Michael F Githens, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Seattle
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · The Association of University Physicians · 3,484 clinicians in this group
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Hospitals listed: Harborview Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
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State licence records
1 licence
- Washington MD.MD.60540419Physician And Surgeon License · since 2015 · expires 2027-09-15ActiveNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state
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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.
- Harborview Medical CenterSeattle, WAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency departmentPart of UW Medicine, which runs 4 hospitalsPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 71% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 2 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 225.01 (194.95 to 255.07) · 267 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 8.14 (6.5 to 9.78) · 2,240 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.676, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.647, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Harborview Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 6 the same, 1 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 1 better, 4 the same, 1 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 225.01 (194.95 to 255.07) · 267 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 8.14 (6.5 to 9.78) · 2,240 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.676 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.647 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.08 (0.1 to 2.06) · 898 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.14 (0.84 to 1.43) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 12.6 · 47 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 9 · 77 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 14 · 101 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 11.4 · 347 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.1 · 2,142 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.21 (0.01 to 0.42) · 4,788 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.24 (0.05 to 0.43) · 4,303 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.49 (0 to 3.13) · 768 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.05 (0.76 to 3.35) · 2,214 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 7.94 (1.21 to 14.67) · 754 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.96 (2.44 to 9.48) · 738 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 2.19 (0.75 to 3.64) · 289 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.5 (0 to 1.07) · 4,588 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.961 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 1.447 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.071 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.8 · 55 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 21.7 · 132 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 28.5 · 88 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -29.1 · 97 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 17.6 · 164 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.7 · 83 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 11.5 (8.7 to 15.4) · 567 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.3) · 307 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (1,963 patients answered, 18% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 2 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 2 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 1 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 59% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 74% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 74% |
| Staff "always" explained | 55% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 86% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 86% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 69% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 72% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 65% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 68% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 69% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 70% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 33% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 71% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 43% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 86% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$38,114
Medicare paid this office $38,114 for 37 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Procedures Medicare counted
| Removal of tissue | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
37 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 74 · Women 51% · Health risk score 0.98. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical orthopedic surgery clinician is at 1.13.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 68% · Depression 46%.
The office billed $152,356, Medicare allowed $47,646 and paid $38,114; for 55 services of 35 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
| 2024 | 37 | 55 | 74 | 0.98 | $152,356 | $38,114 |
| 2023 | 50 | 92 | 76 | 1.59 | $234,853 | $53,195 |
| 2022 | 44 | 57 | 75 | 1.14 | $159,544 | $36,709 |
| 2021 | 48 | 82 | 71 | 1.44 | $184,141 | $45,689 |
| 2020 | 35 | 94 | 67 | 2.18 | $182,141 | $43,314 |
| 2019 | 53 | 105 | 66 | 1.42 | $279,291 | $65,445 |
| 2018 | 40 | 72 | 72 | 2.11 | $145,222 | $33,609 |
| 2017 | 25 | 48 | 71 | 1.73 | $99,311 | $22,035 |
| 2016 | 36 | 54 | 68 | 1.93 | $68,458 | $14,452 |
| 2015 | 25 | 35 | 64 | 1.95 | $10,361 | $2,651 |
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.
Money from drug and device companies
$8,172 in 2025
| 2025 | 2 | 10 | $5,500 | $8,172 |
| 2024 | 2 | 6 | $2,500 | $2,784 |
| 2023 | 3 | 16 | $26,363 | $28,853 |
| 2022 | 4 | 5 | $3,510 | $4,832 |
| 2021 | 4 | 8 | $4,000 | $6,419 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 2019 | 4 | 9 | $5,000 | $7,266 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Synthes GmbH | None | $8,101 | 9 payments
|
| DePuy Synthes Sales | Trialtis | $71 | 1 payment
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See all 10 published payments
| Synthes GmbH | Travel · 2025-11-15 | None | $652 |
| Synthes GmbH | Meals · 2025-11-15 | None | $141 |
| Synthes GmbH | Consulting · 2025-11-15 | None | $1,500 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales | Meals · 2025-11-08 | Trialtis | $71 |
| Synthes GmbH | Travel · 2025-09-06 | None | $687 |
| Synthes GmbH | Meals · 2025-09-06 | None | $150 |
| Synthes GmbH | Paid to speak or teach · 2025-09-06 | None | $2,500 |
| Synthes GmbH | Meals · 2025-04-28 | None | $146 |
| Synthes GmbH | Paid to speak or teach · 2025-04-28 | None | $1,500 |
| Synthes GmbH | Travel · 2025-04-28 | None | $825 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)
2024: $2,784
| Synthes GmbH | None | $2,720 | 4 payments
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| Smith+Nephew | Evos | $64 | 2 payments
|
2023: $28,853
| Medical Device Business Services | Na | $26,851 | 12 payments
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| Synthes GmbH | None | $1,856 | 3 payments
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| DePuy Synthes Sales | Na | $146 | 1 payment
|
2022: $4,832
| Medical Device Business Services | Na | $3,510 | 2 payments
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| Summit Surgical | None | $1,200 | 1 payment
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| Synthes GmbH | None | $70 | 1 payment
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| OsteoCentric Technologies | Osteocentric 4.0 X 130mm Locking Bone Screw Fastener St | $51 | 1 payment
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2021: $6,419
| Synthes GmbH | None | $4,994 | 4 payments
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| Summit Surgical | None | $1,218 | 2 payments
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| DePuy Synthes Sales | Tfn-Advance | $138 | 1 payment
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| Next Science | Surgx | $70 | 1 payment
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2020: $2,500
| Synthes GmbH | None | $2,500 | 1 payment
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2019: $7,266
| Synthes GmbH | None | $6,969 | 6 payments
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| OsteoCentric Technologies | Unifi Technology | $161 | 1 payment
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| Smith+Nephew | Trigen Intertan | $112 | 1 payment
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| DePuy Synthes Sales | Low Profile Pelvic | $23 | 1 payment
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Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 93.1 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1063738532
- Licence
- WA MD60540419Washington MD.MD.60540419: Active
- Trained
- Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2010
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Medicaid ID
- WA 1063738532
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207XX0801X (207XX0801X)
- Mailing address
- Po Box 50095, Seattle, WA, 98145
- NPI first listed
- 2010-04-08
- NPI last updated
- 2018-08-23
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305