Dr. Sara Honari, MD

  • Bakersfield, CA
  • General surgeon
NPI1194042168PAC ID7911124128
Medicare services, 2024
1,405
Medicare patients, 2024
586
Part D claims, 2024
436
Publications
2
MIPS score, 2024
23
Practice address
4901 Centennial Plaza Way, Bakersfield, CA 93312-2011
Practice phone
Call (661) 387-8333
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Primary practice

Hao D. Bui, M.d., Inc.

Surgical practice · Bakersfield, California

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Dr. Sara Honari is a general surgeon in Bakersfield, California

Dr. Honari practices at Hao D. Bui, M.d., Inc. in Bakersfield, California.

Dr. Honari's NPI, 1194042168, was assigned on April 29, 2010. Dr. Honari graduated from Ross University School of Medicine in 2009. Dr. Honari's Pennsylvania license number on file is MT196828.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7911124128
NPI enumeration date
April 29, 2010
NPI status
Active
Practice phone
(661) 387-8333
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
43
Medical school graduation
2009

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Dr. Sara Honari practices at Hao D. Bui, M.d., Inc. in Bakersfield, California

Dr. Honari's primary practice is Hao D. Bui, M.d., Inc., at 4901 Centennial Plaza Way, Bakersfield, CA 93312-2011. The practice phone is (661) 387-8333.

  • Hao D. Bui, M.d., Inc.
    4901 Centennial Plaza Way, Bakersfield, CA 93312-2011Phone(661) 387-8333

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Dr. Sara Honari is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Honari's primary practice is Hao D. Bui, M.d., Inc. in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Honari is also affiliated with Adventist Health Bakersfield. The medical group on file is Kern Medical. Dmand AI also links Dr. Honari to 3 more hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic, 1 home health agency and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Sara Honari's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Honari practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Hao D. Bui, M.d., Inc.Available with a free account
+6 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Sara Honari is one of 2,926 general surgeons in California

Surgery is Dr. Honari's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Honari is board certified in vascular surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Honari's licenses on file in 4 states: Pennsylvania, California, New York and Ohio.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, PennsylvaniaPrimaryLicense MT196828 · 2010 to 2015 · taxonomy 208600000X
  • California license2017 to 2026
  • New York licenseLicense 285604 · 2016 to 2019
  • Ohio license2014 to 2015

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists amputation, aortic atherosclerois, arterial blot clot /embolism, blood vessel access for dialysis, carotid revascularization, chronic skin ulcer, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and heart device and aorta surgery among the conditions Dr. Honari treats.

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Dr. Sara Honari billed Medicare for 1,405 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,405 Medicare services from Dr. Honari across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 586 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $201,232 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,405
Medicare patients586
Paid by Medicare$201,232
Procedure codes16

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 8472024: 1,11331%
Surgery
2023: 1012024: 17573%
Imaging
2023: 412024: 6866%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 282024: 4975%

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

  • In an office1,24889%
  • In a facility15711%

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

  • Dr. Honari
  • California median
Medicare services
1,405vs 1668.5 times
Medicare patients
586vs 1214.8 times
Part D claims
406vs 3411.9 times

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

Dr. Honari'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. Sara Honari treated 586 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 71

CMS counts 586 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Honari in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 267 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 55% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.01, 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. Honari's median patient age at 65, with 61% women.

Medicare patients, 2024586
Average age71
Average risk score3.01
Also on Medicaid55%

Dr. Honari's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Honari's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women29751%
  • Men28949%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Diabetes58%
  4. Arthritis50%
  5. Ischemic heart disease48%
  6. Chronic kidney disease44%
  7. COPD33%
  8. Heart failure30%

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

Dr. Honari's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 65

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women61%
  • Men39%

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

Dr. Sara Honari wrote 436 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Honari wrote 436 Medicare Part D claims for 196 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 406 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $40,337 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 272 claims across 6 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024436
Drugs named by CMS8
Total drug cost$40,337
Part D patients196

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

  • Generic373 claims86%
  • Brand-name63 claims14%

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

  • Antibiotics3%13 of 436 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: 2722024: 40649%

