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Ali Bin Syed, MD

Diagnostic Radiology · Stanford

NPI 1851704175

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
13
2 carriers
Offices
7

Offices

7 locations · Stanford Health Care · Lpch Medical Group Div of Lucile

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Hospitals listed: Lucile Salter Packard Children'S Hsp at Stanford · Stanford Health Care. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plans that list them

13 plans · 2 carriers

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13 of 13 plans

Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Harmony (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health the ONE (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)Santa Clara Family Health PlanListedSep 1, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A162385 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2019 · expires 2027-05-31 · Temple University School of Medicine.

No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.

Hospitals they work in

2 hospitals

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

  • Lucile Salter Packard Children'S Hsp at StanfordPalo Alto, CAChildren · Voluntary non-profit - Private · No emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitals
    No overall ratingNo measure marked better or worse than 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 it
    Overall 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.

Every scored measure at Stanford Health Care
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.317BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.446BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.241BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.86 (0.72 to 1)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.1 · 192 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.4 · 146 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths9.7 · 253 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths6.3 · 880 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 935 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths8.7 · 501 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.1 · 7,730 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.6 · 416 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.869No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.857No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.368No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.2 · 247 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.5 · 1,021 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits47.8 · 258 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-1.6 · 990 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits20.8 · 976 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.5 · 959 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.1 · 425 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits9.6 · 158 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.6 · 183 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care
Room was "always" clean75%
Nurses "always" communicated well82%
Doctors "always" communicated well81%
Staff "always" explained63%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge89%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)79%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects50%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$28,188

Medicare paid this office $28,188 for 282 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Mri scan of abdomen before and after contrast97$8,663$88
Mri scan of pelvis before and after contrast71$6,425$90
Mri scan of abdomen before and after contrast67$6,046$90
Mri scan of pelvis before and after contrast45$3,845$85

Who their Medicare patients are

282 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 71 · Under 65 12% · 85 and older 8% · Women 45% · Also on Medicaid 21% · Health risk score 1.85. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical diagnostic radiology clinician is at 1.7.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 66% · Cancer 42% · Diabetes 30% · Chronic kidney disease 30% · Coronary heart disease 20% · Depression 18% · Atrial fibrillation 15% · Heart failure 12% · COPD 11% · Stroke 7% · Dementia 4%.

The office billed $398,537, Medicare allowed $36,508 and paid $28,188; for 346 services of 22 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
2024282346711.85$398,537$28,188
2023248322711.90$297,341$27,688
2022307389721.70$287,161$31,119
2021293397711.71$265,112$32,234
2020160207721.90$137,467$19,248

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: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Mri scan of abdomen before and after contrast108$9,879$90
Mri scan of pelvis before and after contrast64$5,994$91
Mri scan of abdomen before and after contrast63$5,512$87
Mri scan of pelvis before and after contrast37$3,279$89

2022: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Mri scan of abdomen before and after contrast110$9,135$83
Mri scan of pelvis before and after contrast83$7,360$89
Mri scan of abdomen before and after contrast85$7,187$84
Mri scan of pelvis before and after contrast39$3,662$94
Mri scan of pelvis without contrast13$847$61
Mri scan of abdomen without contrast12$700$58
3d radiographic procedure with computerized image postprocessing15$535$36

2021: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Mri scan of abdomen before and after contrast110$9,866$89
Mri scan of abdomen before and after contrast77$6,938$87
Mri scan of pelvis before and after contrast73$6,778$89
Mri scan of pelvis before and after contrast54$4,800$87
3d radiographic procedure with computerized image postprocessing30$1,039$35
Mri scan of pelvis without contrast11$708$64

2020: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Mri scan of abdomen before and after contrast61$6,286$100
Mri scan of abdomen before and after contrast62$6,123$97
Mri scan of pelvis before and after contrast25$2,760$102
Mri scan of pelvis before and after contrast21$2,218$101

Medicaid work

$9,349 in 2024

Medicaid paid $9,349 for 414 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 39 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.

Largest Medicaid services in 2024
Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, pelvis; without contrast material(s), followed by contrast material(s) and further sequences37$3,444
Radiologic examination, chest; single view292$2,784
Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, abdomen; without contrast material(s), followed by with contrast material(s) and further sequences24$2,466
X-ray of abdomen, 1 view49$531
Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views12$125
Medicaid work by year
2024414539$9,349
2023624551$14,462
2022514635$13,367
2021358350$9,431
202015115$1,691
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, abdomen; without contrast material(s), followed by with contrast material(s) and further sequences89$6,253
Radiologic examination, chest; single view404$3,618
Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, pelvis; without contrast material(s), followed by contrast material(s) and further sequences33$2,946
Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, any joint of lower extremity; without contrast material15$936
X-ray of abdomen, 1 view83$709

2022

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, abdomen; without contrast material(s), followed by with contrast material(s) and further sequences57$4,176
Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, pelvis; without contrast material(s), followed by contrast material(s) and further sequences45$4,140
Radiologic examination, chest; single view350$3,114
US RETROPERITONEAL REAL TIME W/IMAGE COMPLETE12$973
Computed tomography, thorax, diagnostic; without contrast material12$616
X-ray of abdomen, 1 view38$348

