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Kathryn Amirikia, MD

General Surgery · Folsom

NPI 1992813406

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
Not verified
Not the same as out of network.
Office
1
Since medical school
33 years
Wayne State University School of Medicine, 1993

Offices

1 location

Looking this up.

Hospitals listed: Methodist Hospital of Sacramento. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plan participation

Not verified

We could not verify current plan participation for this doctor. This does not mean they are out of network. Call Dr. Amirikia’s office at (916) 947-0967 to ask if they take your plan before you enroll.

California Medical Board record

Licence G86919 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2003 · expires 2027-05-31 · Wayne State 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.

  • Methodist Hospital of SacramentoSacramento, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of CommonSpirit Health, which runs 145 hospitals in 19 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 63% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.059, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Methodist Hospital of Sacramento

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: 1 better, 3 the same, 2 worse of 6 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.059BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.99 (0 to 2.04) · 414 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.85 (0.43 to 1.26)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths9.4 · 67 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths12.5 · 36 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths10.7 · 222 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths15.3 · 250 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths7.4 · 152 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.6 · 1,465 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.19 (0 to 0.42) · 2,886 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.29 (0.08 to 0.49) · 2,999 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.01 (0.56 to 5.47) · 337 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.66 (0 to 3.39) · 79 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.22 (0.53 to 3.91) · 322 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths8.95 (0 to 18.9) · 80 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.04 (0.78 to 9.3) · 77 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.73 (0.21 to 3.25) · 80 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.26 (0 to 1.13) · 2,441 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4.2 · 46 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections1.388No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.1 · 471 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-19.4 · 248 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits37.7 · 242 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15.2 · 375 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.7 · 39 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.3 · 190 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.7 (9.5 to 17) · 198 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1.2 (0.8 to 1.6) · 77 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (553 patients answered, 12% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Cleanliness3
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness2
Recommend hospital3
Share of patients giving the best answer at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Room was "always" clean68%
Nurses "always" communicated well78%
Doctors "always" communicated well79%
Staff "always" explained64%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information87%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge87%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Doctors "always" listened carefully77%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect84%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)66%
Staff "always" explained new medications75%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand73%
Nurses "always" listened carefully76%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect85%
"Always" quiet at night47%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital63%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects52%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms88%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$24,360

Medicare paid this office $24,360 for 72 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)32$5,104$88
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes20$2,095$105
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes13$1,815$96
New patient visit (45+ min)13$1,669$128

Procedures Medicare counted

Procedure volume Medicare published
Colonoscopy1-10None
Mastectomy24More than 82% of doctors who do this
Removal of tissue1-10None

Procedures year by year

Procedures billed to Original Medicare by year
Procedure201920202021202220232024
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope21–1511––

Times billed to Original Medicare each year. A blank year means fewer than 11 people had it, or none: Medicare does not publish smaller counts. Medicare Advantage patients are not included.

Who their Medicare patients are

72 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 71 · Women 76% · Also on Medicaid 83% · Health risk score 1.82. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical general surgery clinician is at 1.69.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Cancer 57% · Diabetes 44% · Chronic kidney disease 33% · Coronary heart disease 26% · Depression 25% · Heart failure 24% · COPD 21% · Dementia 21%.

The office billed $60,500, Medicare allowed $32,401 and paid $24,360; for 149 services of 20 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
202472149711.82$60,500$24,360
202371189711.93$71,300$27,828
202276170671.52$89,750$31,228
202187157691.48$96,550$29,937
202098176681.72$114,100$32,608
2019139262691.63$136,350$46,094
2018159317672.06$177,150$46,374
2017121210661.86$188,800$33,424
2016162336691.39$348,440$65,260
2015180419701.33$407,773$90,374
2014142263691.44$164,619$49,184
2013163352671.65$250,404$74,496

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: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Return visit (30+ min)31$4,632$95
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes13$3,410$64
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes25$2,850$106
New patient visit (45+ min)15$1,516$101

2022: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope11$5,644$513
Return visit (30+ min)29$4,727$95
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes26$3,059$109
New patient visit (45+ min)16$1,919$120

2021: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Return visit (30+ min)26$4,963$103
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope15$3,877$258
New patient visit (45+ min)16$2,107$132
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes15$1,561$104

2020: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Return visit (30+ min)28$3,417$79
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes15$1,814$113
New patient visit (45+ min)12$1,565$130
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes11$1,213$87

