David Demara, PA
Physician Assistant · Burlingame
- 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
- 6
Offices
6 locations · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group
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Hospitals listed: Salinas Valley Health Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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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.
- Salinas Valley Health Medical CenterSalinas, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare SystemPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 74% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.247, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Salinas Valley Health Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 1 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 1 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 9 the same, 1 worse of 10 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.247 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.32 (0.34 to 2.3) · 1,159 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.98 (0.68 to 1.29) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 198.42 (143.23 to 253.6) · 62 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.7 · 112 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.9 · 160 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 12.2 · 203 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 10.7 · 573 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 13 · 536 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 12.1 · 239 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.9 · 2,377 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.18 (0 to 0.37) · 7,593 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.24 (0.05 to 0.43) · 7,999 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.97 (1.83 to 6.1) · 1,428 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.7 (0.16 to 3.24) · 456 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.31 (0.87 to 3.76) · 1,325 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 9.78 (3.73 to 15.83) · 461 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.23 (1.52 to 8.95) · 453 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.65 (0.17 to 3.13) · 279 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.48 (0 to 1.11) · 6,011 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 1.487 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 1.082 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.432 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.373 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.5 · 197 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 22.2 · 491 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 18.2 · 224 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 8 · 660 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -0.3 · 569 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 18.1 · 485 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.9 (4.2 to 8.4) · 244 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 11 (8.4 to 14.3) · 244 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 10.9 · 86 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.3 · 158 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.4 (9.9 to 17.9) · 197 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.5) · 489 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (1,383 patients answered, 16% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 79% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 78% |
| Staff "always" explained | 66% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 88% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 87% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 75% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 76% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 84% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 73% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 78% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 78% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 78% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 88% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 46% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 74% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 53% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 88% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Procedures Medicare counted
| Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) | 1-10 | None |
Year by year
| 2023 | 15 | 31 | 73 | 2.09 | $71,988 | $3,769 |
| 2022 | 41 | 69 | 77 | 1.44 | $117,240 | $7,304 |
| 2021 | 28 | 54 | 74 | 0.80 | $100,318 | $5,624 |
| 2020 | 48 | 89 | 73 | 1.12 | $140,386 | $10,788 |
| 2019 | 22 | 48 | 76 | 1.27 | $96,341 | $6,459 |
| 2018 | 36 | 73 | 75 | 1.26 | $154,445 | $8,991 |
| 2017 | 41 | 75 | 76 | 1.40 | $102,661 | $10,064 |
| 2016 | 61 | 138 | 75 | 1.40 | $141,518 | $14,636 |
| 2015 | 44 | 94 | 74 | 1.18 | $144,647 | $11,347 |
| 2014 | 72 | 167 | 76 | 1.82 | $236,916 | $15,242 |
| 2013 | 54 | 103 | 74 | 1.50 | $340,349 | $18,021 |
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
2022: 1 service
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 15 | $3,217 | $214 |
2021: 1 service
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 14 | $2,837 | $203 |
2020: 1 service
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 25 | $4,927 | $197 |
2019: 1 service
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 13 | $2,398 | $184 |
2018: 1 service
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 22 | $4,405 | $200 |
2017: 2 services
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 28 | $5,757 | $206 |
| Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 1 graft | 15 | $326 | $22 |
2016: 3 services
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 31 | $6,581 | $212 |
| Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 1 graft | 19 | $417 | $22 |
| Harvest of vein using an endoscope | 27 | $51 | $2 |
2015: 1 service
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 23 | $4,290 | $187 |
2014: 4 services
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 18 | $3,517 | $195 |
| Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine | 12 | $3,068 | $256 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 26 | $2,893 | $51 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 11 | $1,024 | $73 |
2013: 3 services
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 25 | $4,837 | $193 |
| Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine | 14 | $3,261 | $233 |
| Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts | 13 | $613 | $47 |
Money from drug and device companies
$405 in 2025
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | None | $405 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | None | $137 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $31 |
| 2022 | 4 | 9 | None | $404 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | None | $38 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Getinge USA Sales | Vasoview Hemopro 2 | $148 | 1 payment
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| Edwards Lifesciences | Konect Resilia | $134 | 3 payments
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| Abiomed | None | $123 | 1 payment
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See all 5 published payments
| Abiomed | Meals · 2025-12-19 | None | $123 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | Meals · 2025-09-17 | Konect Resilia | $70 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | Meals · 2025-08-14 | Inspiris Resilia Aortic Valve | $43 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | Meals · 2025-07-29 | Konect Resilia | $21 |
| Getinge USA Sales | Meals · 2025-05-01 | Vasoview Hemopro 2 | $148 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)
2024: $137
| Edwards Lifesciences | Mitris Resilia Mitral Valve | $89 | 1 payment
|
| Abbott Laboratories | Epic | $31 | 1 payment
|
| Becton Dickinson and | Arista Ah Flexitip | $16 | 1 payment
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2023: $31
| Atricure | Epi-Sense Guided Coagulation System With Visitrax | $31 | 1 payment
|
2022: $404
| LivaNova USA | Protekduo | $156 | 2 payments
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| ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | Lifevest | $131 | 4 payments
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| Edwards Lifesciences | Inspiris Resilia Aortic Valve | $64 | 1 payment
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| AtriCure | Epi-Sense Guided Coagulation System With Visitrax | $53 | 2 payments
|
2021: $38
| Getinge USA Sales | Vasoview Hemopro 2 | $24 | 1 payment
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| Ethicon US | Prolene | $14 | 1 payment
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Professional record
- NPI
- 1760689699
- Licence
- CA PA62420, NJ 25MP00052300
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Physician assistant (363A00000X); Physician assistant, surgical (363AS0400X)
- Mailing address
- 100 Wilson Rd Ste 100, Monterey, CA, 93940
- NPI first listed
- 2007-07-03
- NPI last updated
- 2024-03-11
- NPI record certified
- 2024-03-11
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 65 W Jimmie Leeds Rd, Pomona, NJ, 08240