Monica E. Sandhu

  • Palo Alto, CA
  • Dermatologist
NPI1649698614PAC ID7113204272
Medicare services, 2024
2,008
Medicare patients, 2024
428
Part D claims, 2024
557
Publications
1
Industry payments
$1,801
Practice address
795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Practice phone
Call (650) 324-1832
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Primary practice

Surgery Center Palo Alto

Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Palo Alto, California

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Monica E. Sandhu is a dermatologist in Palo Alto, California

Monica Sandhu practices at Surgery Center Palo Alto in Palo Alto, California.

Monica Sandhu's NPI, 1649698614, was assigned on April 7, 2014. Monica Sandhu graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2014. Monica Sandhu's California license number on file is A137859.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7113204272
NPI enumeration date
April 7, 2014
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(650) 324-1832
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
38
Medical school graduation
2014

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

Monica E. Sandhu practices at Surgery Center Palo Alto in Palo Alto, California

Monica Sandhu's primary practice is Surgery Center Palo Alto, at 795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301. The practice phone is (650) 324-1832.

  • Surgery Center Palo Alto
    795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301Phone(650) 324-1832

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Monica E. Sandhu is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Monica Sandhu's primary practice is Surgery Center Palo Alto in Palo Alto, California. The medical group on file is The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. Dmand AI also links Monica Sandhu to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Monica E. Sandhu's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Monica Sandhu practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Surgery Center Palo AltoAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Monica E. Sandhu is one of 1,910 dermatologists in California

Dermatology is Monica Sandhu's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Monica Sandhu is board certified in dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology. Monica Sandhu has a license on file in California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Dermatology, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A137859 · 2015 to 2025 · taxonomy 207N00000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acne, acute skin infection, benign or precancerous skin growths, contact dermatitis, hives, itchy rashes, psoriasis and rash among the conditions Monica Sandhu treats.

Dermatologists near Monica Sandhu

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

Monica E. Sandhu billed Medicare for 2,008 services in 2024

CMS data shows 2,008 Medicare services from Monica Sandhu across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 428 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $113,514 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 20242,008
Medicare patients428
Paid by Medicare$113,514
Procedure codes10

Monica Sandhu's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Surgery
2023: 1,3862024: 1,2937%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 7962024: 71510%
Tests and treatments
2023: 122024: 0100%

Monica Sandhu compared with the California median for dermatologists, 2024

  • Monica Sandhu
  • California median
Medicare services
2,008vs 1,75015% above
Medicare patients
428vs 37714% above
Part D claims
417vs 36714% above

Medians across 1,831 dermatologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Monica Sandhu'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

Monica E. Sandhu treated 428 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 428 Medicare patients who saw Monica Sandhu in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 192 patients. 68% of them have high cholesterol, and 54% have high blood pressure. 4% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.78, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Monica Sandhu's median patient age at 56, with 63% women.

Medicare patients, 2024428
Average age76
Average risk score0.78
Also on Medicaid4%

Monica Sandhu's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Monica Sandhu's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women27464%
  • Men15436%

Chronic conditions among Monica Sandhu's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol68%
  2. High blood pressure54%
  3. Arthritis39%
  4. Osteoporosis26%
  5. Ischemic heart disease21%
  6. Cancer16%
  7. Atrial fibrillation14%
  8. Mood disorders14%

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

Monica Sandhu's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 56

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women63%
  • Men35%

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

Monica E. Sandhu wrote 557 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Monica Sandhu wrote 557 Medicare Part D claims for 214 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 417 of them, across 17 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $99,441 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 436 claims across 18 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024557
Drugs named by CMS17
Total drug cost$99,441
Part D patients214

Monica Sandhu's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic503 claims90%
  • Brand-name54 claims10%

Monica Sandhu'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 Monica Sandhu's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics5%30 of 557 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: 4362024: 4174%

Drugs named by CMS: 17 in 2024, 18 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

Monica E. Sandhu ranks in the 90th percentile for removal of skin lesions in Medicare

Monica Sandhu accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Monica Sandhu as offering telehealth. CMS counts 720 procedures of removal of skin lesions by Monica Sandhu, more than 90% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Where Monica Sandhu ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Removal of skin lesions
90th percentile720 procedures
Skin biopsy
86th percentile210 procedures
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
77th percentile24 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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

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Monica E. Sandhu has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Monica Sandhu in 2018. Monica Sandhu's most frequent co-author is Melissa Danesh, MD.

Papers1

Monica Sandhu's most frequent co-authors

  • Melissa Danesh, MD1 shared paper

Recent publications by Monica Sandhu

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

Monica E. Sandhu received $1,801 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 57 general payments to Monica Sandhu from 16 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 94% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $478.

General payments to Monica Sandhu by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Monica Sandhu by kind, 2016 to 2025

$1.8Kin total
  • Food and beverage$1,68694%
  • Education$1156%

Companies that paid Monica Sandhu 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

Monica E. Sandhu graduated from Harvard Medical School

Monica Sandhu graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2014.

  1. Medical schoolHarvard Medical School
  2. Board certified in dermatologyAmerican Board of Dermatology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Monica E. Sandhu accepts plans from 11 insurance carriers

Monica Sandhu is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Alliant Health Plans
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
  • CMS Medicare
  • +3 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Monica Sandhu accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO7
  2. HMO6
  3. EPO4
  4. Medicare3
  5. POS3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Monica E. Sandhu'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)
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 Monica E. Sandhu's NPI number?

Monica E. Sandhu's NPI number is 1649698614. It was assigned on April 7, 2014, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What does Monica E. Sandhu specialize in?

Monica E. Sandhu is a dermatologist in Palo Alto, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Dermatology Physician (taxonomy code 207N00000X).

Where does Monica E. Sandhu practice?

Monica Sandhu practices at 795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301. Monica Sandhu's primary practice is Surgery Center Palo Alto in Palo Alto, California. Dmand AI also links Monica Sandhu to 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Monica E. Sandhu's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Monica Sandhu is (650) 324-1832.

What is Monica E. Sandhu's medical license number?

Monica Sandhu's California license number on file is A137859.

What medical group is Monica E. Sandhu part of?

Monica Sandhu is linked to The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. Dmand AI links Monica Sandhu to 1 more medical group.

Does Monica E. Sandhu accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Monica Sandhu billed Medicare for 2,008 services in 2024, and Monica Sandhu accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Monica E. Sandhu offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Monica Sandhu as offering telehealth services.

How many Medicare patients does Monica E. Sandhu see?

CMS counts 428 Medicare patients who saw Monica Sandhu in 2024, with an average age of 76.

Is Monica E. Sandhu board certified?

Yes. Monica Sandhu is board certified in dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology.

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What services does Monica E. Sandhu bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Monica Sandhu's most billed Medicare services were surgery: skin and soft tissue (17003), office visit, established patient (99214) and surgery: skin and soft tissue (17000).

Where did Monica E. Sandhu go to medical school?

Monica Sandhu graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2014.

What drugs does Monica E. Sandhu prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Monica Sandhu's most prescribed drugs by claims were Ketoconazole, Mupirocin and Triamcinolone Acetonide.

Has Monica E. Sandhu received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,801 in general payments to Monica Sandhu from 16 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Monica E. Sandhu been practicing?

Monica Sandhu graduated from medical school in 2014, 12 years ago.

Does Monica E. Sandhu do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Monica Sandhu.

Who does Monica E. Sandhu publish with?

Monica Sandhu's most frequent co-authors are Melissa Danesh, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Monica E. Sandhu accept?

Monica Sandhu is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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