Dr. Neil Sawhney, MD

  • Santa Cruz, CA
  • Cardiologist
NPI1396731840PAC ID2567432313
Medicare services, 2024
7,249
Medicare patients, 2024
2,552
Part D claims, 2024
10,790
Publications
12
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
2025 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Practice phone
Call (831) 458-4877
Professional email
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Primary practice

Santa Cruz Center Imaging

Mammography / Breast Imaging Center · Santa Cruz, California

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Dr. Neil Sawhney is a cardiologist in Santa Cruz, California

Dr. Sawhney practices at Santa Cruz Center Imaging in Santa Cruz, California.

Dr. Sawhney's NPI, 1396731840, was assigned on September 21, 2005. Dr. Sawhney graduated from UC San Diego School of Medicine in 1996. Dr. Sawhney's California license number on file is A65296.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2567432313
NPI enumeration date
September 21, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(831) 458-4877
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
56
Medical school graduation
1996

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Neil Sawhney practices at Santa Cruz Center Imaging in Santa Cruz, California

Dr. Sawhney's primary practice is Santa Cruz Center Imaging, at 2025 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz, CA 95062. The practice phone is (831) 458-4877.

  • Santa Cruz Center Imaging
    2025 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz, CA 95062Phone(831) 458-4877

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Dr. Neil Sawhney is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Sawhney's primary practice is Santa Cruz Center Imaging in Santa Cruz, California. Dr. Sawhney is also affiliated with Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital. The medical group on file is Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sawhney to 1 more hospital, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 hospice, each named with a free account. Dr. Sawhney's employer is on file too: a breast imaging center.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Neil Sawhney's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Sawhney practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Santa Cruz Center ImagingAvailable with a free account
+4 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Neil Sawhney is one of 2,375 cardiologists in California

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Sawhney's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Sawhney is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Sawhney's licenses on file in 3 states: California, Texas and Rhode Island.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Cardiovascular disease, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A65296 · 1998 to 2025 · taxonomy 207RC0000X
  • Texas license2005 to 2010
  • Rhode Island license2002 to 2003

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists angioplasty, cardiac catheterization, circulation problems and leg revascularization among the conditions Dr. Sawhney treats.

Cardiologists near Dr. Sawhney

Counts of cardiologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

2,375cardiologists in California
8cardiologists in Santa Cruz

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Neil Sawhney billed Medicare for 7,249 services in 2024

CMS data shows 7,249 Medicare services from Dr. Sawhney across 46 procedure codes in 2024, for 2,552 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $568,396 for them.

Medicare services, 20247,249
Medicare patients2,552
Paid by Medicare$568,396
Procedure codes46

Dr. Sawhney's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 3,9002024: 4,1917%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2,7142024: 2,6811%
Imaging
2023: 3432024: 3119%
Surgery
2023: 432024: 467%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 402024: 2050%
Other services
2023: 1712024: 0100%

Where Dr. Sawhney's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office5,66378%
  • In a facility1,58622%

Dr. Sawhney compared with the California median for cardiologists, 2024

  • Dr. Sawhney
  • California median
Medicare services
7,249vs 1,5604.6 times
Medicare patients
2,552vs 6444.0 times
Part D claims
10,497vs 1,4107.4 times

Medians across 2,237 cardiologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Sawhney's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Neil Sawhney treated 2,552 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77

CMS counts 2,552 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sawhney in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 1,145 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 15% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.29, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Sawhney's median patient age at 74, with 46% women.

Medicare patients, 20242,552
Average age77
Average risk score1.29
Also on Medicaid15%

Dr. Sawhney's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Sawhney's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women1,25449%
  • Men1,29851%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Sawhney's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis45%
  4. Ischemic heart disease41%
  5. Atrial fibrillation35%
  6. Chronic kidney disease26%
  7. Heart failure26%
  8. Diabetes25%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Sawhney's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 74

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women46%
  • Men53%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Neil Sawhney wrote 10,790 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Sawhney wrote 10,790 Medicare Part D claims for 1,323 patients. 81% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 10,497 of them, across 73 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,675,163 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 10,032 claims across 69 drugs.

