Leon Cruz Castaneda, MD
Internal Medicine · San Jose
- 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
- 4
Offices
4 locations · Permanente Medical Group Inc · 10,928 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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California Medical Board record
Licence A137528 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2015 · expires 2027-07-31 · Stanford University 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.
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San JoseSan Jose, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Kaiser Permanente, which runs 41 hospitals in 3 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 66% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.258, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 3 measures. Safety: 1 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 2 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.258 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.3 (0.22 to 2.37) · 181 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.89 (0.43 to 1.34) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 14.2 · 27 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 11.6 · 271 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.8 · 2,952 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.27 (0.04 to 0.5) · 894 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.26 (0.05 to 0.48) · 908 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.19 (0.67 to 5.72) · 176 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.63 (0 to 3.34) · 61 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.23 (0.53 to 3.92) · 168 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 8.11 (0 to 17.58) · 68 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 4.85 (0.67 to 9.03) · 63 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.74 (0.22 to 3.26) · 51 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.43 (0 to 1.53) · 630 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4 · 48 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 1 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.843 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.88 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.611 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 15 · 171 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.9 · 571 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 147.1 · 28 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 21 · 639 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.6 · 48 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.7 · 157 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
What patients said (1,294 patients answered, 21% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 2 |
| Quietness | 1 |
| Recommend hospital | 3 |
| Room was "always" clean | 71% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 70% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained | 54% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 85% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 85% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 79% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 85% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 61% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 67% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 67% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 66% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 78% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 37% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 66% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 41% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 85% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$2,157
Medicare paid this office $2,157 for 12 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Who their Medicare patients are
12 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Health risk score 3.24. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75%.
The office billed $6,163, Medicare allowed $2,815 and paid $2,157; for 30 services of 6 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 | 12 | 30 | 72 | 3.24 | $6,163 | $2,157 |
| 2023 | 12 | 13 | 65 | 4.49 | $2,878 | $1,247 |
| 2022 | 23 | 50 | 70 | 3.25 | $8,910 | $3,686 |
| 2021 | 22 | 52 | 69 | 3.01 | $9,191 | $3,587 |
| 2020 | 11 | 22 | 73 | 3.28 | $4,008 | $1,635 |
| 2019 | 25 | 62 | 67 | 3.35 | $13,022 | $4,319 |
| 2018 | 22 | 56 | 71 | 3.19 | $10,991 | $3,859 |
| 2017 | 14 | 24 | 76 | 3.79 | $4,669 | $1,607 |
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
2019: 1 service
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 14 | $2,407 | $65 |
2018: 2 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 13 | $2,144 | $63 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 11 | $721 | $66 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$7,966
Pharmacies billed $7,966 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
146 generic and 14 brand-name prescriptions · $7,966 in drug cost · 21 antibiotic prescriptions to 15 people.
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.
| Furosemide | 13 | $216 | $12 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 160 | 68 | None | 9% | $7,966 |
| 2023 | 218 | 95 | 0% (0) | 18% | $8,500 |
| 2022 | 263 | 97 | None | 20% | $17,404 |
| 2021 | 147 | 65 | None | 20% | $11,219 |
| 2020 | 199 | 69 | None | 24% | $12,978 |
| 2019 | 291 | 109 | None | 24% | $25,214 |
| 2018 | 329 | 136 | None | 24% | $17,685 |
| 2017 | 171 | 75 | None | 23% | $8,030 |
| 2016 | 17 | None | 0% (0) | None | $5,451 |
| 2015 | 35 | None | None | 49% | $6,904 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 1 drug
| Furosemide | 18 | $198 | $11 |
2022: 5 drugs
| Furosemide | 17 | $219 | $13 |
| Tamsulosin | 12 | $214 | $18 |
| Atorvastatin | 12 | $116 | $10 |
| Metoprolol | 13 | $107 | $8 |
| Prednisone | 11 | $73 | $7 |
2021: 1 drug
| Metoprolol | 13 | $120 | $9 |
2020: 2 drugs
| Atorvastatin | 16 | $307 | $19 |
| Furosemide | 13 | $166 | $13 |
2019: 3 drugs
| Atorvastatin | 14 | $317 | $23 |
| Metoprolol | 19 | $143 | $8 |
| Furosemide | 11 | $137 | $12 |
2018: 6 drugs
| Hydralazine | 12 | $325 | $27 |
| Atorvastatin | 17 | $308 | $18 |
| Prednisone | 17 | $166 | $10 |
| Metoprolol | 17 | $126 | $7 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 14 | $122 | $9 |
| Furosemide | 11 | $106 | $10 |
2015: 1 drug
| Crestor | 11 | $3,229 | $294 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1942629399
- Licence
- CA A137528California A137528: Current · expires 2027-07-31
- Trained
- Stanford University School of Medicine, 2014
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Internal medicine (207R00000X)
- Mailing address
- 250 Hospital Pkwy, San Jose, CA, 95119
- NPI first listed
- 2014-04-14
- NPI last updated
- 2021-12-17
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
This office lists an electronic records connection.