Monica E. Sandhu
- 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
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
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
- 1649698614NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- 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
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- 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 Alto795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301Phone(650) 324-1832
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
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.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
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.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Surgery Center Palo Alto | Available with a free account |
| +2 more sites and 1 medical group | Available 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, CaliforniaPrimary
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
Counts of dermatologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
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.
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.
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
- High cholesterol68%
- High blood pressure54%
- Arthritis39%
- Osteoporosis26%
- Ischemic heart disease21%
- Cancer16%
- Atrial fibrillation14%
- 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.
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.
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.
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
- 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.
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.
- Medical school
- Board certified in 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
- PPO7
- HMO6
- EPO4
- Medicare3
- POS3
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Monica E. Sandhu's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors 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-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand 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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