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Runi Chattopadhyay, MD

General Surgery · Palo Alto

NPI 1821055336

Medicare standing
Clear
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Plans that list them
2
2 carriers
Offices
7

Offices

7 locations · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group

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Hospitals listed: Mills-Peninsula Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plans that list them

2 plans · 2 carriers

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2 of 2 plans

Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Alignment Health Sutter Advantage +More (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)Santa Clara Family Health PlanListedSep 1, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A91895 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2005 · expires 2027-05-31 · Mcgill University Faculty of Medicine.

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.

  • Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame, 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 4 of 5 · 78% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.139, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.242, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Peninsula Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 10 the same, 1 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 Peninsula Medical Center
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.139BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.242BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.21 (0.27 to 2.15) · 1,258 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.81 (0.51 to 1.1)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths155.44 (112.67 to 198.21) · 90 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.5 · 32 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.1 · 82 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths10 · 188 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths9 · 473 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths14.8 · 342 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths9.4 · 485 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.9 · 3,730 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.2 (0 to 0.4) · 6,904 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.21 (0.02 to 0.4) · 7,052 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.41 (1.43 to 5.39) · 1,695 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.72 (0.17 to 3.28) · 665 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.11 (0.66 to 3.56) · 1,545 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths7.1 (1.3 to 12.9) · 670 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.96 (2.63 to 9.29) · 653 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.61 (0.15 to 3.08) · 418 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.14 (0 to 0.78) · 5,539 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.7 · 192 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.215No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.263No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.74No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.3 · 300 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits19 · 702 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits1.2 · 207 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-13.6 · 531 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits24.3 · 343 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits18.1 · 449 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits4.5 (2.8 to 7) · 85 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits9.6 (6.7 to 13.7) · 85 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.7 · 189 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits11 · 45 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.6 · 117 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13 (9.7 to 17.2) · 584 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.9 (0.7 to 1.2) · 764 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (523 patients answered, 27% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Peninsula Medical Center
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness3
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Peninsula Medical Center
Room was "always" clean76%
Nurses "always" communicated well81%
Doctors "always" communicated well80%
Staff "always" explained58%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge87%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand74%
Doctors "always" listened carefully79%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)75%
Staff "always" explained new medications72%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night54%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital78%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects44%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$83,898

Medicare paid this office $83,898 for 185 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Long return visit (40+ min)147$32,761$155
Repair of wound of trunk by transferring skin, 10.1-30.0 sq cm28$18,889$590
Partial removal of breast26$10,549$340
New patient visit (60+ min)53$10,344$195
Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of underarm15$3,095$206
See all 6 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Long return visit (40+ min)147$32,761$155
Repair of wound of trunk by transferring skin, 10.1-30.0 sq cm28$18,889$590
Partial removal of breast26$10,549$340
New patient visit (60+ min)53$10,344$195
Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of underarm15$3,095$206
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or27$918$30

Procedures Medicare counted

Procedure volume Medicare published
Mastectomy65More than 97% of doctors who do this
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision47More than 86% of doctors who do this

Who their Medicare patients are

185 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 74 · Also on Medicaid 6% · Health risk score 0.82. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical general surgery clinician is at 1.69.

Conditions among them: Cancer 72% · High blood pressure 48% · Diabetes 15% · Coronary heart disease 14% · Chronic kidney disease 14% · Depression 14% · Atrial fibrillation 7%.

The office billed $356,983, Medicare allowed $110,614 and paid $83,898; for 396 services of 12 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

Original Medicare by year
2024185396740.82$356,983$83,898
2023175332740.85$275,233$68,344
2022182475740.69$401,729$101,230
2021186402740.81$352,937$89,167
2020177364740.87$290,850$72,566
2019234479740.85$397,143$98,264
2018213416740.80$369,647$83,751
2017178445720.78$379,819$89,424
2016191337730.91$210,973$51,463
2015175299710.84$212,922$55,148
2014142312710.64$231,151$55,198
2013133267740.88$211,425$50,594

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

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Long return visit (40+ min)129$26,358$160
New patient visit (60+ min)43$8,447$196
Repair of wound of trunk by transferring skin, 10.1-30.0 sq cm13$7,719$551
Partial removal of breast14$5,502$393
Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of underarm15$3,119$208
Return visit (30+ min)17$1,912$101
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or24$809$30

2022: 10 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Long return visit (40+ min)112$23,898$165
Repair of wound of trunk by transferring skin, 10.1-30.0 sq cm26$15,510$597
Partial removal of breast35$13,749$382
Simple complete removal of breast13$12,679$975
New patient visit (60+ min)50$9,771$195
Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of underarm28$6,001$214
Return visit (30+ min)40$5,940$116
Imaging of lymph nodes during surgery14$1,713$122
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or37$1,249$30
Office for the evaluation and management of established patient that may not require presence of healthcare professional24$664$24

2021: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Long return visit (40+ min)110$21,721$160
Repair of wound of trunk by transferring skin, 10.1-30.0 sq cm19$13,767$574
New patient visit (60+ min)54$11,120$206
Partial removal of breast24$8,395$323
Return visit (30+ min)46$6,273$114
Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of underarm25$5,360$214
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or26$835$31

2020: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Long return visit (40+ min)133$22,037$127
Repair of wound of trunk by transferring skin, 10.1-30.0 sq cm25$17,813$540
Partial removal of breast31$12,330$374
New patient visit (60+ min)28$5,580$199
Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of underarm15$3,037$202

