Varvara A Kirchner, MD
General Surgery · Stanford
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 13
- 2 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group
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Plans that list them
13 plans · 2 carriers
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13 of 13 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 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence C175512 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2021 · expires 2027-11-30 · University of Minnesota Medical School.
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
$24,473
Medicare paid this office $24,473 for 29 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 18 | $6,461 | $69 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Removal of tissue | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
29 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 64 · Women 45% · Also on Medicaid 59% · Health risk score 4.04. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical general surgery clinician is at 1.69.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 69% · Diabetes 59% · Coronary heart disease 55% · Heart failure 41%.
The office billed $217,765, Medicare allowed $30,805 and paid $24,473; for 119 services of 12 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 | 29 | 119 | 64 | 4.04 | $217,765 | $24,473 |
| 2023 | 45 | 181 | 62 | 3.74 | $402,375 | $42,531 |
| 2022 | 28 | 151 | 63 | 4.48 | $280,274 | $30,957 |
| 2021 | 39 | 83 | 59 | 5.54 | $97,813 | $21,808 |
| 2020 | 42 | 68 | 61 | 6.02 | $58,937 | $9,777 |
| 2019 | 59 | 134 | 59 | 7.62 | $413,797 | $59,082 |
| 2018 | 47 | 78 | 52 | 6.44 | $217,624 | $28,395 |
| 2017 | 58 | 161 | 53 | 7.02 | $246,525 | $39,422 |
| 2016 | 38 | 139 | 55 | 5.68 | $258,817 | $28,628 |
| 2015 | 48 | 99 | 51 | 6.41 | $283,826 | $10,697 |
| 2014 | 41 | 70 | 53 | 8.75 | $243,124 | $8,532 |
| 2013 | 22 | 33 | 47 | 7.74 | $97,492 | $3,467 |
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: 1 service
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 29 | $9,395 | $72 |
2022: 1 service
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 13 | $3,684 | $65 |
2021: 1 service
| Return visit (30+ min) | 12 | $1,248 | $78 |
2020: 2 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 11 | $1,273 | $58 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 11 | $1,130 | $103 |
2019: 4 services
| Transplantation of donor kidney | 11 | $18,566 | $1,688 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 15 | $1,710 | $57 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 16 | $1,423 | $62 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 15 | $1,248 | $83 |
2018: 2 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 11 | $1,017 | $57 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 11 | $733 | $61 |
2017: 1 service
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 29 | $4,087 | $56 |
2016: 2 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 18 | $2,890 | $56 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 14 | $747 | $39 |
2015: 1 service
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 16 | $1,845 | $54 |
2014: 2 services
| Transplantation of donor kidney | 14 | $3,714 | $265 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 11 | $1,108 | $55 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$9,722
Pharmacies billed $9,722 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 196) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical general surgery clinician is at 34%.
186 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $9,722 in drug cost · 52 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.
