Christopher Scott Mow, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Stanford
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 18
- 4 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
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
| Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Harmony (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health the ONE (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Full Dual Advantage Aligned (HMO D-SNP) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Classic (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN MyChoice (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence G74362 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 1992 · expires 2028-06-30 · New York University 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 itOverall 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.
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases | Worse | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.317 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.446 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.241 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases | Better | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.86 (0.72 to 1) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.1 · 192 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.4 · 146 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 9.7 · 253 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 6.3 · 880 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 10.3 · 935 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 8.7 · 501 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.1 · 7,730 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.6 · 416 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.869 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.857 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.368 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.2 · 247 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.5 · 1,021 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 47.8 · 258 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -1.6 · 990 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.8 · 976 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.5 · 959 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.1 · 425 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 9.6 · 158 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.6 · 183 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 75% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 82% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained | 63% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 89% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 89% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 76% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 80% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 76% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 77% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 79% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 88% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 53% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 83% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 50% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 90% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$25,408
Medicare paid this office $25,408 for 222 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 86 | $8,234 | $96 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 77 | $7,405 | $76 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 22 | $2,874 | $131 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 24 | $2,859 | $110 |
| Short return visit | 40 | $2,106 | $50 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Knee replacement | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
222 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Women 60% · Also on Medicaid 12% · Health risk score 1.03. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical orthopedic surgery clinician is at 1.13.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 68% · Diabetes 27% · Coronary heart disease 26% · Chronic kidney disease 21% · Atrial fibrillation 20% · Cancer 15% · Depression 14% · Heart failure 10% · COPD 8% · Stroke 5%.
The office billed $140,626, Medicare allowed $36,210 and paid $25,408; for 285 services of 10 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 | 222 | 285 | 76 | 1.03 | $140,626 | $25,408 |
| 2023 | 179 | 308 | 76 | 1.06 | $143,741 | $24,184 |
| 2022 | 148 | 268 | 77 | 0.87 | $120,758 | $16,931 |
| 2021 | 159 | 221 | 76 | 0.94 | $127,190 | $20,341 |
| 2020 | 153 | 290 | 75 | 0.92 | $166,859 | $17,617 |
| 2019 | 196 | 478 | 75 | 0.93 | $352,159 | $37,178 |
| 2018 | 241 | 630 | 75 | 0.89 | $357,431 | $37,394 |
| 2017 | 279 | 509 | 75 | 0.92 | $350,109 | $50,446 |
| 2016 | 315 | 543 | 74 | 0.90 | $358,574 | $88,970 |
| 2015 | 317 | 540 | 74 | 0.96 | $296,170 | $86,724 |
| 2014 | 384 | 651 | 74 | 0.85 | $363,757 | $106,397 |
| 2013 | 413 | 804 | 75 | 0.91 | $391,505 | $120,708 |
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
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 78 | $7,998 | $80 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 53 | $5,341 | $101 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 36 | $4,414 | $113 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 23 | $3,704 | $161 |
2022: 5 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 91 | $9,457 | $82 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 29 | $2,397 | $83 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 16 | $1,934 | $114 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 14 | $1,394 | $100 |
| Telehealth originating site facility fee | 15 | $351 | $18 |
2021: 3 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 101 | $11,594 | $82 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 27 | $4,154 | $154 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 31 | $3,263 | $105 |
2020: 4 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 126 | $9,991 | $61 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 28 | $2,624 | $94 |
| Short return visit | 13 | $638 | $43 |
| Telehealth originating site facility fee | 15 | $360 | $21 |
2019: 3 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 165 | $15,363 | $61 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 26 | $2,364 | $91 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 17 | $1,357 | $80 |
2018: 3 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 214 | $17,202 | $56 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 23 | $2,020 | $88 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 19 | $1,815 | $86 |
2017: 5 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 224 | $18,674 | $60 |
| Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee | 12 | $14,689 | $1,224 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 41 | $3,491 | $85 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 19 | $1,696 | $85 |
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 17 | $925 | $54 |
2016: 7 services
| Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee | 30 | $37,669 | $1,177 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 170 | $13,724 | $62 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 133 | $12,394 | $83 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 35 | $6,089 | $174 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 41 | $5,866 | $120 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 20 | $2,696 | $135 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and | 18 | $880 | $49 |
2015: 7 services
| Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee | 21 | $28,684 | $1,195 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 174 | $17,741 | $92 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 135 | $10,318 | $60 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 55 | $8,476 | $132 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 32 | $5,626 | $176 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 22 | $2,928 | $133 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and | 12 | $652 | $50 |
2014: 7 services
| Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee | 25 | $35,981 | $1,241 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 168 | $17,478 | $90 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 204 | $16,059 | $61 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 49 | $7,593 | $131 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 32 | $5,795 | $181 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 38 | $5,562 | $146 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and | 18 | $1,006 | $50 |
2013: 7 services
| Replacement of knee joint, both sides of knee | 27 | $38,363 | $1,421 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 248 | $21,401 | $59 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 178 | $19,220 | $91 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 55 | $7,380 | $117 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 40 | $7,066 | $177 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 34 | $4,709 | $138 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and | 26 | $1,285 | $48 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$616
Pharmacies billed $616 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 33% of their Part D prescriptions (13 of 39) in 2024. Too few prescriptions to compare fairly with other clinicians.
