Sudha K Rao, MD
Pathology · Los Altos
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Offices
- 2
Offices
2 locations
Hospitals listed: Ahmc Seton Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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California Medical Board record
Licence A54908 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 1995 · expires 2026-11-30 · Bangalore University, Bangalore Medical College.
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.
- Ahmc Seton Medical CenterDaly City, CAAcute Care Hospital · Proprietary · Has an emergency departmentPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 59% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 1 of 5 starsNo measure marked better or worse than the national rate
See every measure and the patient survey for Ahmc Seton Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Safety: 1 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 3 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 5 the same, 2 worse of 7 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.98 (0 to 2.04) · 229 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.91 (0.49 to 1.34) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.9 · 34 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 13.4 · 60 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 12.5 · 103 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 18.9 · 159 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 13.9 · 36 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 4.4 · 739 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.19 (0 to 0.41) · 1,636 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.3 (0.09 to 0.51) · 1,681 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.47 (1.02 to 5.93) · 355 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.64 (0 to 3.36) · 44 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.77 (1.1 to 4.43) · 361 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 8.62 (0 to 18.38) · 43 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.98 (1.71 to 10.25) · 43 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.72 (0.21 to 3.24) · 73 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.3 (0 to 1.23) · 1,387 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4.5 · 30 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.9 · 77 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.5 · 190 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 22.4 · 53 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 26.4 · 110 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 63.8 · 154 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 17.9 · 258 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.4 · 53 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13 (9.6 to 17.6) · 48 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (257 patients answered, 20% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 2 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 2 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 3 |
| Room was "always" clean | 59% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 77% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 80% |
| Staff "always" explained | 56% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 83% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 81% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 78% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 77% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 85% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 59% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 68% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 70% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 75% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 86% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 44% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 59% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 44% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 86% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$9,314
Medicare paid this office $9,314 for 121 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity | 77 | $4,543 | $32 |
| Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately high complexity | 12 | $951 | $73 |
| Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, initial procedure | 23 | $785 | $30 |
| Cell examination of specimen, selective cellular enhancement technique | 12 | $372 | $23 |
| Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately low complexity | 20 | $210 | $10 |
See all 6 services
| Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity | 77 | $4,543 | $32 |
| Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately high complexity | 12 | $951 | $73 |
| Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, initial procedure | 23 | $785 | $30 |
| Cell examination of specimen, selective cellular enhancement technique | 12 | $372 | $23 |
| Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately low complexity | 20 | $210 | $10 |
| Preparation of tissue for examination by removing any calcium present | 12 | $138 | $10 |
Who their Medicare patients are
121 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Women 60% · Also on Medicaid 42% · Health risk score 1.94. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical pathology clinician is at 1.55.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 56% · Coronary heart disease 40% · Chronic kidney disease 38% · Heart failure 29% · Atrial fibrillation 29% · Cancer 23% · Depression 23% · Stroke 17% · COPD 16% · Dementia 13%.
The office billed $74,122, Medicare allowed $11,935 and paid $9,314; for 322 services of 18 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 | 121 | 322 | 76 | 1.94 | $74,122 | $9,314 |
| 2023 | 36 | 84 | 76 | 2.18 | $17,933 | $2,424 |
| 2018 | 13 | 25 | 57 | 1.98 | $2,922 | $826 |
| 2017 | 14 | 32 | 69 | 1.82 | $3,228 | $970 |
| 2014 | 168 | 336 | 74 | 2.43 | $60,718 | $9,840 |
| 2013 | 774 | 1,802 | 74 | 1.91 | $366,345 | $67,975 |
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: 1 service
| Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity | 20 | $867 | $33 |
2014: 8 services
| Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity | 55 | $2,597 | $35 |
| Blood smear interpretation by physician with written report | 57 | $1,385 | $21 |
| Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity | 17 | $929 | $44 |
| Cell examination of specimen, selective cellular enhancement technique | 14 | $509 | $25 |
| Immunohistochemistry or immunocytochemistry, per specimen; first single or multiplex antibody stain | 13 | $441 | $28 |
| Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately low complexity | 23 | $235 | $10 |
| Preparation of tissue for examination by removing any calcium present | 11 | $134 | $11 |
| Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, limited examination | 12 | $49 | $4 |
2013: 18 services
| Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, initial procedure | 99 | $13,059 | $38 |
| Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity | 243 | $11,159 | $32 |
| Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity | 122 | $7,812 | $42 |
| Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately high complexity | 81 | $7,530 | $73 |
| Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue, initial procedure | 33 | $4,115 | $82 |
| Blood smear interpretation by physician with written report | 176 | $4,018 | $21 |
| Cell examination of specimen, selective cellular enhancement technique | 48 | $3,238 | $49 |
| Evaluation of fine needle aspirate with interpretation and report | 14 | $2,494 | $147 |
| Pathology examination of specimen during surgery, first tissue block | 21 | $2,142 | $56 |
| Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, high complexity | 13 | $1,705 | $131 |
| Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately low complexity | 83 | $906 | $10 |
| Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue including interpretation and report | 32 | $543 | $11 |
| Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue including interpretation and report | 25 | $502 | $19 |
| Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately low complexity | 22 | $475 | $21 |
| Cell examination of body fluid, smears | 11 | $388 | $26 |
| Cell examination of specimen, concentration technique | 16 | $362 | $20 |
| Preparation of tissue for examination by removing any calcium present | 30 | $341 | $10 |
| Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, limited examination | 52 | $202 | $4 |
Medicaid work
$1,583 in 2024
Medicaid paid $1,583 for 87 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 19 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.
| TISSUE EXAM BY PATHOLOGIST | 87 | $1,583 |
| 2024 | 87 | 1 | 19 | $1,583 |
| 2023 | 41 | 1 | 22 | $492 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| TISSUE EXAM BY PATHOLOGIST | 41 | $492 |
Money from drug and device companies
$15 in 2025
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Medline Industries LP | None | $15 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Medline Industries LP | Meals · 2025-04-22 | None | $15 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1942295340
- Licence
- CA A54908California A54908: Current · expires 2026-11-30
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Medicaid ID
- CA 00A549080
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207ZP0102X (207ZP0102X)
- Mailing address
- Po Box 2311, Chatsworth, CA, 91313
- NPI first listed
- 2005-09-13
- NPI last updated
- 2010-08-17
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.