Aarti Rao, MD
Gastroenterology · Palo Alto
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 2
- 2 carriers
- Offices
- 3
Offices
3 locations · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group
Plans that list them
2 plans · 2 carriers
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2 of 2 plans
| Alignment Health Sutter Advantage +More (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A131796 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2014 · expires 2027-12-31 · University of California, Davis School of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Original Medicare doctor bills
$44,392
Medicare paid this office $44,392 for 179 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare | 70 | $16,690 | $238 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 39 | $7,381 | $172 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 33 | $4,602 | $121 |
| Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope | 62 | $4,263 | $69 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 22 | $3,431 | $156 |
See all 7 services
| Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare | 70 | $16,690 | $238 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 39 | $7,381 | $172 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 33 | $4,602 | $121 |
| Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope | 62 | $4,263 | $69 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 22 | $3,431 | $156 |
| Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope | 23 | $1,637 | $71 |
| Moderate sedation services provided by the same physician or other qualified health care professional performing a gastrointestinal endoscopic service that sedation supports, requiring the presence of an independent trained observer to assist in the monito | 94 | $456 | $5 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Colonoscopy | 57 | More than 66% of doctors who do this |
| Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux | 52 | More than 64% of doctors who do this |
Who their Medicare patients are
179 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Women 73% · Health risk score 0.80. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical gastroenterology clinician is at 1.42.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 45% · Chronic kidney disease 15% · Coronary heart disease 14% · Depression 14% · Cancer 13% · Diabetes 11% · Atrial fibrillation 11% · Heart failure 10%.
The office billed $418,812, Medicare allowed $53,831 and paid $44,392; for 399 services of 23 kinds.
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 | 179 | 399 | 75 | 0.80 | $418,812 | $44,392 |
| 2023 | 178 | 408 | 75 | 0.77 | $403,352 | $44,268 |
| 2022 | 222 | 495 | 74 | 0.78 | $485,199 | $48,942 |
| 2021 | 174 | 417 | 74 | 0.75 | $406,455 | $41,914 |
| 2020 | 94 | 193 | 74 | 0.81 | $177,001 | $18,433 |
| 2019 | 60 | 119 | 73 | 0.99 | $108,489 | $12,098 |
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: 7 services
| Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare | 60 | $14,553 | $243 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 39 | $8,343 | $170 |
| Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope | 75 | $6,145 | $82 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 35 | $4,944 | $141 |
| Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope | 27 | $2,403 | $86 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 16 | $2,253 | $119 |
| Moderate sedation services provided by the same physician or other qualified health care professional performing a gastrointestinal endoscopic service that sedation supports, requiring the presence of an independent trained observer to assist in the monito | 103 | $509 | $5 |
2022: 8 services
| Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare | 81 | $19,045 | $235 |
| Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope | 92 | $7,356 | $80 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 29 | $5,840 | $172 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 37 | $5,050 | $136 |
| Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope | 29 | $2,964 | $99 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 19 | $2,286 | $120 |
| Moderate sedation services provided by the same physician or other qualified health care professional performing a gastrointestinal endoscopic service that sedation supports, requiring the presence of an independent trained observer to assist in the monito | 137 | $663 | $5 |
| Office for the evaluation and management of established patient that may not require presence of healthcare professional | 21 | $532 | $22 |
2021: 6 services
| Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare | 72 | $16,891 | $235 |
| Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope | 67 | $5,595 | $84 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 33 | $4,505 | $137 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 24 | $3,906 | $126 |
| Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope | 28 | $2,567 | $89 |
| Moderate sedation services provided by the same physician or other qualified health care professional performing a gastrointestinal endoscopic service that sedation supports, requiring the presence of an independent trained observer to assist in the monito | 119 | $598 | $5 |
2020: 6 services
| Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare | 24 | $5,677 | $237 |
| Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope | 27 | $2,139 | $79 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 16 | $1,854 | $116 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 14 | $1,283 | $92 |
| Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope | 13 | $1,239 | $95 |
| Moderate sedation services provided by the same physician or other qualified health care professional performing a gastrointestinal endoscopic service that sedation supports, requiring the presence of an independent trained observer to assist in the monito | 47 | $240 | $5 |
2019: 4 services
| Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare | 14 | $3,263 | $233 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 17 | $2,726 | $136 |
| Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope | 16 | $1,088 | $68 |
| Moderate sedation services provided by the same physician or other qualified health care professional performing a gastrointestinal endoscopic service that sedation supports, requiring the presence of an independent trained observer to assist in the monito | 33 | $168 | $5 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$35,451
Pharmacies billed $35,451 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 219) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical gastroenterology clinician is at 0%.
