Pranav Kaul, MD
Emergency Medicine · San Francisco
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 3
- 1 carrier
- Offices
- 3
Offices
3 locations · University of California San Francisco · Permanente Medical Group Inc
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Plans that list them
3 plans · 1 carrier
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| Imperial Courage Plan (HMO) | Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc. | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Imperial Dynamic Plan (HMO) | Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc. | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Imperial Senior Value (HMO C-SNP) | Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc. | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
State licence records
1 licence
- Illinois 125078358Temporary Medical Permit · since 2021 · expires 2024-06-22Specialty on the licence: Emergency MedicineCancelledNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state
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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.
- UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of University of California Health, which runs 12 hospitalsHome of UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 81% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 4.9 (3.79 to 6.02) · 7,590 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 12.8 (11.3 to 14.4) · 2,019 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 139.4 (110.22 to 168.58) · 452 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.622, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.626, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.491, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.8 (0.7 to 1) · 2,336 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for UCSF Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 3 better, 5 the same, 3 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.9 (3.79 to 6.02) · 7,590 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 12.8 (11.3 to 14.4) · 2,019 cases | Worse | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 139.4 (110.22 to 168.58) · 452 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.622 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.626 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.491 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.8 (0.7 to 1) · 2,336 cases | Better | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.24 (0.58 to 1.9) · 4,689 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.05 (0.89 to 1.2) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.9 · 89 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.5 · 85 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 10.1 · 132 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 6.6 · 454 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 10.3 · 618 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 9.6 · 380 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.7 · 5,000 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.22 (0.06 to 0.38) · 15,965 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.2 (0.05 to 0.35) · 17,859 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 0.85 (0 to 1.83) · 4,184 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2 (1.1 to 2.9) · 6,516 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 7.35 (4.49 to 10.21) · 3,989 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5 (3.22 to 6.77) · 4,087 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.95 (0.74 to 3.15) · 2,034 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.95 (0.63 to 1.28) · 15,431 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4 · 399 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.899 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.689 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.224 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16 · 156 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20 · 564 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 60.3 · 160 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -9.7 · 550 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 44.1 · 660 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.8 · 667 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.7 (4.8 to 6.7) · 2,019 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 6 · 421 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 10.5 · 53 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20 · 107 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.9 (11.3 to 17.1) · 3,247 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (3,181 patients answered, 25% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 71% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 80% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 80% |
| Staff "always" explained | 61% |
| 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 | 74% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 78% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 86% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 75% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 77% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 78% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 86% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 50% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 46% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 90% |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$1,532
Pharmacies billed $1,532 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
51 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $1,532 in drug cost · 27 antibiotic prescriptions to 23 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.
| Cephalexin | 11 | $68 | $6 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 55 | 44 | None | None | $1,532 |
| 2023 | 51 | 34 | None | None | $2,045 |
| 2022 | 30 | 19 | 0% (0) | None | $408 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1790361293
- Licence
- IL 125.078358Illinois 125078358: Cancelled
- Trained
- George Washington University School of Medicine, 2021
- Group
- University of California San Francisco · Permanente Medical Group Inc
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207P00000X (207P00000X)
- Mailing address
- 521 Parnassus Ave Ste 7319, San Francisco, CA, 94143
- NPI first listed
- 2021-03-23
- NPI last updated
- 2026-02-17
- NPI record certified
- 2026-02-17
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 251 E Huron St, Chicago, IL, 60611 · 700 Lawrence Expy, Santa Clara, CA, 95051
This office lists an electronic records connection.