Carl Aaron Gold, MD
Neurology · Stanford
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 17
- 3 carriers
- Offices
- 2
Offices
2 locations · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group
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Plans that list them
17 plans · 3 carriers
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17 of 17 plans
| Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Harmony (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health the ONE (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | 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 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A134191 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2015 · expires 2028-12-31 · Umdnj Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
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.
- Stanford Health CareStanford, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsHome of Stanford Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 83% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.317, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.446, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.241, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care
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: 2 better, 5 the same, 4 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 | 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases | Worse | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.317 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.446 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.241 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases | Better | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.86 (0.72 to 1) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.1 · 192 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.4 · 146 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 9.7 · 253 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 6.3 · 880 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 10.3 · 935 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 8.7 · 501 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.1 · 7,730 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.6 · 416 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.869 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.857 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.368 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.2 · 247 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.5 · 1,021 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 47.8 · 258 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -1.6 · 990 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.8 · 976 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.5 · 959 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.1 · 425 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 9.6 · 158 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.6 · 183 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (6,810 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 | 75% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 82% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained | 63% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 89% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 89% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 76% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 80% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 76% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 77% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 79% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 88% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 53% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 83% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 50% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 90% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$23,121
Medicare paid this office $23,121 for 128 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 54 | $8,027 | $149 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 44 | $6,884 | $106 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 35 | $4,087 | $117 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 16 | $2,401 | $71 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 11 | $1,154 | $105 |
Who their Medicare patients are
128 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 74 · Under 65 13% · 85 and older 16% · Women 49% · Also on Medicaid 31% · Health risk score 2.45. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical neurology clinician is at 1.61.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Depression 45% · Stroke 41% · Coronary heart disease 40% · Dementia 40% · Diabetes 37% · Chronic kidney disease 31% · Atrial fibrillation 31% · Heart failure 27% · COPD 23% · Cancer 16%.
The office billed $105,822, Medicare allowed $29,411 and paid $23,121; for 207 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 | 128 | 207 | 74 | 2.45 | $105,822 | $23,121 |
| 2023 | 183 | 363 | 71 | 2.20 | $170,181 | $39,542 |
| 2022 | 165 | 274 | 71 | 2.13 | $150,080 | $33,682 |
| 2021 | 154 | 237 | 72 | 2.80 | $123,866 | $31,471 |
| 2020 | 161 | 302 | 72 | 2.54 | $149,588 | $38,609 |
| 2019 | 183 | 284 | 73 | 2.49 | $147,715 | $34,956 |
| 2018 | 136 | 252 | 71 | 1.78 | $125,390 | $28,320 |
| 2017 | 261 | 506 | 70 | 2.27 | $214,418 | $55,462 |
| 2016 | 206 | 438 | 71 | 2.09 | $177,370 | $41,178 |
| 2015 | 54 | 79 | 68 | 2.19 | $43,062 | $7,788 |
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: 5 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 78 | $12,658 | $158 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 60 | $11,087 | $106 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 42 | $5,395 | $70 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 44 | $5,220 | $116 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 25 | $2,678 | $107 |
2022: 6 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 59 | $11,157 | $93 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 57 | $10,357 | $182 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 18 | $3,030 | $168 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 22 | $2,158 | $98 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 13 | $1,945 | $139 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 13 | $1,596 | $123 |
2021: 4 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 75 | $14,248 | $187 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 53 | $8,806 | $96 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 13 | $1,629 | $125 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 13 | $1,276 | $98 |
2020: 3 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 81 | $15,627 | $191 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 75 | $14,208 | $96 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 17 | $1,732 | $102 |
2019: 6 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 73 | $13,582 | $184 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 63 | $10,471 | $94 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 37 | $4,579 | $124 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 12 | $1,828 | $152 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 15 | $1,514 | $101 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 18 | $1,351 | $68 |
2018: 6 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 55 | $10,392 | $94 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 45 | $8,186 | $182 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 20 | $2,444 | $122 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 26 | $1,738 | $67 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 11 | $1,656 | $151 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 14 | $1,496 | $100 |
2017: 6 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 112 | $21,710 | $92 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 73 | $13,254 | $179 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 78 | $9,397 | $120 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 29 | $3,279 | $113 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 39 | $2,650 | $66 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 15 | $1,494 | $100 |
2016: 8 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 61 | $12,867 | $93 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 50 | $9,186 | $180 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 49 | $5,662 | $62 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 40 | $4,662 | $114 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 36 | $2,353 | $64 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 11 | $1,269 | $115 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 14 | $1,150 | $82 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 13 | $688 | $33 |
2015: 1 service
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 27 | $2,808 | $65 |
Medicaid work
$1,613 in 2023
Medicaid paid $1,613 for 28 billed services this clinician did in 2023, 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.
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 28 | $1,613 |
| 2023 | 28 | 1 | 15 | $1,613 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1 | 15 | $1,271 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2018
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 16 | $1,271 |
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 76.5 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1841585288
- Licence
- CA A134191California A134191: Current · expires 2028-12-31
- Trained
- Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 2011
- Group
- Stanford Health Care
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Neurology (2084N0400X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
- NPI first listed
- 2011-06-14
- NPI last updated
- 2023-11-07
- NPI record certified
- 2023-11-07
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.