Part D claims, 202410,790
Drugs named by CMS73
Total drug cost$2.7M
Part D patients1,323

Dr. Sawhney's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic8,734 claims81%
  • Brand-name2,056 claims19%

Dr. Sawhney's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Sawhney's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics0%36 of 10,790 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 10,0322024: 10,4975%

Drugs named by CMS: 73 in 2024, 69 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Neil Sawhney ranks in the 88th percentile for coronary angioplasty and stenting in Medicare

Dr. Sawhney accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Sawhney as offering telehealth. CMS counts 59 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Dr. Sawhney, more than 88% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Where Dr. Sawhney ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Coronary angioplasty and stenting
88th percentile59 procedures
Leg revascularization (restoring blood flow)
80th percentile20 procedures

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Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Neil Sawhney has 12 publications on record

Dmand AI links 12 papers to Dr. Sawhney, published from 2004 to 2008. 2006 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary, Stents and Coronary Angiography. Dr. Sawhney has published most often in Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. Dr. Sawhney's most frequent co-authors are Paul S. Teirstein, MD, Matthew J. Price, MD and Navinder Singh Sawhney, MD.

Papers12
Years published2004 to 2008

Dr. Sawhney's papers by year, 2004 to 2008

Topics Dr. Sawhney writes about most

  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
  • Stents
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Disease
  • Coronary Stenosis
  • Sirolimus
  • Anticoagulants
  • Cardiac Catheterization

Dr. Sawhney's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Sawhney

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Neil Sawhney received $13,890 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 335 general payments to Dr. Sawhney from 26 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 62% of the total. Medtronic, Inc. paid the most, $3,768.

General payments to Dr. Sawhney by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Sawhney by kind, 2016 to 2025

$13.9Kin total
  • Food and beverage$8,61662%
  • Travel and lodging$4,77434%
  • Honoraria$5004%

Companies that paid Dr. Sawhney the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Neil Sawhney has 2 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Sawhney, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Sawhney

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR
  2. Undated
    • ACC Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Neil Sawhney graduated from UC San Diego School of Medicine

Dr. Sawhney graduated from UC San Diego School of Medicine in 1996. Dr. Sawhney is a member of ACC.

  1. Medical schoolUC San Diego School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in cardiovascular diseaseAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Neil Sawhney accepts plans from 13 insurance carriers

Dr. Sawhney is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Regence Health Plans
  • Alliant Health Plans
  • +5 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Sawhney accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO9
  2. HMO6
  3. Medicare6
  4. EPO4
  5. POS3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Neil Sawhney's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Neil Sawhney's NPI number?

Dr. Neil Sawhney's NPI number is 1396731840. It was assigned on September 21, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Neil Sawhney?

Dr. Neil Sawhney is a cardiologist in Santa Cruz, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Cardiovascular Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RC0000X).

Where does Dr. Neil Sawhney practice?

Dr. Sawhney practices at 2025 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz, CA 95062. Dr. Sawhney's primary practice is Santa Cruz Center Imaging in Santa Cruz, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sawhney to 1 hospital, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 hospice.

What is Dr. Neil Sawhney's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Sawhney is (831) 458-4877.

What is Dr. Neil Sawhney's medical license number?

Dr. Sawhney's California license number on file is A65296, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Neil Sawhney been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Sawhney in California (1998 to 2025), Texas (2005 to 2010) and Rhode Island (2002 to 2003).

Which hospitals is Dr. Neil Sawhney affiliated with?

Dr. Sawhney is affiliated with Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Sawhney to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Neil Sawhney part of?

Dr. Sawhney is linked to Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group.

Does Dr. Neil Sawhney accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Sawhney billed Medicare for 7,249 services in 2024, and Dr. Sawhney accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Neil Sawhney offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Sawhney as offering telehealth services.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Neil Sawhney see?

CMS counts 2,552 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sawhney in 2024, with an average age of 77.

Is Dr. Neil Sawhney board certified?

Yes. Dr. Sawhney is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Neil Sawhney bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Sawhney's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), heart test or procedure (93306) and heart test or procedure (93000).

Where did Dr. Neil Sawhney go to medical school?

Dr. Sawhney graduated from UC San Diego School of Medicine in 1996.

What drugs does Dr. Neil Sawhney prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Sawhney's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Metoprolol Succinate and Eliquis.

Has Dr. Neil Sawhney received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $13,890 in general payments to Dr. Sawhney from 26 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Medtronic, Inc.

How long has Dr. Neil Sawhney been practicing?

Dr. Sawhney graduated from medical school in 1996, 30 years ago.

Does Dr. Neil Sawhney do research?

Dmand AI links 12 publications to Dr. Sawhney, published from 2004 to 2008.

Who does Dr. Neil Sawhney publish with?

Dr. Sawhney's most frequent co-authors are Paul S. Teirstein, MD (6 shared papers), Matthew J. Price, MD (4 shared papers) and Navinder Singh Sawhney, MD (4 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Neil Sawhney accept?

Dr. Sawhney is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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