2019: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Repair of wound of trunk by transferring skin, 10.1-30.0 sq cm37$21,873$521
Long return visit (40+ min)130$21,292$124
Partial removal of breast40$15,021$334
New patient visit (60+ min)44$8,353$190
Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of underarm23$4,744$206
New patient visit (45+ min)16$2,197$137
New patient visit (30+ min)21$2,171$103
Office for the evaluation and management of established patient that may not require presence of healthcare professional32$760$22

2018: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Repair of wound of trunk by transferring skin, 10.1-30.0 sq cm31$20,281$579
Long return visit (40+ min)130$19,173$117
Partial removal of breast35$13,318$341
New patient visit (60+ min)32$5,953$186
Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of underarm27$5,242$194
New patient visit (45+ min)14$1,817$130
New patient visit (30+ min)16$1,613$101
Return visit (30+ min)13$1,212$93
Office for the evaluation and management of established patient that may not require presence of healthcare professional20$494$21

2017: 10 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Repair of wound of trunk by transferring skin, 10.1-30.0 sq cm32$19,394$524
Long return visit (40+ min)108$18,950$125
Partial removal of breast29$10,743$347
New patient visit (60+ min)41$7,652$187
Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of underarm29$6,041$208
Return visit (30+ min)16$1,814$95
Short return visit (20+ min)19$1,657$66
Imaging of lymph nodes during surgery11$1,294$118
Office for the evaluation and management of established patient that may not require presence of healthcare professional13$255$20
New patient visit (10+ min)12$251$21

2016: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Repair of wound of trunk by transferring skin, 10.1-30.0 sq cm17$10,426$579
Partial removal of breast24$10,017$385
Short return visit (20+ min)71$5,318$60
New patient visit (60+ min)26$4,929$190
Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of underarm17$3,412$201
New patient visit (10+ min)36$1,452$40
Return visit (30+ min)14$1,410$88
Short return visit28$1,164$39
Office for the evaluation and management of established patient that may not require presence of healthcare professional25$508$19

2015: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Partial removal of breast16$7,673$426
New patient visit (60+ min)33$6,172$187
Short return visit (20+ min)71$5,075$60
Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of underarm14$2,831$202
Return visit (30+ min)25$2,517$97
Long return visit (40+ min)15$2,501$139
New patient visit (45+ min)16$2,464$154
Short return visit22$914$38

2014: 10 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Repair of wound of trunk by transferring skin, 10.1-30.0 sq cm18$10,511$553
Partial removal of breast18$7,430$391
New patient visit (60+ min)34$5,728$168
Short return visit (20+ min)77$5,481$58
Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of underarm15$3,201$213
New patient visit (45+ min)13$1,858$143
Return visit (30+ min)17$1,701$95
Long return visit (40+ min)12$1,620$125
New patient visit (30+ min)14$1,295$93
Short return visit16$483$27

2013: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Repair of wound of trunk by transferring skin, 10.1-30.0 sq cm18$10,321$573
Partial removal of breast19$6,664$333
Short return visit (20+ min)57$4,292$62
New patient visit (60+ min)16$2,611$163
Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of underarm13$2,606$200
New patient visit (45+ min)18$2,518$140
New patient visit (30+ min)19$1,815$96
Return visit (30+ min)17$1,795$94
Short return visit27$1,090$38

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$420

Pharmacies billed $420 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 64% of their Part D prescriptions (27 of 42) in 2024. Too few prescriptions to compare fairly with other clinicians.

42 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $420 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.

Largest Part D drug costs
Acetaminophen-Codeine27$115$4

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024423464% (27)0%$420
2023403058% (23)None$338
2022634765% (41)0%$361
2021513859% (30)0%$466
2020483665% (31)0%$355
2019584766% (38)0%$277
2018564570% (39)0%$357
2017573854% (31)0%$287
2016362761% (22)None$189
2015251960% (15)0%$128
2014532857% (30)0%$334
2013442852% (23)0%$406

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Acetaminophen-Codeine20$57$3

2022: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Acetaminophen-Codeine37$159$4

2021: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Acetaminophen-Codeine24$111$5

2020: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Cephalexin11$169$15
Acetaminophen-Codeine16$93$6
Tramadol15$46$3

2019: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Tramadol27$91$3

2018: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Acetaminophen-Codeine17$83$5
Tramadol22$56$3

2017: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Cephalexin11$82$7
Tramadol20$64$3

2016: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Tramadol16$50$3

2015: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Tramadol13$37$3

2014: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Cephalexin17$170$10
Tramadol28$114$4

2013: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Tramadol21$83$4

Money from drug and device companies

$103 in 2021

Industry payments by year
202111None$103
201911None$108

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
Pacira PharmaceuticalsExparel$103
1 payment
  • Meals for Exparel · 2021-06-10 · $103
See the published payment
Every published payment
Pacira PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2021-06-10Exparel$103
See earlier years (2019)

2019: $108

Payments by company in 2019
Focal TherapeuticsBiozorb$108
1 payment
  • Meals for Biozorb · 2019-01-22 · $108

Professional record

NPI
1821055336
Licence
CA A91895California A91895: Current · expires 2027-05-31
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Medicaid ID
CA 0A9189500
Taxonomy
Surgery (208600000X)
Mailing address
325 Distel Cir, Los Altos, CA, 94022
NPI first listed
2006-04-27
NPI last updated
2020-07-15
NPI record certified
2020-07-15

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