Marc Bruno Lee, MD
Neurosurgery · San Jose
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 17
- 3 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · County of Santa Clara · 1,000 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
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 A120286 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2012 · expires 2028-01-31 · University of Leicester School 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.
- 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
$44,724
Medicare paid this office $44,724 for 132 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 58 | $5,191 | $81 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 42 | $4,824 | $115 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) | 12 | More than 36% of doctors who do this |
| Spinal fusion | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
132 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Under 65 9% · 85 and older 17% · Women 60% · Also on Medicaid 69% · Health risk score 1.84. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical neurosurgery clinician is at 1.46.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 47% · Chronic kidney disease 33% · Stroke 31% · Coronary heart disease 30% · Depression 28% · Atrial fibrillation 21% · Heart failure 20% · Dementia 20% · Cancer 14% · COPD 13%.
The office billed $570,656, Medicare allowed $56,908 and paid $44,724; for 195 services of 35 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 | 132 | 195 | 75 | 1.84 | $570,656 | $44,724 |
| 2023 | 122 | 175 | 74 | 1.53 | $410,541 | $35,441 |
| 2022 | 153 | 227 | 72 | 1.48 | $636,271 | $52,034 |
| 2021 | 135 | 215 | 74 | 1.61 | $492,748 | $45,695 |
| 2020 | 134 | 191 | 71 | 1.51 | $469,447 | $42,554 |
| 2019 | 116 | 168 | 70 | 1.81 | $394,912 | $33,935 |
| 2018 | 124 | 155 | 71 | 1.66 | $136,485 | $17,700 |
| 2017 | 146 | 216 | 67 | 1.44 | $335,559 | $46,142 |
| 2016 | 118 | 169 | 69 | 1.44 | $319,185 | $45,536 |
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: 3 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 69 | $6,403 | $83 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 16 | $1,841 | $115 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 21 | $1,607 | $77 |
2022: 4 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 93 | $8,297 | $78 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 17 | $1,932 | $102 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 13 | $1,238 | $95 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | 11 | $678 | $62 |
2021: 5 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 69 | $7,531 | $93 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes | 19 | $1,862 | $89 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 17 | $1,658 | $98 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 13 | $1,646 | $103 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 19 | $1,225 | $64 |
2020: 4 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 47 | $3,078 | $60 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes | 22 | $1,706 | $74 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 16 | $1,647 | $103 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | 24 | $1,047 | $44 |
2019: 5 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 47 | $2,069 | $40 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 24 | $1,683 | $67 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 13 | $1,095 | $84 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 13 | $994 | $66 |
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 14 | $509 | $36 |
2018: 3 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 63 | $2,729 | $39 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 31 | $1,820 | $59 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 13 | $1,171 | $90 |
2017: 3 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 95 | $4,474 | $39 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 12 | $2,032 | $169 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 25 | $1,629 | $65 |
2016: 4 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 70 | $3,239 | $44 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 13 | $2,281 | $175 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 15 | $1,557 | $86 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 14 | $1,249 | $89 |
Medicaid work
$5,323 in 2024
Medicaid paid $5,323 for 1,073 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 42 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.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 248 | $3,370 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 88 | $1,953 |
| Medication list documented in medical record (COA) | 262 | $0 |
| Most recent systolic blood pressure less than 130 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD) | 116 | $0 |
| Most recent systolic blood pressure 130-139 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD) | 26 | $0 |
| Most recent systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 140 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM) | 95 | $0 |
| Most recent diastolic blood pressure less than 80 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM) | 207 | $0 |
| Most recent diastolic blood pressure 80-89 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM) | 31 | $0 |
| 2024 | 1,073 | 8 | 42 | $5,323 |
| 2023 | 360 | 2 | 39 | $2,731 |
| 2022 | 316 | 1 | 41 | $2,847 |
| 2021 | 258 | 1 | 38 | $1,676 |
| 2020 | 144 | 1 | 26 | $1,776 |
| 2019 | 213 | 2 | 22 | $935 |
| 2018 | 249 | 2 | 31 | $1,046 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| Return visit (30+ min) | 275 | $1,574 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 85 | $1,157 |
2022
| Return visit (30+ min) | 316 | $2,847 |
2021
| Return visit (30+ min) | 258 | $1,676 |
2020
| Return visit (30+ min) | 144 | $1,776 |
2019
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 151 | $668 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 62 | $267 |
2018
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 181 | $615 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 68 | $431 |
Money from drug and device companies
$5,431 in 2025
| 2025 | 2 | 6 | $5,265 | $5,431 |
| 2024 | 5 | 19 | $33,466 | $34,434 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | $7,295 | $7,481 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5 | $7,313 | $7,491 |
| 2021 | 3 | 14 | $33,053 | $33,445 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | $9,068 | $9,068 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Medical Device Business Services | None | $5,265 | 3 payments
|
| Medtronic | Unid Pass | $166 | 3 payments
|
See all 6 published payments
| Medical Device Business Services | Consulting · 2025-12-17 | None | $1,755 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-10-09 | Cd Horizon Spinal System | $28 |
| Medical Device Business Services | Consulting · 2025-08-14 | None | $585 |
| Medical Device Business Services | Consulting · 2025-07-02 | None | $2,925 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-01-17 | Unid Pass | $121 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-01-17 | Mazor X System | $16 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020)
2024: $34,434
| Medical Device Business Services | Synthecel | $28,885 | 3 payments
|
| Stryker | 1788 | $3,200 | 1 payment
|
| Ethicon | None | $1,463 | 2 payments
|
| Medtronic | Stealthstation S8 Platform | $828 | 12 payments
|
| Medexus Pharma | Gleolan | $59 | 1 payment
|
2023: $7,481
| Stryker | 1788 | $3,200 | 1 payment
|
| Ethicon | None | $2,340 | 1 payment
|
| Medical Device Business Services | Synthecel | $1,755 | 1 payment
|
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | Andexxa | $125 | 1 payment
|
| KLS-Martin L.P. | None | $61 | 1 payment
|
2022: $7,491
| Medical Device Business Services | Synthecel | $7,313 | 3 payments
|
| Stryker | None | $159 | 1 payment
|
| Integra LifeSciences | Codman Certas | $20 | 1 payment
|
2021: $33,445
| Medical Device Business Services | Synthecel | $33,053 | 11 payments
|
| KLS-Martin L.P. | None | $201 | 1 payment
|
| Globus Medical | Excelsius Gps | $191 | 1 payment
|
2020: $9,068
| Medical Device Business Services | Synthecel | $9,068 | 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
- 1881836104
- Licence
- CA A120286, CA F5535California A120286: Current · expires 2028-01-31
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207T00000X (207T00000X)
- Mailing address
- 751 S. Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA, 95128
- NPI first listed
- 2009-04-01
- NPI last updated
- 2024-04-26
- NPI record certified
- 2024-04-26
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 751 S. Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA, 95128