Drugs named by CMS: 8 in 2024, 6 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. Sara Honari scored 23 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 23 out of 100 for Dr. Honari for performance year 2024, reported individually. CMS counts 102 procedures of varicose vein removal by Dr. Honari, more than 84% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dr. Honari's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 23of 100Final score
  • 0of 100Quality
  • 0of 100Improvement Activities
  • 76of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Honari ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Varicose vein removal
84th percentile102 procedures
Leg revascularization (restoring blood flow)
81st percentile21 procedures

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

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Sara Honari has 2 publications on record

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Honari, published from 2017 to 2019. Dr. Honari's most frequent co-authors are Robert Young Rhee, MD, Gustavo S. Oderich, MD and Erion Qaja, DO.

Papers2
Years published2017 to 2019

Dr. Honari's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Honari

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Dr. Sara Honari received $22,409 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 277 general payments to Dr. Honari from 34 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 47% of the total. Cook Medical LLC paid the most, $11,835.

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

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

$22.4Kin total
  • Food and beverage$10,46747%
  • Grants$7,40033%
  • Travel and lodging$2,61312%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$1,2005%
  • Education$7293%

Companies that paid Dr. Honari 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. Sara Honari has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Honari.

Awards and honors for Dr. Honari

  1. Undated
    • ACS Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Sara Honari graduated from Ross University School of Medicine

Dr. Honari graduated from Ross University School of Medicine in 2009. Dr. Honari is a member of ACS.

  1. Medical schoolRoss University School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in vascular surgeryAmerican Board of Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Sara Honari accepts plans from 16 insurance carriers

Dr. Honari is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Humana
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • +8 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Honari accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO9
  2. HMO8
  3. Medicare8
  4. EPO5
  5. POS5

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Sara Honari'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 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 percentilesClinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (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. Sara Honari's NPI number?

Dr. Sara Honari's NPI number is 1194042168. It was assigned on April 29, 2010, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Sara Honari?

Dr. Sara Honari is a general surgeon in Bakersfield, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Sara Honari practice?

Dr. Honari practices at 4901 Centennial Plaza Way, Bakersfield, CA 93312-2011. Dr. Honari's primary practice is Hao D. Bui, M.d., Inc. in Bakersfield, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Honari to 3 hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic, 1 home health agency and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Sara Honari's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Honari is (661) 387-8333.

What is Dr. Sara Honari's medical license number?

Dr. Honari's Pennsylvania license number on file is MT196828, one of the licenses on file in 4 states.

Which states has Dr. Sara Honari been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Honari in Pennsylvania (2010 to 2015), California (2017 to 2026), New York (2016 to 2019) and Ohio (2014 to 2015).

Which hospitals is Dr. Sara Honari affiliated with?

Dr. Honari is affiliated with Adventist Health Bakersfield. Dmand AI links Dr. Honari to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Sara Honari part of?

Dr. Honari is linked to Kern Medical. Dmand AI links Dr. Honari to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Sara Honari accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Honari billed Medicare for 1,405 services in 2024.

What is Dr. Sara Honari's MIPS score?

Dr. Honari's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 23 out of 100, reported individually.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Sara Honari see?

CMS counts 586 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Honari in 2024, with an average age of 71.

Is Dr. Sara Honari board certified?

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

What services does Dr. Sara Honari bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Honari's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, new patient (99204) and hospital inpatient care (99223).

Where did Dr. Sara Honari go to medical school?

Dr. Honari graduated from Ross University School of Medicine in 2009.

What drugs does Dr. Sara Honari prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Honari's most prescribed drugs by claims were Clopidogrel, Alprazolam and Atorvastatin Calcium.

Has Dr. Sara Honari received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $22,409 in general payments to Dr. Honari from 34 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Cook Medical LLC.

How long has Dr. Sara Honari been practicing?

Dr. Honari graduated from medical school in 2009, 17 years ago.

Does Dr. Sara Honari do research?

Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Honari, published from 2017 to 2019.

Who does Dr. Sara Honari publish with?

Dr. Honari's most frequent co-authors are Robert Young Rhee, MD (2 shared papers), Gustavo S. Oderich, MD (1 shared paper) and Erion Qaja, DO (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Sara Honari accept?

Dr. Honari is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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