2019: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Return visit (30+ min)36$5,293$81
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope21$5,249$250
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes34$3,781$108
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes26$2,546$59
New patient visit (45+ min)16$2,030$127

2018: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes46$5,037$107
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope15$4,386$292
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes28$3,911$58
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes26$2,471$82
Return visit (30+ min)21$2,281$79
Partial removal of stomach for weight loss using an endoscope13$1,788$138
New patient visit (45+ min)13$1,587$122
New patient visit (30+ min)16$1,295$81
Short return visit (20+ min)11$1,056$59

2017: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes47$5,104$106
Partial removal of stomach for weight loss using an endoscope15$2,033$136
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes17$1,576$56
Return visit (30+ min)13$1,280$67
New patient visit (45+ min)11$902$82

2016: 12 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Partial removal of breast16$9,547$502
Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of underarm17$3,349$197
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes26$2,822$109
New patient visit (45+ min)16$2,111$132
Return visit (30+ min)18$2,072$80
New patient visit (60+ min)16$2,032$127
Partial removal of stomach for weight loss using an endoscope15$1,936$129
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes11$1,899$83
Imaging of lymph nodes during surgery12$1,325$110
Return visit (30+ min)16$1,210$58
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes11$1,203$57
Short return visit (20+ min)18$829$38

2015: 10 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Partial removal of breast33$17,679$520
Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of underarm35$6,840$190
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope14$4,862$347
New patient visit (60+ min)32$4,333$135
Imaging of lymph nodes during surgery26$2,843$109
Return visit (30+ min)21$2,517$84
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes13$2,244$160
New patient visit (45+ min)18$2,224$124
New patient visit (45+ min)12$1,147$96
Return visit (30+ min)16$1,073$63

2014: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes39$6,538$163
Return visit (30+ min)43$5,330$81
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope11$4,879$444
New patient visit (45+ min)15$2,015$134
New patient visit (60+ min)12$2,007$167

2013: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes57$9,051$159
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope17$7,647$450
Return visit (30+ min)31$4,344$82
New patient visit (45+ min)27$3,468$128
New patient visit (60+ min)15$2,367$158
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes23$1,562$31
New patient visit (30+ min)13$1,147$88

Medicaid work

$1,860 in 2024

Medicaid paid $1,860 for 282 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 39 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.

Largest Medicaid services in 2024
Return visit (30+ min)282$1,860
Medicaid work by year
2024282139$1,860
2023495538$1,807
2022639947$1,573
2021430338$1,009
2020307333$1,317
2019261619$9,625
201873513$8,572
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
Return visit (30+ min)383$1,475
OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT HIGH MDM 55 MINUTES45$133
Unclassified drugs40$132
Injection, ondansetron hydrochloride, per 1 mg14$56
Fentanyl citrate injection13$12

2022

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
Return visit (30+ min)419$1,230
Unclassified drugs66$268
Fentanyl citrate injection25$27
Injection, propofol, 10 mg14$13
Injection, ondansetron hydrochloride, per 1 mg15$13
Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg14$12
Ringers lactate infusion, up to 1000 cc13$9
OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 4058$0
OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT HIGH MDM 55 MINUTES15$0

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
Return visit (30+ min)363$536
Laparoscopy, surgical, gastric restrictive procedure; longitudinal gastrectomy (ie, sleeve gastrectomy)12$472
OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 4055$0

2020

Largest Medicaid services in 2020
Laparoscopy, surgical, gastric restrictive procedure; longitudinal gastrectomy (ie, sleeve gastrectomy)13$923
Return visit (30+ min)254$394
OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 4040$0

2019

Largest Medicaid services in 2019
COLLECTION VENOUS BLOOD VENIPUNCTURE18$8,493
Service12$556
Return visit (30+ min)180$278
Injection, propofol, 10 mg25$176
OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 4014$106
Fentanyl citrate injection12$16

2018

Largest Medicaid services in 2018
COLLECTION VENOUS BLOOD VENIPUNCTURE18$7,811
Service15$708
Cefazolin sodium injection14$35
Fentanyl citrate injection14$18
Return visit (30+ min)12$0

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$215

Pharmacies billed $215 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 63% of their Part D prescriptions (25 of 40) in 2024. Too few prescriptions to judge: with under about 50 a year, a handful of patients can swing this share.

40 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $215 in drug cost · 11 antibiotic prescriptions.

