Veeshal Hitendra Patel, MD
General Surgery · San Jose
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 19
- 4 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · County of Santa Clara · 1,000 clinicians in this group
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Hospitals listed: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
19 plans · 4 carriers
A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Patel’s office at (408) 885-5000 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
19 of 19 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 |
| Anthem Full Dual Advantage Aligned (HMO D-SNP) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Medicare Advantage (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross | 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 A151683 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2017 · expires 2027-06-30 · Boston 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.
- 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
$26,784
Medicare paid this office $26,784 for 103 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 47 | $5,623 | $70 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 28 | $5,090 | $106 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 20 | $2,318 | $116 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 15 | $2,318 | $155 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Colonoscopy | 1-10 | None |
| Hernia repair (minimally invasive) | 1-10 | None |
| Removal of tissue | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
103 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Under 65 20% · 85 and older 18% · Women 55% · Also on Medicaid 72% · Health risk score 2.43. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical general surgery clinician is at 1.69.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 51% · Chronic kidney disease 41% · Coronary heart disease 37% · Heart failure 35% · Depression 35% · Atrial fibrillation 30% · COPD 26% · Dementia 19% · Cancer 18% · Stroke 14%.
The office billed $299,741, Medicare allowed $33,616 and paid $26,784; for 201 services of 25 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.
Medicaid work
$47 in 2024
Medicaid paid $47 for 20 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 14 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.
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 20 | $47 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1 | 14 | $47 |
Money from drug and device companies
$2,176 in 2025
| 2025 | 3 | 7 | $1,180 | $2,176 |
| 2024 | 2 | 8 | None | $3,584 |
| 2023 | 4 | 11 | $45 | $2,551 |
| 2022 | 3 | 6 | None | $457 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| TELA Bio | Ovitex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (Ovitex) | $1,133 | 5 payments
|
| Intuitive Surgical | Da Vinci Surgical System | $1,000 | 1 payment
|
| Ethicon US | Echelon Flex | $43 | 1 payment
|
See all 7 published payments
| TELA Bio | Meals · 2025-10-30 | Ovitex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (Ovitex) | $54 |
| TELA Bio | Meals · 2025-10-29 | Ovitex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (Ovitex) | $157 |
| TELA Bio | Travel · 2025-10-16 | Ovitex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (Ovitex) | $616 |
| TELA Bio | Consulting · 2025-10-16 | Ovitex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (Ovitex) | $180 |
| Ethicon US | Meals · 2025-06-25 | Echelon Flex | $43 |
| TELA Bio | Meals · 2025-06-25 | Ovitex Reinforced Bioscaffold With Permanent Polymer (Ovitex) | $125 |
| Intuitive Surgical | Paid to speak or teach · 2025-04-02 | Da Vinci Surgical System | $1,000 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022)
2024: $3,584
| Intuitive Surgical | Davinci Xi | $3,470 | 7 payments
|
| Sanofi-Aventis U.S. | None | $114 | 1 payment
|
2023: $2,551
| Intuitive Surgical | Davinci Xi | $2,387 | 8 payments
|
| Medtronic | Signia | $100 | 1 payment
|
| Becton Dickinson and | None | $45 | 1 payment
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| Ethicon US | Megadyne | $19 | 1 payment
|
2022: $457
| W. L. Gore & Associates | Gore Seamguard Bioabsorbable Staple Line Reinforce | $276 | 3 payments
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| Intuitive Surgical | Da Vinci Surgical System | $126 | 2 payments
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| Medtronic | Ligasure | $55 | 1 payment
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Professional record
- NPI
- 1952796377
- Licence
- CA A151683California A151683: Current · expires 2027-06-30
- Trained
- Boston University School of Medicine, 2015
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Surgery (208600000X)
- Mailing address
- 200 S Manchester Ave Ste 300, Orange, CA, 92868
- NPI first listed
- 2015-04-02
- NPI last updated
- 2023-04-25
- NPI record certified
- 2023-04-25
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 1959 Ne Pacific St, Seattle, WA, 98195