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 6.62 (4.04 to 9.2) · 2,018 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.63 (0.29 to 2.98) · 867 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.54 (0.07 to 1.01) · 8,613 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.3 · 294 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 15.5 · 598 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 19.9 · 924 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 8.5 · 488 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -18.3 · 638 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 24.4 · 443 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 17.7 · 600 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 4.9 (3.9 to 6.1) · 992 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.1 · 298 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 9 · 249 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.6 · 250 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 11.3 (8.7 to 14.6) · 1,326 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.8 to 1.3) · 934 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (700 patients answered, 20% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 76% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 80% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained | 61% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 86% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 84% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 75% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 77% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 84% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 75% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 75% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 78% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 86% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 49% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 47% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 87% |
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.
| Hyaluronan or derivative, synvisc or synvisc-one, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg | 46 | $26,773 | None |
| Hyaluronan or derivative, orthovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose | 34 | $16,591 | None |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | 113 | $15,399 | $64 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 100 | $8,544 | $68 |
| Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis | 38 | $6,013 | $158 |
See all 9 services
| Hyaluronan or derivative, synvisc or synvisc-one, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg | 46 | $26,773 | None |
| Hyaluronan or derivative, orthovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose | 34 | $16,591 | None |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | 113 | $15,399 | $64 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 100 | $8,544 | $68 |
| Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis | 38 | $6,013 | $158 |
| Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee | 36 | $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 mg | 39 | $166 | None |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Hip replacement | 12 | More than 53% of doctors who do this |
| Knee replacement | 12 | More than 39% of doctors who do this |
| Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) | 1-10 | None |
| Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) | 1-10 | None |
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
| 2024 | 267 | 5,323 | 77 | 0.87 | $587,618 | $92,819 |
| 2023 | 301 | 4,755 | 77 | 1.01 | $551,695 | $101,536 |
| 2022 | 238 | 3,849 | 76 | 0.87 | $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
| Hyaluronan or derivative, synvisc or synvisc-one, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg | 44 | $23,258 | None |
| Hyaluronan or derivative, orthovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose | 46 | $20,861 | None |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | 115 | $16,194 | $65 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 101 | $8,629 | $66 |
| Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee | 48 | $7,957 | $159 |
| Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis | 48 | $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 mg | 24 | $152 | None |
2022: 8 services
| Hyaluronan or derivative, synvisc or synvisc-one, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg | 45 | $24,907 | None |
| Hyaluronan or derivative, orthovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose | 30 | $15,792 | None |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | 97 | $12,029 | $64 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 105 | $10,164 | $73 |
| Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint with prosthesis | 30 | $4,789 | $160 |
| Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee | 28 | $4,465 | $159 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 24 | $2,174 | $91 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 33 | $114 | None |
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.
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 29 | $1,340 |
| Handling and/or conveyance of specimen for transfer from physician office to laboratory | 32 | $134 |
| 2022 | 61 | 2 | 30 | $1,474 |
| 2021 | 142 | 3 | 46 | $4,951 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
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 laboratory | 57 | $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.
| Celecoxib | 117 | $4,553 | $39 |
| Enoxaparin | 34 | $2,029 | $60 |
| Oxycodone | 110 | $846 | $8 |
| Cephalexin | 14 | $252 | $18 |
| Meloxicam | 48 | $201 | $4 |
See all 7 drugs
| Celecoxib | 117 | $4,553 | $39 |
| Enoxaparin | 34 | $2,029 | $60 |
| Oxycodone | 110 | $846 | $8 |
| Cephalexin | 14 | $252 | $18 |
| Meloxicam | 48 | $201 | $4 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 15 | $141 | $9 |
| Amoxicillin | 22 | $55 | $2 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 402 | 149 | 34% (138) | 0% | $8,483 |
| 2023 | 406 | 153 | 34% (137) | None | $13,154 |
| 2022 | 165 | 80 | 39% (65) | None | $5,718 |
| 2021 | 45 | 20 | 60% (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
| Celecoxib | 104 | $5,429 | $52 |
| Enoxaparin | 43 | $3,339 | $78 |
| Cephalexin | 13 | $1,617 | $124 |
| Oxycodone | 120 | $1,134 | $9 |
| Meloxicam | 51 | $369 | $7 |
| Amoxicillin | 24 | $84 | $4 |
2022: 5 drugs
| Celecoxib | 42 | $2,528 | $60 |
| Enoxaparin | 11 | $851 | $77 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 50 | $690 | $14 |
| Amoxicillin | 13 | $63 | $5 |
| Meloxicam | 12 | $43 | $4 |
2021: 1 drug
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 16 | $197 | $12 |
Money from drug and device companies
$17 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | None | $17 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | None | $466 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Bioventus | Durolane | $17 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Bioventus | Meals · 2025-03-12 | Durolane | $17 |
See earlier years (2024)
2024: $466
| Stryker | Mako | $166 | 1 payment
|
| Bioventus | Durolane | $150 | 1 payment
|
| Medical Device Business Services | Ethicon | $150 | 1 payment
|
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.