Dr. Peter Gerard Bendix , MD
Surgery โข Palo Alto, CA
300 Pasteur Dr
Palo Alto, CA 943042203
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NPI assigned on April 28, 2008; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 87 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 99291 โ Critical care: 64 service units.
- 99203 โ New patient outpatient office visit: 23 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 80% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Palo Alto, CA (2024, 47 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 216. Middle half: 100 to 383.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Surgery in California (2024, 1,346 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 213. Middle half: 101 to 404.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 131 in 2018 to 87 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2018โ2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
300 Pasteur Dr
Palo Alto, CA 943042203
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
NPPES lists 1 additional practice-address record in Chicago, IL. See the list
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 2 distinct group names: Acute Care Surgery Medical Group Inc; County Of Santa Clara. See the list
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
University Of California, Davis School Of Medicine
2008
What Public CMS Data Show
Surgery: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
77 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $17,130 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $13,232 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
Fewer than 11 payment records totaling $21.24 in 2023
Drug and medical device companies must report certain payments to doctors and some other clinicians to CMS, such as meals, travel, speaking fees or research funding.
It shows reported financial ties between this clinician and companies. You can ask your clinician about them.
These records are submitted by drug and medical device companies, and a reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper.
General: payments not tied to research, such as meals, travel, consulting or speaking fees.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper. Research payments can go to a hospital or university for a study the clinician leads, not to the clinician personally. Clinicians can dispute records with the company that reported them.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2023.
Years since graduation
18 years (graduated 2008)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2008 as the year this clinician finished professional school.
It tells you roughly how long ago the clinician finished school.
What this does not show: Years since graduation
It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.
NPI first issued
2008
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Accepts Medicare assignment
CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
With Original Medicare, you usually pay only your deductible and coinsurance, and the office sends the claim to Medicare for you.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, โDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?โ
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Dr. Bendix has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Can order Medicare-covered services
CMS lists Dr. Bendix as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.
Medicare pays for these items and services only when they are ordered by an eligible clinician.
What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services
It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Palo Alto and California
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 80% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Palo Alto, CA (2024, 47 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 216. Middle half: 100 to 383.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 75% of clinicians listed under Surgery in California (2024, 1,346 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 213. Middle half: 101 to 404.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Palo Alto, CA (2024, 47 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $51,827. Middle half: $20,161 to $73,399.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Surgery in California (2024, 1,346 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $32,453. Middle half: $13,159 to $66,109.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Surgery in Palo Alto, CA (2024, 47 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $40,443. Middle half: $15,296 to $57,928.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Surgery in California (2024, 1,346 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $24,935. Middle half: $10,148 to $50,637.
68 active clinicians are listed under Surgery with a practice address in Palo Alto, CA (3,120 in California).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Palo Alto
52.9% of these 68 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
75% of these 68 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services decreased 34% from 131 in 2018 to 87 in 2024.
- 2018: 131
- 2019: 27
- 2022: 66
- 2023: 156
- 2024: 87
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 31% from $24,810 in 2018 to $17,130 in 2024.
- 2018: $24,810
- 2019: $2,027
- 2022: $6,532
- 2023: $22,138
- 2024: $17,130
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 33% from $19,613 in 2018 to $13,232 in 2024.
- 2018: $19,613
- 2019: $1,620
- 2022: $5,232
- 2023: $17,332
- 2024: $13,232
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $768.84 in 2019 to $21.24 in 2023.
- 2019: $768.84
- 2023: $21.24
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Open Payments (2023), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures
Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments
Program year 2023 (payments made January 1 โ December 31, 2023): fewer than 11 records totaling $21.24.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| ABIOMED |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Impella | General | $21.24 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2023, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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99291
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes
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64 | 18 | $1853.00 | $230.99 |
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99203
New patient office or other outpatient visit with low level of medical decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
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23 | 23 | $248.13 | $102.01 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2024-04-28NUCC Taxonomy Code: 208600000X
A general surgeon has expertise related to the diagnosis - preoperative, operative and postoperative management - and management of complications of surgical conditions in the following areas: alimentary tract; abdomen; breast, skin and soft tissue; endocrine system; head and neck surgery; pediatric surgery; surgical critical care; surgical oncology; trauma and burns; and vascular surgery. General surgeons increasingly provide care through the use of minimally invasive and endoscopic techniques. Many general surgeons also possess expertise in transplantation surgery, plastic surgery and cardiothoracic surgery.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 2086S0102X
A surgeon with expertise in the management of the critically ill and postoperative patient, particularly the trauma victim, who specializes in critical care medicine diagnoses, treats and supports patients with multiple organ dysfunction. This specialist may have administrative responsibilities for intensive care units and may also facilitate and coordinate patient care among the primary physician, the critical care staff and other specialists.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 2086S0102X
A surgeon with expertise in the management of the critically ill and postoperative patient, particularly the trauma victim, who specializes in critical care medicine diagnoses, treats and supports patients with multiple organ dysfunction. This specialist may have administrative responsibilities for intensive care units and may also facilitate and coordinate patient care among the primary physician, the critical care staff and other specialists.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 2086S0127X
Trauma surgery is a recognized subspecialty of general surgery. Trauma surgeons are physicians who have completed a five-year general surgery residency and usually continue with a one to two year fellowship in trauma and/or surgical critical care, typically leading to additional board certification in surgical critical care. There is no trauma surgery board certification at this point. To obtain board certification in surgical critical care, a fellowship in surgical critical care or anesthesiology critical care must be completed during or after general surgery residency.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - GENERAL SURGERY
I20211007002396
CA
3476849274
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Medicare Group Practice Enrollments
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
Acute Care Surgery Medical Group Inc
6555 Coyle Ave, Carmichael, CA 956080303
Phone: 9162419677
County Of Santa Clara
751 S Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA 951282604
Phone: 4088855000
Secondary Practice Locations
5841 S Maryland Ave # 5033
Chicago, IL 606371443
Phone: 7737021000
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Internal Medicine - Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Dermatology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Psychiatry & Neurology - Psychiatry
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Psychiatry & Neurology - Psychiatry
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioner
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 300 PASTEUR DR, PALO ALTO, CA 943042203 (Tel: 6507234000)
Registered at 300 PASTEUR DR, PALO ALTO, CA 943042203 (Tel: 6507234000)
Registered at 300 PASTEUR DR, STANFORD, CA 943052200 (Tel: 6507234000)
Registered at 300 PASTEUR DR, STANFORD, CA 943052200 (Tel: 6507234000)
Surgery (license number reported to NPPES: CA C175079)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 5841 S MARYLAND AVE # 5033, CHICAGO, IL 606371443 (Tel: 7737021000)
Registered at 150 HARVESTER DR STE 300, BURR RIDGE, IL 605275965
Recorded as PETER BENDIX, MD
Surgery (license number reported to NPPES: IL 036.144069)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 1 MEDICAL CENTER DR, DHMC DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY, LEBANON, NH 037561000 (Tel: 6036505000)
Registered at 1 MEDICAL CENTER DR, DHMC DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY, LEBANON, NH 037561000
Recorded as PETER BENDIX, MD
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Surgery Specialists in Palo Alto
- Dr. Brooke Gurland, MD
- Dr. Dan Azagury, MD
- Dr. Lisa Knowlton, MD, MPH
- Dr. Mary Hawn, MD
- Dr. Lye-Yeng Wong, MD
- Dr. Christine Ching, MD
Mailing Address
300 Pasteur Dr
Palo Alto, CA 943042203
Phone: 6507234000