| Tacrolimus | 13 | $2,492 | $192 |
| Valganciclovir | 17 | $1,672 | $98 |
| Nystatin | 13 | $446 | $34 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim | 47 | $117 | $2 |
| Pantoprazole | 26 | $73 | $3 |
See all 6 drugs
| Tacrolimus | 13 | $2,492 | $192 |
| Valganciclovir | 17 | $1,672 | $98 |
| Nystatin | 13 | $446 | $34 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim | 47 | $117 | $2 |
| Pantoprazole | 26 | $73 | $3 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 15 | $44 | $3 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 196 | 19 | 0% (0) | None | $9,722 |
| 2023 | 136 | 17 | 0% (0) | 8% | $14,361 |
| 2022 | 169 | 12 | 0% (0) | 16% | $33,822 |
| 2021 | 12 | None | None | None | $1,376 |
| 2020 | 24 | None | None | None | $5,751 |
| 2019 | 89 | 12 | None | None | $12,638 |
| 2018 | 48 | 15 | None | None | $1,901 |
| 2017 | 92 | 17 | None | None | $15,738 |
| 2016 | 61 | 16 | None | None | $4,132 |
| 2015 | 151 | 34 | 12% (18) | None | $52,694 |
| 2014 | 131 | 33 | 14% (18) | None | $42,735 |
| 2013 | 51 | 20 | 39% (20) | 22% | $5,147 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 4 drugs
| Valganciclovir | 14 | $3,950 | $282 |
| Nystatin | 11 | $620 | $56 |
| Pantoprazole | 19 | $185 | $10 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim | 27 | $118 | $4 |
2022: 5 drugs
| Valganciclovir | 17 | $9,482 | $558 |
| Comfort Ez Pen Needle | 11 | $1,918 | $174 |
| Nystatin | 15 | $1,168 | $78 |
| Pantoprazole | 17 | $174 | $10 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim | 23 | $87 | $4 |
2020: 1 drug
| Cyclosporine Modified | 12 | $3,019 | $252 |
2017: 2 drugs
| Valganciclovir | 14 | $7,825 | $559 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim | 21 | $169 | $8 |
2015: 2 drugs
| Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim | 27 | $160 | $6 |
| Finasteride | 12 | $66 | $6 |
Money from drug and device companies
$15,265 in 2025
| 2025 | 3 | 15 | $12,700 | $15,265 |
| 2024 | 1 | 8 | None | $705 |
| 2023 | 2 | 8 | None | $2,030 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | None | $144 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | None | $579 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Ethicon US | Echelon; Endopath | $12,978 | 6 payments
|
| Medical Device Business Services | None | $2,093 | 7 payments
|
| Paragonix Technologies | Kidneyvault | $195 | 2 payments
|
See all 15 published payments
| Ethicon US | Meals · 2025-11-03 | Surgicel Nu-Knit | $51 |
| Ethicon US | Meals · 2025-10-31 | Surgicel Nu-Knit | $125 |
| Ethicon US | Meals · 2025-10-30 | Echelon Flex | $20 |
| Ethicon US | Meals · 2025-10-27 | Surgicel Nu-Knit | $31 |
| Paragonix Technologies | Meals · 2025-09-24 | Kidneyvault | $138 |
| Paragonix Technologies | Meals · 2025-09-02 | Kidneyvault | $57 |
| Ethicon US | Consulting · 2025-06-18 | Echelon; Endopath | $12,700 |
| Medical Device Business Services | Meals · 2025-05-15 | None | $32 |
| Medical Device Business Services | Meals · 2025-05-15 | None | $27 |
| Medical Device Business Services | Meals · 2025-05-15 | None | $23 |
| Medical Device Business Services | Travel · 2025-05-14 | None | $346 |
| Medical Device Business Services | Travel · 2025-05-14 | None | $1,287 |
| Medical Device Business Services | Meals · 2025-05-14 | None | $103 |
| Medical Device Business Services | Travel · 2025-05-14 | None | $274 |
| Ethicon US | Meals · 2025-02-27 | Ethicon | $51 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2019)
2024: $705
| Ethicon US | Stratafix | $705 | 8 payments
|
2023: $2,030
| Intuitive Surgical | Davinci Xi | $1,835 | 5 payments
|
| Ethicon US | Echelon Flex | $195 | 3 payments
|
2022: $144
| Ethicon US | Echelon Flex | $121 | 1 payment
|
| Alcresta Therapeutics | Relizorb | $24 | 1 payment
|
2019: $579
| Covidien LP | Emprint | $579 | 2 payments
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Professional record
- NPI
- 1083844146
- Licence
- CA C175512, MN 52597California C175512: Current · expires 2027-11-30
- Trained
- University of Minnesota Medical School, 2006
- Group
- Stanford Health Care
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 204F00000X (204F00000X); Surgery (208600000X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
- NPI first listed
- 2009-07-22
- NPI last updated
- 2026-09-02
- NPI record certified
- 2026-09-02
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.