Melody Belay, NP
Nurse Practitioner · Mountain View
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location
Plan participation
Not verified
We could not verify current plan participation for this doctor. This does not mean they are out of network. Call Melody Belay’s office at (650) 934-7575 to ask if they take your plan before you enroll.
Original Medicare doctor bills
$6,430
Medicare paid this office $6,430 for 42 people. Most of that is long return visits and Botox.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 19 | $2,839 | $142 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 14 | $2,349 | $168 |
Who their Medicare patients are
42 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Women 52% · Health risk score 1.09. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical nurse practitioner clinician is at 1.42.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 74% · Cancer 38%.
The office billed $25,348, Medicare allowed $8,251 and paid $6,430; for 48 services of 8 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 | 42 | 48 | 76 | 1.09 | $25,348 | $6,430 |
| 2023 | 66 | 69 | 73 | 1.45 | $32,450 | $3,700 |
| 2019 | 57 | 61 | 71 | 1.29 | $35,207 | $2,721 |
| 2018 | 103 | 114 | 69 | 1.78 | $63,288 | $6,389 |
| 2017 | 195 | 277 | 76 | 0.90 | $58,447 | $13,518 |
| 2016 | 105 | 151 | 76 | 0.99 | $35,566 | $9,190 |
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: 2 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 36 | $2,039 | $57 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 17 | $847 | $47 |
2019: 1 service
| Return visit (30+ min) | 55 | $2,596 | $45 |
2018: 1 service
| Return visit (30+ min) | 91 | $5,703 | $59 |
2017: 2 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 113 | $5,909 | $46 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 83 | $5,772 | $67 |
2016: 2 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 61 | $5,012 | $76 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 47 | $3,247 | $54 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$4,365
Pharmacies billed $4,365 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 76) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical nurse practitioner clinician is at 0%.
58 generic and 18 brand-name prescriptions · $4,365 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.
| Gavilyte-G | 23 | $266 | $12 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 76 | 59 | 0% (0) | 24% | $4,365 |
| 2023 | 148 | 81 | None | None | $11,395 |
| 2022 | 26 | 18 | 0% (0) | None | $1,267 |
| 2021 | 335 | 104 | None | None | $55,063 |
| 2020 | 271 | 114 | None | None | $29,672 |
| 2019 | 353 | 159 | 4% (13) | None | $24,153 |
| 2018 | 340 | 189 | 9% (32) | None | $22,212 |
| 2017 | 229 | 143 | None | None | $8,660 |
| 2016 | 91 | 58 | None | 14% | $2,273 |
| 2015 | 16 | 12 | 0% (0) | None | $232 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2021: 9 drugs
| Albuterol Sulfate Hfa | 15 | $668 | $45 |
| Cabergoline | 13 | $551 | $42 |
| Metoprolol | 13 | $420 | $32 |
| Atorvastatin | 23 | $350 | $15 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 19 | $216 | $11 |
| Lisinopril | 13 | $175 | $13 |
| Metformin | 16 | $124 | $8 |
| Simvastatin | 11 | $90 | $8 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 11 | $59 | $5 |
2020: 3 drugs
| Atorvastatin | 24 | $425 | $18 |
| Cabergoline | 12 | $342 | $28 |
| Metformin | 20 | $117 | $6 |
2019: 7 drugs
| Atorvastatin | 32 | $410 | $13 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 11 | $227 | $21 |
| Omeprazole | 12 | $209 | $17 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 24 | $144 | $6 |
| Losartan | 12 | $116 | $10 |
| Metformin | 12 | $101 | $8 |
| Allopurinol | 11 | $76 | $7 |
2018: 4 drugs
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 12 | $190 | $16 |
| Omeprazole | 12 | $181 | $15 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 16 | $109 | $7 |
| Metformin | 11 | $65 | $6 |
2017: 4 drugs
| Ventolin Hfa | 13 | $694 | $53 |
| Azithromycin | 15 | $84 | $6 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 11 | $58 | $5 |
| Zolpidem | 11 | $49 | $4 |
Money from drug and device companies
$125 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | None | $125 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | None | $37 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $41 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Salix Pharmaceuticals a division of Bausch Health US | Xifaxan | $125 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Salix Pharmaceuticals a division of Bausch Health US | Meals · 2025-04-02 | Xifaxan | $125 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023)
2024: $37
| Boston Scientific | None | $37 | 1 payment
|
2023: $41
| Boston Scientific | None | $41 | 1 payment
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Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 74.5 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1831508423
- Licence
- CA NP95001102
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Nurse practitioner (363L00000X)
- Mailing address
- 325 Distel Cir, Los Altos, CA, 94022
- NPI first listed
- 2014-08-07
- NPI last updated
- 2024-01-16
- NPI record certified
- 2024-01-16
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.