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Cynthia Ann Lamendola, NP

Nurse Practitioner · Stanford

NPI 1952437709

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1 location · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group

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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 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

$6,241

Medicare paid this office $6,241 for 51 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)32$4,234$98
Return visit (30+ min)14$893$60
Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's23$293$12

Who their Medicare patients are

51 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Women 61% · Health risk score 1.20. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical nurse practitioner clinician is at 1.42.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 55% · Diabetes 39% · Heart failure 33% · Atrial fibrillation 33% · Chronic kidney disease 25% · Depression 25%.

The office billed $42,690, Medicare allowed $8,691 and paid $6,241; for 97 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

Original Medicare by year
20245197721.20$42,690$6,241
20233745731.22$19,211$2,621
20224144731.04$23,475$2,974
20214864711.12$26,469$4,115
20204966691.56$23,000$3,416
20194148711.82$4,400$2,495
20183343702.04$3,999$2,214
20172335721.78$4,901$1,915
20143677702.07$14,830$3,995
20133392721.88$17,596$5,167

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

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Return visit (30+ min)24$1,630$60

2022: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Return visit (30+ min)29$1,997$67

2021: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Return visit (30+ min)28$2,491$75
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes23$1,479$55

2020: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Return visit (30+ min)31$1,935$51
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes18$1,017$54

2019: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Return visit (30+ min)39$2,417$53

2018: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Return visit (30+ min)33$2,214$51

2017: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Return visit (30+ min)22$1,852$56

2014: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Return visit (30+ min)34$3,401$53

2013: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Return visit (30+ min)30$4,806$56

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$45,007

Pharmacies billed $45,007 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 174) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical nurse practitioner clinician is at 0%.

127 generic and 47 brand-name prescriptions · $45,007 in drug cost.

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.

Largest Part D drug costs
Praluent22$15,491$704
Ezetimibe13$499$38
Rosuvastatin18$242$13
Metoprolol12$182$15
Atorvastatin19$153$8
See all 6 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Praluent22$15,491$704
Ezetimibe13$499$38
Rosuvastatin18$242$13
Metoprolol12$182$15
Atorvastatin19$153$8
Amlodipine Besylate11$62$6

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024174370% (0)27%$45,007
2023176340% (0)20%$53,847
2022182370% (0)14%$34,213
2021182380% (0)18%$33,191
2020182290% (0)24%$41,439
2019127290% (0)25%$24,545
2018126220% (0)None$22,792
201782270% (0)18%$7,650
201654190% (0)None$2,396
201548130% (0)23%$6,210
2014417290% (0)43%$79,121
2013370240% (0)43%$57,263

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Ezetimibe17$511$30
Amlodipine Besylate12$404$34
Rosuvastatin18$358$20
Atorvastatin13$314$24
Metoprolol16$167$10

2022: 6 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Rosuvastatin18$513$29
Metoprolol26$471$18
Ezetimibe14$382$27
Atorvastatin13$168$13
Spironolactone13$102$8
Amlodipine Besylate15$44$3

2021: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Praluent14$6,461$461
Ezetimibe17$3,133$184
Rosuvastatin17$1,059$62
Metoprolol26$413$16
Atorvastatin11$228$21
Amlodipine Besylate17$64$4
Spironolactone16$31$2

2020: 6 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Praluent25$17,104$684
Ezetimibe12$3,364$280
Rosuvastatin14$624$45
Atorvastatin12$476$40
Metoprolol25$458$18
Spironolactone14$68$5

2019: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Xarelto14$11,886$849
Eliquis11$4,785$435
Metoprolol24$661$28
Lisinopril15$171$11
Losartan17$160$9

2018: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Metoprolol19$518$27
Rosuvastatin15$208$14
Losartan17$72$4
Carvedilol11$67$6

2017: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Metoprolol24$426$18

2016: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Atorvastatin12$285$24

2015: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Bd Ultra-Fine Pen Needle12$463$39

2014: 10 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Lantus Solostar63$20,954$333
Novolog Flexpen50$18,861$377
Novolog Mix 70-30 Flexpen22$10,234$465
Januvia17$5,569$328
Bd Ultra-Fine Pen Needle74$3,224$44
Atorvastatin31$514$17
Pravastatin13$383$29
Sure Comfort11$352$32
Metformin27$323$12
Glipizide27$148$5

2013: 13 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Lantus Solostar49$14,429$294
Humalog19$9,105$479
Januvia22$7,120$324
Novolog Mix 70-30 Flexpen24$7,037$293
Novolog Flexpen21$6,398$305
Prandin12$3,966$330
Bd Ultra-Fine Pen Needle34$1,506$44
Atorvastatin15$460$31
Metformin43$447$10
Pravastatin17$407$24
Glyburide14$404$29
Glipizide32$275$9
Losartan-Hydrochlorothiazide12$155$13

Money from drug and device companies

$107 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202511None$107
202423None$324
202323None$270
202212None$88
202111None$94

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
PfizerEliquis$107
1 payment
  • Meals for Eliquis · 2025-02-26 · $107
See the published payment
Every published payment
PfizerMeals · 2025-02-26Eliquis$107
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)

2024: $324

Payments by company in 2024
PfizerEliquis$238
2 payments
  • Meals for Eliquis · 2024-10-23 · $103
  • Meals for Eliquis · 2024-05-01 · $134
Novo NordiskNone$86
1 payment
  • Meals · 2024-03-05 · $86

2023: $270

Payments by company in 2023
PfizerEliquis$178
2 payments
  • Meals for Eliquis · 2023-10-11 · $98
  • Meals for Eliquis · 2023-01-17 · $80
Novo NordiskNone$92
1 payment
  • Meals · 2023-09-18 · $92

2022: $88

Payments by company in 2022
PfizerEliquis$88
2 payments
  • Meals for Eliquis · 2022-03-26 · $12
  • Meals for Eliquis · 2022-03-25 · $77

2021: $94

Payments by company in 2021
Novo NordiskNone$94
1 payment
  • Meals · 2021-07-20 · $94

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
1952437709
Licence
CA NP9469
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Medicaid ID
CA RN243998
Taxonomy
Nurse practitioner (363L00000X); Federal specialty code 363LA2200X (363LA2200X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2007-02-26
NPI last updated
2025-12-30
NPI record certified
2025-12-30

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