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Yi-Ping Joseph Woo, MD

Cardiac Surgery · Stanford

NPI 1043240120

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Plans that list them
18
4 carriers
Office
1

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1 location · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group

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Plans that list them

18 plans · 4 carriers

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18 of 18 plans

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
Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health the ONE (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Anthem Full Dual Advantage Aligned (HMO D-SNP)Anthem Blue CrossListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Classic (HMO)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN MyChoice (HMO)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)Santa Clara Family Health PlanListedSep 1, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence G128440 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2014 · expires 2027-12-31 · University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

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

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.

  • Stanford Health CareStanford, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsHome of Stanford Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 83% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.317, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.446, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.241, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care

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: 2 better, 5 the same, 4 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 Stanford Health Care
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.317BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.446BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.241BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.86 (0.72 to 1)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.1 · 192 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.4 · 146 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths9.7 · 253 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths6.3 · 880 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 935 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths8.7 · 501 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.1 · 7,730 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.6 · 416 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.869No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.857No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.368No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.2 · 247 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.5 · 1,021 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits47.8 · 258 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-1.6 · 990 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits20.8 · 976 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.5 · 959 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.1 · 425 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits9.6 · 158 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.6 · 183 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care
Room was "always" clean75%
Nurses "always" communicated well82%
Doctors "always" communicated well81%
Staff "always" explained63%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge89%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)79%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects50%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$258,473

Medicare paid this office $258,473 for 89 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine32$59,475$1,859
Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft21$24,087$1,147
Repair of tricuspid valve with ring insertion11$19,091$1,736
Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine11$14,120$1,284
Partial destruction and reconstruction of right upper heart chamber22$11,025$501
See all 7 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine32$59,475$1,859
Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft21$24,087$1,147
Repair of tricuspid valve with ring insertion11$19,091$1,736
Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine11$14,120$1,284
Partial destruction and reconstruction of right upper heart chamber22$11,025$501
Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 1 graft11$1,655$150
Harvest of vein using an endoscope12$157$13

Procedures Medicare counted

Procedure volume Medicare published
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)16More than 58% of doctors who do this
Pacemaker insertion or repair1-10None

Who their Medicare patients are

89 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Women 33% · Also on Medicaid 23% · Health risk score 1.48. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical cardiac surgery clinician is at 1.73.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 75% · Atrial fibrillation 72% · Coronary heart disease 71% · Heart failure 69% · Diabetes 34% · Depression 22% · Stroke 17% · Cancer 15% · COPD 15%.

The office billed $2,146,868, Medicare allowed $324,181 and paid $258,473; for 228 services of 44 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
202489228721.48$2,146,868$258,473
202392223721.38$2,232,579$277,531
2022107257711.35$2,401,551$314,891
2021114266701.31$2,660,776$340,398
2020133344711.73$3,161,212$413,227
2019133305741.54$2,917,337$385,316
2018142333731.46$3,294,583$409,290
2017122350711.54$3,079,315$382,441
2016130348721.64$2,802,728$356,885
2015127338721.84$2,669,698$340,512
2014122257721.69$1,724,849$228,974
2013177417721.72$1,951,027$400,390

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: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine30$58,252$1,942
Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine24$33,948$1,414
Repair of tricuspid valve with ring insertion11$18,744$1,704
Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft15$16,853$1,124
Partial destruction and reconstruction of right upper heart chamber13$6,695$515
Coronary artery bypass or valve procedure reoperation more than 1 month after original operation14$6,126$438
New patient visit (60+ min)16$2,505$157

2022: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine33$69,320$2,101
Replacement of mitral valve on heart-lung machine19$45,763$2,409
Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft18$24,002$1,333
Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine12$16,657$1,388
Partial destruction and reconstruction of right upper heart chamber22$11,348$516
Repair of congenital defect between upper heart chambers on heart-lung machine14$9,855$704
Coronary artery bypass or valve procedure reoperation more than 1 month after original operation11$4,892$445

2021: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine32$64,266$2,008
Replacement of mitral valve on heart-lung machine20$48,021$2,401
Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine22$30,929$1,406
Repair of tricuspid valve with ring insertion16$24,645$1,540
Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft17$23,096$1,359
Partial destruction and reconstruction of right upper heart chamber21$11,047$526
Coronary artery bypass or valve procedure reoperation more than 1 month after original operation12$5,437$453
Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts11$3,885$353
Insertion of blood flow assist device in aorta through skin12$1,361$113

2020: 10 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine33$68,673$2,081
Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft29$44,161$1,523
Replacement of mitral valve on heart-lung machine18$43,643$2,425
Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine17$22,280$1,311
Repair of tricuspid valve with ring insertion12$16,337$1,361
Repair of aortic arch with graft12$9,772$814
Extensive destruction and reconstruction of right upper heart chamber on heart-lung machine11$8,228$748
Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts21$7,568$360
Coronary artery bypass or valve procedure reoperation more than 1 month after original operation16$7,395$462
New patient visit (60+ min)17$2,669$157

2019: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine55$104,133$1,860
Repair of tricuspid valve with ring insertion20$37,107$1,855
Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine21$30,165$1,436
Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft19$22,773$1,199
Extensive destruction and reconstruction of right upper heart chamber on heart-lung machine20$14,983$749
Coronary artery bypass or valve procedure reoperation more than 1 month after original operation13$5,845$450
New patient visit (60+ min)15$2,181$145

