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Stephanie Cham, MD

Gynecological Oncology · San Francisco

NPI 1033597117

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
9
1 carrier
Offices
3
Since medical school
11 years
University of California, Geffen School of Medicine, 2015

Offices

3 locations · UCSF Medical Group Business Services · University of California San Francisco

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Hospitals listed: UCSF Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plans that list them

9 plans · 1 carrier

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Harmony (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A180208 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2022 · expires 2026-09-30 · David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.

School, training and certification

What this clinician told their state board, medical school and everything before it. Only some states publish this, so nothing here means the state does not say, not that there was no training or certification.

Specialty certification

  • American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Gynecologic Oncology
  • American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Obstetrics and Gynecology

Hospitals they work in

1 hospital

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

  • UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of University of California Health, which runs 12 hospitalsHome of UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 81% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 4.9 (3.79 to 6.02) · 7,590 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 12.8 (11.3 to 14.4) · 2,019 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 139.4 (110.22 to 168.58) · 452 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.622, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.626, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.491, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.8 (0.7 to 1) · 2,336 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for UCSF Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 3 better, 5 the same, 3 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at UCSF Medical Center
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths4.9 (3.79 to 6.02) · 7,590 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits12.8 (11.3 to 14.4) · 2,019 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths139.4 (110.22 to 168.58) · 452 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.622BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.626BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.491BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.8 (0.7 to 1) · 2,336 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.24 (0.58 to 1.9) · 4,689 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.05 (0.89 to 1.2)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.9 · 89 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.5 · 85 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths10.1 · 132 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths6.6 · 454 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 618 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths9.6 · 380 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.7 · 5,000 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.22 (0.06 to 0.38) · 15,965 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.2 (0.05 to 0.35) · 17,859 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths0.85 (0 to 1.83) · 4,184 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2 (1.1 to 2.9) · 6,516 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths7.35 (4.49 to 10.21) · 3,989 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5 (3.22 to 6.77) · 4,087 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.95 (0.74 to 3.15) · 2,034 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.95 (0.63 to 1.28) · 15,431 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4 · 399 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.899No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.689No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections1.224No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16 · 156 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20 · 564 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits60.3 · 160 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-9.7 · 550 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits44.1 · 660 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.8 · 667 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.7 (4.8 to 6.7) · 2,019 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits6 · 421 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.5 · 53 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20 · 107 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.9 (11.3 to 17.1) · 3,247 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (3,181 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at UCSF Medical Center
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at UCSF Medical Center
Room was "always" clean71%
Nurses "always" communicated well80%
Doctors "always" communicated well80%
Staff "always" explained61%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information88%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge87%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand74%
Doctors "always" listened carefully78%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect86%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)76%
Staff "always" explained new medications75%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully78%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect86%
"Always" quiet at night50%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital81%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects46%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$56,272

Medicare paid this office $56,272 for 58 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

Largest Original Medicare bills
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes33$10,961$103
Long return visit (40+ min)15$3,601$113
Return visit (30+ min)17$2,521$84
New patient visit (60+ min)12$1,927$161
Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's20$740$15

Procedures Medicare counted

Procedure volume Medicare published
Removal of the uterus1-10None

Who their Medicare patients are

58 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 71 · Women 100% · Also on Medicaid 48% · Health risk score 2.39. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical gynecological oncology clinician is at 1.53.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Cancer 57% · Chronic kidney disease 41% · Depression 38% · Diabetes 34% · Atrial fibrillation 28% · Coronary heart disease 21% · COPD 19%.

The office billed $406,301, Medicare allowed $71,589 and paid $56,272; for 2,525 services of 48 kinds.

Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.

Year by year

Original Medicare by year
2024582,525712.39$406,301$56,272
202344163711.94$226,923$33,545
20221132731.70$34,495$5,478

Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.

See the services billed each year

2023: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes13$4,641$105
New patient visit (60+ min)23$3,692$161
Long return visit (40+ min)11$2,684$128
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or14$557$28

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$56,997

Pharmacies billed $56,997 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 98) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical gynecological oncology clinician is at 13%.

64 generic and 34 brand-name prescriptions · $56,997 in drug cost · 12 antibiotic prescriptions.

Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.

Largest Part D drug costs
Eliquis31$18,739$604
Dexamethasone11$248$23
Ondansetron13$89$7

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
202498200% (0)35%$56,997
202373160% (0)None$4,864
20221712NoneNone$238
2021332746% (15)None$187
20202016NoneNone$177
20182513NoneNone$1,145
20172717NoneNone$1,193
20166126NoneNone$4,076
201518None0% (0)None$556

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Dexamethasone12$280$23
Ondansetron16$200$12

2021: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Tramadol13$23$2

2016: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Ibuprofen14$43$3

Money from drug and device companies

$301 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202523None$301
202433None$185
202212None$1,029

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
AbbvieElahere$247
2 payments
  • Meals for Elahere · 2025-06-19 · $127
  • Meals for Elahere · 2025-01-31 · $121
PfizerTivdak$54
1 payment
  • Meals for Tivdak · 2025-06-19 · $54
See all 3 published payments
Every published payment
AbbvieMeals · 2025-06-19Elahere$127
PfizerMeals · 2025-06-19Tivdak$54
AbbvieMeals · 2025-01-31Elahere$121
See earlier years (2024, 2022)

2024: $185

Payments by company in 2024
GlaxoSmithKlineNone$73
1 payment
  • Meals · 2024-06-14 · $73
GenentechTecentriq$57
1 payment
  • Meals for Tecentriq · 2024-10-04 · $57
Ethicon USHarmonic$56
1 payment
  • Meals for Harmonic · 2024-04-16 · $56

2022: $1,029

Payments by company in 2022
Intuitive SurgicalDavinci Xi$1,029
2 payments
  • Education for Davinci Xi · 2022-02-04 · $1,000
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2022-02-04 · $29

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
75.0 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI
1033597117
Licence
CA A180208California A180208: Current · expires 2026-09-30
Trained
University of California, Geffen School of Medicine, 2015 · 11 years ago
Group
UCSF Medical Group Business Services · University of California San Francisco
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207VX0201X (207VX0201X); Federal specialty code 207V00000X (207V00000X); Student in a training program (390200000X)
Mailing address
1825 4th St Fl 6, San Francisco, CA, 94143
NPI first listed
2015-05-11
NPI last updated
2022-08-05
NPI record certified
2022-08-05

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.