39 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $616 in drug cost · 22 antibiotic prescriptions to 16 people.
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.
| Amoxicillin | 12 | $43 | $3 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 39 | 19 | 33% (13) | 0% | $616 |
| 2023 | 38 | 21 | 40% (15) | 0% | $768 |
| 2022 | 50 | 28 | 26% (13) | None | $1,156 |
| 2021 | 45 | 25 | 27% (12) | 0% | $735 |
| 2020 | 57 | 37 | 28% (16) | 0% | $862 |
| 2019 | 86 | 47 | 45% (39) | 0% | $1,439 |
| 2018 | 113 | 64 | 35% (39) | None | $2,669 |
| 2017 | 123 | 79 | 36% (44) | None | $1,520 |
| 2016 | 206 | 106 | 39% (80) | None | $5,285 |
| 2015 | 238 | 118 | 29% (68) | None | $5,936 |
| 2014 | 322 | 126 | 35% (111) | 4% | $6,913 |
| 2013 | 323 | 113 | 43% (138) | 5% | $8,223 |
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
| Hydromorphone | 11 | $505 | $46 |
| Amoxicillin | 15 | $43 | $3 |
2022: 1 drug
| Amoxicillin | 19 | $51 | $3 |
2021: 2 drugs
| Hydromorphone | 11 | $507 | $46 |
| Amoxicillin | 26 | $82 | $3 |
2020: 2 drugs
| Hydromorphone | 12 | $553 | $46 |
| Amoxicillin | 28 | $112 | $4 |
2019: 2 drugs
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 22 | $312 | $14 |
| Amoxicillin | 36 | $152 | $4 |
2018: 3 drugs
| Hydromorphone | 12 | $559 | $47 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 15 | $338 | $23 |
| Amoxicillin | 47 | $202 | $4 |
2017: 2 drugs
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 20 | $331 | $17 |
| Amoxicillin | 64 | $262 | $4 |
2016: 4 drugs
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 30 | $1,065 | $36 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 22 | $554 | $25 |
| Amoxicillin | 95 | $383 | $4 |
| Oxycodone | 13 | $319 | $25 |
2015: 4 drugs
| Erythromycin | 11 | $1,228 | $112 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 31 | $1,136 | $37 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 19 | $358 | $19 |
| Amoxicillin | 125 | $357 | $3 |
2014: 5 drugs
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 66 | $1,480 | $22 |
| Erythromycin | 14 | $454 | $32 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 22 | $432 | $20 |
| Amoxicillin | 147 | $404 | $3 |
| Clindamycin | 12 | $29 | $2 |
2013: 4 drugs
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 97 | $1,947 | $20 |
| Amoxicillin | 138 | $401 | $3 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 19 | $181 | $10 |
| Clindamycin | 12 | $36 | $3 |
Money from drug and device companies
$379 in 2020
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings | Rosa-Knee | $260 | 2 payments
|
| Stryker | Mako | $119 | 1 payment
|
See all 3 published payments
| Stryker | Travel · 2020-03-12 | Mako | $119 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings | Meals · 2020-03-04 | Rosa-Knee | $130 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings | Meals · 2020-03-03 | Rosa-Knee | $130 |
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
- 1073584249
- Licence
- CA G74362California G74362: Current · expires 2028-06-30
- Trained
- New York University School of Medicine, 1986
- Group
- Stanford Health Care
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207XS0114X (207XS0114X); Orthopedic surgery (207X00000X)
- Mailing address
- 500 E Remington Dr, Suite 29, Sunnyvale, CA, 94087
- NPI first listed
- 2006-01-27
- NPI last updated
- 2024-05-06
- NPI record certified
- 2024-05-06
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.