2018: 11 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine54$106,185$1,931
Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine29$51,416$1,773
Replacement of mitral valve on heart-lung machine14$29,907$2,136
Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft22$23,236$1,056
Repair of tricuspid valve with ring insertion15$22,991$1,533
Extensive destruction and reconstruction of right upper heart chamber on heart-lung machine23$16,997$739
Repair of congenital defect between upper heart chambers on heart-lung machine13$9,128$702
Coronary artery bypass or valve procedure reoperation more than 1 month after original operation16$7,084$443
New patient visit (60+ min)12$1,663$139
Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 1 graft11$1,592$145
New patient visit (30+ min)11$748$68

2017: 10 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine35$56,582$1,617
Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine26$42,828$1,647
Repair of tricuspid valve with ring insertion23$37,737$1,641
Replacement of mitral valve on heart-lung machine14$32,408$2,315
Extensive destruction and reconstruction of right upper heart chamber on heart-lung machine33$24,291$736
Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft19$19,109$1,006
Repair of congenital defect between upper heart chambers on heart-lung machine12$8,462$705
Coronary artery bypass or valve procedure reoperation more than 1 month after original operation15$6,295$420
New patient visit (60+ min)25$3,569$143
New patient visit (45+ min)15$1,617$108

2016: 11 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine39$71,347$1,829
Replacement of mitral valve on heart-lung machine17$38,493$2,264
Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine23$33,173$1,442
Repair of ascending aorta with graft on heart-lung machine with aortic root replacement and heart reconstruction12$32,301$2,692
Repair of tricuspid valve with ring insertion18$27,315$1,517
Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft16$19,327$1,208
Extensive destruction and reconstruction of right upper heart chamber on heart-lung machine25$18,521$741
Coronary artery bypass or valve procedure reoperation more than 1 month after original operation12$5,349$446
New patient visit (60+ min)29$4,220$146
New patient visit (45+ min)36$4,037$112
New patient visit (30+ min)15$1,017$68

2015: 10 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Replacement of mitral valve on heart-lung machine22$50,024$2,274
Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine25$46,811$1,872
Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine27$39,208$1,452
Repair of tricuspid valve with ring insertion14$23,976$1,713
Extensive destruction and reconstruction of right upper heart chamber on heart-lung machine23$16,876$734
Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft15$15,287$1,019
Coronary artery bypass or valve procedure reoperation more than 1 month after original operation22$9,731$442
Repair of congenital defect between upper heart chambers on heart-lung machine11$7,091$645
New patient visit (60+ min)48$6,894$144
New patient visit (45+ min)16$1,802$113

2014: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine21$38,307$1,824
Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft24$31,443$1,310
Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine12$24,293$2,024
New patient visit (45+ min)86$9,942$116

2013: 10 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine42$78,357$1,866
Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft22$30,900$1,405
Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine14$27,438$1,960
Repair of tricuspid valve with ring insertion14$26,375$1,884
Repair of mitral valve with artificial valve on heart-lung machine12$20,393$1,699
Placement of graft to aorta on heart-lung machine12$13,658$1,138
New patient visit (60+ min)59$7,631$129
Coronary artery bypass or valve procedure reoperation more than 1 month after original operation15$7,122$475
Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts13$4,797$369
Long return visit (40+ min)31$2,518$81

Medicaid work

$0 in 2020

Medicaid paid $0 for 32 billed services this clinician did in 2020, up to 13 people in a month for one service.

Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.

Largest Medicaid services in 2020
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT STRAIGHTFORWARD MDM14$0
2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r18$0
Medicaid work by year
202032213$0

Money from drug and device companies

$30,000 in 2025

Industry payments by year
2025138None$30,000
202111None$73

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
Edwards LifesciencesNone$30,000
4 payments
  • Travel · 2025-05-13 · $13,750
  • Meals · 2025-05-13 · $1,250
  • Travel · 2025-02-10 · $13,950
  • Meals · 2025-02-10 · $1,050
See all 4 published payments
Every published payment
Edwards LifesciencesTravel · 2025-05-13None$13,750
Edwards LifesciencesMeals · 2025-05-13None$1,250
Edwards LifesciencesTravel · 2025-02-10None$13,950
Edwards LifesciencesMeals · 2025-02-10None$1,050
See earlier years (2021)

2021: $73

Payments by company in 2021
Edwards LifesciencesNone$73
1 payment
  • Meals · 2021-09-27 · $73

Research money

Money a company paid to run a study. Where it went to their institution, the clinician is named as an investigator and did not receive it; the amount covers the whole study, often across many sites.

Research payments by company and study
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation · Transform 2011-02 · 2019Their institution$31,724
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation · Transform 2011-02 · 2020Their institution$29,408
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation · Transform 2011-02 · 2021Their institution$25,073
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation · Transform 2011-02 · 2022Their institution$1,280

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
76.5 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI
1043240120
Licence
CA G128440, PA MD055054LCalifornia G128440: Current · expires 2027-12-31
Trained
Perelman School of Med at the University of Pennsylvania, 1992
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Medicaid ID
PA 0018761230003
Taxonomy
Thoracic surgery (208G00000X)
Mailing address
1804 Embarcadero Rd, Palo Alto, CA, 94303
NPI first listed
2006-07-04
NPI last updated
2014-01-16

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