Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Akal Sethi, MD

Individual provider Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program · NPI 1154775203

Akal Sethi, MD practises Neurosurgery in San Diego, California. Graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in 2016, 10 years ago. Practices with Southern California Permanente Medical Group, an 11,242-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
10
Trained at
Tufts University School of Medicine
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2016
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

Student / training record This NPI belongs to someone enrolled in a health care training programme. It carries no licence and no practice of its own, so no address or phone number is published for it.

San Diego, CA

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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 13001 E. 17th Place, Aurora, CO 80045-2581 — (303) 724-2302

Specialties & licences

Neurological Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207T00000X · Licence A185714 (CA)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Taxonomy 390200000X

Record details

NPI number1154775203
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedApril 14, 2016
Last updated in NPPESMay 10, 2023
Certification dateMay 10, 2023

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyNEUROSURGERY
Medical schoolTUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2016 (10 years in practice)
Group practice Southern California Permanente Medical Group — 11242 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations2 on file with Medicare

Procedures

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Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients122
Services billed 345 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

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Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

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Food and Beverage $132 1 payment · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Colleagues at Southern California Permanente Medical Group

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 11242 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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