Danny M Colton, MD
General Surgery · San Jose
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 6
- 2 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · County of Santa Clara · 1,000 clinicians in this group
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Hospitals listed: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
6 plans · 2 carriers
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6 of 6 plans
| Anthem Full Dual Advantage Aligned (HMO D-SNP) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Medicare Advantage (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Classic (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN MyChoice (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A74120 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2001 · expires 2028-10-31 · Wayne State University School of Medicine. Board flags: Malpractice Judgment.
Public record actions
| 2008-10-17 | Malpractice judgment | $120,870 · Sutter county superior court |
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.
- Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 70% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 2 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 2.572, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.563, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.256, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.369, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 1 worse of 8 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.
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 2.572 | Worse | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.563 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.256 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.369 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.25 (0.3 to 2.2) · 1,535 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.07 (0.76 to 1.38) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 214.59 (167.38 to 261.8) · 108 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.8 · 41 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6 · 141 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 10.2 · 124 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.3 · 501 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 14.9 · 653 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.1 · 348 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3 · 4,502 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.24 (0.04 to 0.43) · 9,014 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.34 (0.15 to 0.52) · 9,216 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.54 (2.51 to 6.58) · 1,421 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.54 (0 to 3.2) · 288 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.11 (0.66 to 3.56) · 1,446 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 11.61 (4.09 to 19.14) · 294 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 7.29 (3.39 to 11.2) · 299 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.9 (0.45 to 3.36) · 333 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.23 (0 to 0.78) · 7,538 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 5.4 · 94 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.735 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 2.573 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.6 · 185 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 22.1 · 951 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 56.3 · 128 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 6.4 · 644 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 1.3 · 699 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.3 · 921 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.7 (3.9 to 8.1) · 226 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 12.6 (9.4 to 16.5) · 226 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.4 · 94 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 11.4 · 54 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.3 · 242 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.2 (9.9 to 17.4) · 702 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.7 to 1.4) · 195 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (4,032 patients answered, 29% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 2 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 70% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 73% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained | 57% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 82% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 82% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 74% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 67% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 71% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 69% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 80% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 43% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 70% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 44% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 83% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$3,856
Medicare paid this office $3,856 for 20 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Procedures Medicare counted
| Removal of skin lesions | 13 | More than 60% of doctors who do this |
| Removal of tissue | 47 | More than 78% of doctors who do this |
Who their Medicare patients are
20 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 68 · Health risk score 1.80. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical general surgery clinician is at 1.69.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 60%.
The office billed $45,160, Medicare allowed $5,161 and paid $3,856; for 47 services of 9 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 | 20 | 47 | 68 | 1.80 | $45,160 | $3,856 |
| 2023 | 15 | 33 | 71 | 2.58 | $18,547 | $2,283 |
| 2021 | 13 | 63 | 67 | 2.24 | $62,028 | $9,228 |
| 2020 | 28 | 80 | 69 | 1.43 | $137,536 | $13,198 |
| 2019 | 31 | 70 | 69 | 2.71 | $114,820 | $12,735 |
| 2018 | 41 | 72 | 72 | 2.60 | $102,125 | $14,325 |
| 2017 | 30 | 120 | 63 | 3.02 | $165,150 | $21,599 |
| 2016 | 41 | 65 | 71 | 2.58 | $30,475 | $10,262 |
| 2015 | 43 | 110 | 70 | 2.63 | $35,300 | $21,440 |
| 2014 | 41 | 77 | 68 | 2.30 | $38,547 | $15,742 |
| 2013 | 40 | 142 | 70 | 3.08 | $31,495 | $15,624 |
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
2020: 1 service
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 11 | $1,436 | $131 |
2019: 1 service
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 12 | $2,470 | $165 |
2018: 1 service
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 19 | $3,134 | $165 |
2017: 2 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 18 | $3,759 | $163 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 14 | $3,038 | $82 |
2016: 2 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 13 | $2,033 | $156 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 11 | $1,075 | $83 |
2015: 1 service
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 14 | $2,567 | $160 |
2014: 1 service
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 19 | $3,154 | $158 |
2013: 2 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 14 | $4,968 | $81 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 18 | $3,334 | $159 |
Medicaid work
$0 in 2024
Medicaid paid $0 for 31 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 15 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.
| Medication list documented in medical record (COA) | 31 | $0 |
| 2024 | 31 | 1 | 15 | $0 |
Money from drug and device companies
$3,294 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | None | $3,294 |
| 2024 | 2 | 10 | None | $389 |
| 2023 | 4 | 16 | None | $4,974 |
| 2022 | 2 | 10 | None | $936 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | None | $30 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5 | $125 | $1,259 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Intuitive Surgical | Davinci Xi | $3,294 | 4 payments
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See all 4 published payments
| Intuitive Surgical | Education · 2025-10-23 | Davinci Xi | $1,500 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Meals · 2025-10-22 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $28 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Education · 2025-10-21 | Davinci Xi | $1,750 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Meals · 2025-10-21 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $16 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019)
2024: $389
| Intuitive Surgical | Da Vinci Surgical System | $367 | 9 payments
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| Ethicon US | N/A | $22 | 1 payment
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2023: $4,974
| Intuitive Surgical | Davinci Xi | $3,673 | 7 payments
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| Medical Device Business Services | None | $1,219 | 7 payments
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| Ethicon US | Surgicel Nu-Knit | $46 | 1 payment
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| Ethicon | Echelon Flex | $37 | 1 payment
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2022: $936
| Medtronic | Progrip | $820 | 9 payments
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| Smith+Nephew | Grafix Pl | $115 | 1 payment
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2021: $30
| Innocoll | Xaracoll | $18 | 1 payment
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| Trevena | Olinvyk | $12 | 1 payment
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2019: $1,259
| Covidien LP | Signia | $1,109 | 2 payments
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| Organogenesis | Apligraf | $125 | 1 payment
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| Kci USA | Vac Veraflo | $25 | 2 payments
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Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 80.6 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1831191956
- Licence
- CA A74120California A74120: Current · expires 2028-10-31
- Trained
- Wayne State University School of Medicine, 1992
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Medicaid ID
- CA 00A741200
- Taxonomy
- Surgery (208600000X); Federal specialty code 207QA0401X (207QA0401X); Federal specialty code 2083P0011X (2083P0011X); General practice (208D00000X); Federal specialty code 208VP0000X (208VP0000X)
- Mailing address
- 17868 Outer Highway 18, Suite # 211, Apple Valley, CA, 92307
- NPI first listed
- 2005-06-01
- NPI last updated
- 2021-07-08
- NPI record certified
- 2021-06-14
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 17868 Outer Highway 18, Apple Valley, CA, 92307