Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha, MD

  • Mountain View, CA
  • General surgeon
NPI1760563621PAC ID0749215317
Medicare services, 2024
390
Medicare patients, 2024
293
Part D claims, 2024
174
Publications
6
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
701 E. El Camino Real, 1 Northwest, Mountain View, CA 94040
Practice phone
Call (408) 739-6000
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Primary practice

Surgery Center Mountain View

Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Mountain View, California

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Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha is a general surgeon in Mountain View, California

Dr. Legha practices at Surgery Center Mountain View in Mountain View, California.

Dr. Legha's NPI, 1760563621, was assigned on October 18, 2006. Dr. Legha graduated from Oxford University Medical School in 1986. Dr. Legha's California license number on file is A55873.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0749215317
NPI enumeration date
October 18, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(408) 739-6000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
66
Medical school graduation
1986

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

Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha practices at Surgery Center Mountain View in Mountain View, California

Dr. Legha's primary practice is Surgery Center Mountain View, at 701 E. El Camino Real, 1 Northwest, Mountain View, CA 94040. The practice phone is (408) 739-6000.

  • Surgery Center Mountain View
    701 E. El Camino Real, 1 Northwest, Mountain View, CA 94040Phone(408) 739-6000

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Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Legha's primary practice is Surgery Center Mountain View in Mountain View, California. Dr. Legha is also affiliated with El Camino Health - Mountain View Hospital. The medical group on file is Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Legha to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Surgery Center Mountain ViewAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha is one of 2,926 general surgeons in California

Surgery is Dr. Legha's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Legha is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Legha has a license on file in California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A55873 · 1996 to 2025 · taxonomy 208600000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists abdominal hernia repair surgery, appendectomy, bariatric surgery, colon removal, esophagus, stomach, or upper small intestine surgery, gallbladder removal, gastrointestinal obstruction and groin hernia surgery among the conditions Dr. Legha treats.

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Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha billed Medicare for 390 services in 2024

CMS data shows 390 Medicare services from Dr. Legha across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 293 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $57,085 for them.

Medicare services, 2024390
Medicare patients293
Paid by Medicare$57,085
Procedure codes10

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3402024: 3293%
Surgery
2023: 332024: 6185%

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

  • In an office23861%
  • In a facility15239%

Dr. Legha compared with the California median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Legha
  • California median
Medicare services
390vs 1662.3 times
Medicare patients
293vs 1212.4 times
Part D claims
127vs 343.7 times

Medians across 2,606 general surgeons in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Legha'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. Prithvi Singh Legha treated 293 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 293 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Legha in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 108 patients. 74% of them have high blood pressure, and 73% have high cholesterol. 17% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.56, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Legha's median patient age at 57, with 51% women.

Medicare patients, 2024293
Average age75
Average risk score1.56
Also on Medicaid17%

Dr. Legha's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Legha's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women14549%
  • Men14851%

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

  1. High blood pressure74%
  2. High cholesterol73%
  3. Arthritis40%
  4. Ischemic heart disease31%
  5. Atrial fibrillation27%
  6. Diabetes27%
  7. Mood disorders27%
  8. Chronic kidney disease26%

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

Dr. Legha's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 57

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women51%
  • Men47%

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

Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha wrote 174 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Legha wrote 174 Medicare Part D claims for 114 patients. 98% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 127 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $478 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 138 claims across 4 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024174
Drugs named by CMS4
Total drug cost$478
Part D patients114

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

  • Generic171 claims98%
  • Brand-name and other3 claims2%

Dr. Legha'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. Legha's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids59%102 of 174 claims
  • Antibiotics21%36 of 174 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: 1382024: 1278%

Drugs named by CMS: 4 in 2024, 4 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. Prithvi Singh Legha ranks in the 92nd percentile for hernia repair (minimally invasive) in Medicare

Dr. Legha accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Legha as offering telehealth. CMS counts 25 procedures of hernia repair (minimally invasive) by Dr. Legha, more than 92% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Where Dr. Legha ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Hernia repair (minimally invasive)
92nd percentile25 procedures
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
45th percentile13 procedures
Hernia repair - groin (open)
89th percentile11 procedures

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

Colonoscopy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of tissue: 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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Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha has 6 publications on record

Dmand AI links 6 papers to Dr. Legha, published from 2013 to 2018. 2015 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Postoperative Complications. Dr. Legha has published most often in Dig Dis Sci. Dr. Legha's most frequent co-authors are George Triadafilopoulos, MD, Andrew Kees Roorda, MD and Charles Michael Lombard, MD.

Papers6
Years published2013 to 2018

Dr. Legha's papers by year, 2013 to 2018

Topics Dr. Legha writes about most

  • Postoperative Complications

Dr. Legha's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Legha

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

Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha received $10,327 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 58 general payments to Dr. Legha from 17 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 68% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $9,517.

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

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

$10.3Kin total
  • Education$7,06868%
  • Travel and lodging$1,77717%
  • Food and beverage$1,46514%
  • Gifts$160%

Companies that paid Dr. Legha 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. Prithvi Singh Legha has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Legha, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Legha

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha graduated from Oxford University Medical School

Dr. Legha graduated from Oxford University Medical School in 1986.

  1. Medical schoolOxford University Medical School
  2. Board certified in surgeryAmerican Board of Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha accepts plans from 11 insurance carriers

Dr. Legha is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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

Plan types Dr. Legha accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO7
  2. HMO6
  3. EPO4
  4. Medicare4
  5. POS4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha'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. Prithvi Singh Legha's NPI number?

Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha's NPI number is 1760563621. It was assigned on October 18, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha?

Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha is a general surgeon in Mountain View, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha practice?

Dr. Legha practices at 701 E. El Camino Real, 1 Northwest, Mountain View, CA 94040. Dr. Legha's primary practice is Surgery Center Mountain View in Mountain View, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Legha to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Legha is (408) 739-6000.

What is Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha's medical license number?

Dr. Legha's California license number on file is A55873.

Which hospitals is Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha affiliated with?

Dr. Legha is affiliated with El Camino Health - Mountain View Hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha part of?

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

Does Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Legha billed Medicare for 390 services in 2024, and Dr. Legha accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha offer telehealth?

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

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha see?

CMS counts 293 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Legha in 2024, with an average age of 75.

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Is Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha board certified?

Yes. Dr. Legha is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery.

What services does Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Legha's most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99203), office visit, established patient (99213) and hospital inpatient care (99221).

Where did Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha go to medical school?

Dr. Legha graduated from Oxford University Medical School in 1986.

What drugs does Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Legha's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass and Tramadol HCl.

Has Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $10,327 in general payments to Dr. Legha from 17 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

How long has Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha been practicing?

Dr. Legha graduated from medical school in 1986, 40 years ago.

Does Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha do research?

Dmand AI links 6 publications to Dr. Legha, published from 2013 to 2018.

Who does Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha publish with?

Dr. Legha's most frequent co-authors are George Triadafilopoulos, MD (5 shared papers), Andrew Kees Roorda, MD (3 shared papers) and Charles Michael Lombard, MD (2 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Prithvi Singh Legha accept?

Dr. Legha is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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