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, abdomen; without contrast material(s), followed by with contrast material(s) and further sequences66$6,012
Radiologic examination, chest; single view280$2,380
Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, pelvis; without contrast material(s), followed by contrast material(s) and further sequences12$1,039

2020

Largest Medicaid services in 2020
Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, abdomen; without contrast material(s), followed by with contrast material(s) and further sequences15$1,691

Money from drug and device companies

$367 in 2025

Industry payments by year
2025311None$367
202427None$659
2023514$750$3,749
202247None$374
202024None$62

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
Novartis PharmaceuticalsPluvicto$188
8 payments
  • Meals for Pluvicto · 2025-10-02 · $27
  • Meals for Pluvicto · 2025-09-30 · $27
  • Meals for Pluvicto · 2025-08-19 · $21
  • Meals for Pluvicto · 2025-07-28 · $26
  • Meals for Pluvicto · 2025-05-19 · $17
  • Meals for Pluvicto · 2025-05-06 · $17
  • Meals for Pluvicto · 2025-04-14 · $24
  • Meals for Vijoice · 2025-02-05 · $28
Ge HealthcareNone$154
2 payments
  • Meals · 2025-05-11 · $131
  • Meals · 2025-04-17 · $22
Abbott LaboratoriesMitraclip$25
1 payment
  • Meals for Mitraclip · 2025-11-18 · $25
See all 11 published payments
Every published payment
Abbott LaboratoriesMeals · 2025-11-18Mitraclip$25
Novartis PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-10-02Pluvicto$27
Novartis PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-09-30Pluvicto$27
Novartis PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-08-19Pluvicto$21
Novartis PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-07-28Pluvicto$26
Novartis PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-05-19Pluvicto$17
Ge HealthcareMeals · 2025-05-11None$131
Novartis PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-05-06Pluvicto$17
Ge HealthcareMeals · 2025-04-17None$22
Novartis PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-04-14Pluvicto$24
Novartis PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-02-05Vijoice$28
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2020)

2024: $659

Payments by company in 2024
Ge HealthcareNone$512
5 payments
  • Meals · 2024-10-17 · $86
  • Meals · 2024-05-03 · $139
  • Meals · 2024-04-14 · $60
  • Meals · 2024-04-10 · $137
  • Meals · 2024-01-03 · $90
Siemens Medical Solutions USANaeotom Alpha$148
2 payments
  • Meals for Naeotom Alpha · 2024-09-04 · $104
  • Meals · 2024-05-08 · $44

2023: $3,749

Payments by company in 2023
GuerbetElucirem$2,006
5 payments
  • Meals for Elucirem · 2023-10-01 · $221
  • Consulting for Elucirem · 2023-10-01 · $750
  • Meals for Elucirem · 2023-09-30 · $203
  • Travel for Elucirem · 2023-09-30 · $330
  • Travel for Elucirem · 2023-09-30 · $503
Boston ScientificTherasphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 Gbq$1,458
4 payments
  • Travel for Therasphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 Gbq · 2023-04-22 · $382
  • Meals for Therasphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 Gbq · 2023-04-22 · $247
  • Meals for Therasphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 Gbq · 2023-04-21 · $447
  • Travel for Therasphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 Gbq · 2023-04-20 · $382
Ge HealthcareNone$239
3 payments
  • Meals · 2023-11-07 · $68
  • Meals · 2023-06-06 · $139
  • Travel · 2023-06-06 · $32
Siemens Medical Solutions USANone$28
1 payment
  • Meals · 2023-06-07 · $28
Janssen PharmaceuticalsXarelto$17
1 payment
  • Meals for Xarelto · 2023-01-17 · $17

2022: $374

Payments by company in 2022
Abbott LaboratoriesProclaim$277
3 payments
  • Meals for Proclaim · 2022-12-20 · $142
  • Meals for Proclaim · 2022-11-04 · $97
  • Meals for Assurity · 2022-09-18 · $38
Rochester MedicalNone$45
2 payments
  • Meals · 2022-12-15 · $20
  • Meals · 2022-08-16 · $25
Boston ScientificGeneral - Catheter$29
1 payment
  • Meals for General - Catheter · 2022-02-24 · $29
Antares PharmaNocdurna$23
1 payment
  • Meals for Nocdurna · 2022-12-19 · $23

2020: $62

Payments by company in 2020
Antares PharmaOtrexup$35
2 payments
  • Meals for Otrexup · 2020-12-07 · $18
  • Meals for Otrexup · 2020-09-15 · $17
Zimmer Biomet HoldingsAll T3 Implants$27
2 payments
  • Meals for All T3 Implants · 2020-02-20 · $14
  • Meals for All T3 Implants · 2020-02-20 · $14

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
1851704175
Licence
CA A162385California A162385: Current · expires 2027-05-31
Trained
Temple University School of Medicine, 2014
Group
Stanford Health Care · Lpch Medical Group Div of Lucile
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 2085P0229X (2085P0229X); Diagnostic radiology (2085R0202X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2014-06-04
NPI last updated
2024-04-05
NPI record certified
2024-04-05

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