157 generic and 62 brand-name prescriptions · $35,451 in drug cost.
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.
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf | 93 | $5,968 | $64 |
| Peg 3350-Electrolyte | 19 | $419 | $22 |
| Famotidine | 18 | $359 | $20 |
| Omeprazole | 34 | $255 | $7 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 219 | 149 | 0% (0) | 28% | $35,451 |
| 2023 | 202 | 121 | 0% (0) | None | $29,907 |
| 2022 | 203 | 131 | 0% (0) | None | $31,629 |
| 2021 | 221 | 147 | 0% (0) | 54% | $32,560 |
| 2020 | 109 | 74 | 0% (0) | 50% | $8,839 |
| 2019 | 54 | 41 | 0% (0) | 61% | $83,374 |
| 2015 | 47 | 11 | 38% (18) | None | $1,141 |
| 2014 | 12 | None | None | None | $458 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 4 drugs
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf | 65 | $5,279 | $81 |
| Omeprazole | 35 | $468 | $13 |
| Famotidine | 18 | $341 | $19 |
| Peg 3350-Electrolyte | 11 | $232 | $21 |
2022: 3 drugs
| Suprep | 77 | $8,897 | $116 |
| Omeprazole | 43 | $552 | $13 |
| Famotidine | 14 | $178 | $13 |
2021: 5 drugs
| Suprep | 89 | $9,840 | $111 |
| Omeprazole | 35 | $550 | $16 |
| Pantoprazole | 13 | $474 | $36 |
| Peg 3350-Electrolyte | 15 | $266 | $18 |
| Famotidine | 11 | $184 | $17 |
2020: 2 drugs
| Suprep | 48 | $5,012 | $104 |
| Omeprazole | 24 | $280 | $12 |
2019: 1 drug
| Suprep | 23 | $2,302 | $100 |
2015: 1 drug
| Atorvastatin | 11 | $80 | $7 |
Money from drug and device companies
$610 in 2025
| 2025 | 4 | 8 | None | $610 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | None | $102 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | Lynparza | $365 | 3 payments
|
| Genzyme | Dupixent | $123 | 1 payment
|
| Lilly USA | Omvoh | $101 | 3 payments
|
| Janssen Biotech | Tremfya | $20 | 1 payment
|
See all 8 published payments
| Genzyme | Meals · 2025-08-20 | Dupixent | $123 |
| Lilly USA | Meals · 2025-05-28 | Omvoh | $32 |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | Meals · 2025-05-08 | None | $135 |
| Lilly USA | Meals · 2025-04-28 | Omvoh | $35 |
| Lilly USA | Meals · 2025-04-01 | Omvoh | $35 |
| Janssen Biotech | Meals · 2025-03-12 | Tremfya | $20 |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | Meals · 2025-03-10 | Lynparza | $115 |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | Meals · 2025-03-10 | Lynparza | $115 |
See earlier years (2019)
2019: $102
| AbbVie | None | $102 | 1 payment
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Professional record
- NPI
- 1780971044
- Licence
- CA A131796California A131796: Current · expires 2027-12-31
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207RG0100X (207RG0100X)
- Mailing address
- 325 Distel Cir, Los Altos, CA, 94022
- NPI first listed
- 2011-07-06
- NPI last updated
- 2020-06-03
- NPI record certified
- 2020-06-03
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 301 Industrial Rd, San Carlos, CA, 94070