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
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen21$69$3

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024402763% (25)0%$215
2023352166% (23)None$205
2022574267% (38)None$498
2021301947% (14)None$175
2020262077% (20)0%$160
2019633438% (24)0%$684
2018593153% (31)None$1,706
2017503052% (26)None$1,775
2016513259% (30)0%$576
2015473862% (29)None$641
2014814663% (51)None$2,138
20131416975% (105)0%$1,833

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

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen17$77$5

2022: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen37$168$5

2021: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen14$66$5

2020: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen18$107$6

2019: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Cephalexin20$190$10
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen22$157$7

2018: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen31$384$12

2017: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen22$216$10

2016: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen26$352$14

2015: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen26$292$11

2014: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen49$397$8
Cephalexin13$126$10

2013: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen95$907$10

Money from drug and device companies

$1,367 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202539None$1,367
2024314None$3,968
202311None$21
202245None$106
202122None$62
202011None$16
201911None$134

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
Intuitive SurgicalDa Vinci Surgical System$1,317
7 payments
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2025-04-11 · $378
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2025-02-24 · $737
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2025-02-24 · $37
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2025-02-10 · $19
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2025-01-07 · $5
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2025-01-07 · $80
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2025-01-07 · $60
Vertex PharmaceuticalsNone$29
1 payment
  • Meals · 2025-04-22 · $29
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPEnhertu$22
1 payment
  • Meals for Enhertu · 2025-10-15 · $22
See all 9 published payments
Every published payment
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPMeals · 2025-10-15Enhertu$22
Vertex PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-04-22None$29
Intuitive SurgicalMeals · 2025-04-11Da Vinci Surgical System$378
Intuitive SurgicalTravel · 2025-02-24Da Vinci Surgical System$737
Intuitive SurgicalTravel · 2025-02-24Da Vinci Surgical System$37
Intuitive SurgicalTravel · 2025-02-10Da Vinci Surgical System$19
Intuitive SurgicalMeals · 2025-01-07Da Vinci Surgical System$5
Intuitive SurgicalTravel · 2025-01-07Da Vinci Surgical System$80
Intuitive SurgicalMeals · 2025-01-07Da Vinci Surgical System$60
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)

2024: $3,968

Payments by company in 2024
Intuitive SurgicalDavinci Xi$3,924
12 payments
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2024-12-06 · $28
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2024-12-05 · $16
  • Education for Davinci Xi · 2024-12-05 · $2,500
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2024-11-27 · $640
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2024-11-26 · $6
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2024-11-12 · $160
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2024-11-12 · $12
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2024-11-12 · $33
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2024-11-12 · $20
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2024-11-12 · $20
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2024-09-10 · $471
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2024-09-10 · $19
Novartis PharmaceuticalsNone$22
1 payment
  • Meals · 2024-03-12 · $22
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPEnhertu$22
1 payment
  • Meals for Enhertu · 2024-05-08 · $22

2023: $21

Payments by company in 2023
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPEnhertu$21
1 payment
  • Meals for Enhertu · 2023-08-23 · $21

2022: $106

Payments by company in 2022
GE HealthCareNone$41
1 payment
  • Meals · 2022-02-21 · $41
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPEnhertu$35
2 payments
  • Meals for Enhertu · 2022-12-06 · $19
  • Meals for Enhertu · 2022-05-10 · $16
AllerganNatrelle Saline-Filled Breast Implants$18
1 payment
  • Meals for Natrelle Saline-Filled Breast Implants · 2022-02-07 · $18
Innocoll PharmaceuticalsXaracoll$12
1 payment
  • Meals for Xaracoll · 2022-01-25 · $12

2021: $62

Payments by company in 2021
InnocollXaracoll$35
1 payment
  • Meals for Xaracoll · 2021-05-18 · $35
MedtronicSignia$27
1 payment
  • Meals for Signia · 2021-12-21 · $27

2020: $16

Payments by company in 2020
Olympus AmericaThunderbeat$16
1 payment
  • Meals for Thunderbeat · 2020-01-16 · $16

2019: $134

Payments by company in 2019
HologicBiozorb$134
1 payment
  • Meals for Biozorb · 2019-10-04 · $134

Professional record

NPI
1992813406
Licence
CA G86919, MI 4301061506California G86919: Current · expires 2027-05-31
Trained
Wayne State University School of Medicine, 1993 · 33 years ago
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
Yes
Medicaid ID
MI 2612952
Taxonomy
Surgery (208600000X); Surgical oncology (2086X0206X)
Mailing address
1737 Creekside Dr, Folsom, CA, 95630
NPI first listed
2006-08-25
NPI last updated
2021-04-08
NPI record certified
2021-04-08

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