Byrne Lee, MD
General Surgery · Stanford
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 17
- 3 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group
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Plans that list them
17 plans · 3 carriers
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17 of 17 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 |
| 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 A90704 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2010 · expires 2027-08-31 · New York Medical College.
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
$83,743
Medicare paid this office $83,743 for 115 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 52 | $7,978 | $123 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 31 | $4,936 | $159 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 25 | $3,067 | $88 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Colonoscopy | 1-10 | None |
| Removal of the uterus | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
115 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Women 52% · Also on Medicaid 25% · Health risk score 2.11. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical general surgery clinician is at 1.69.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 67% · Cancer 63% · Coronary heart disease 31% · Diabetes 27% · Chronic kidney disease 23% · Atrial fibrillation 23% · Depression 17% · Heart failure 15%.
The office billed $487,959, Medicare allowed $105,277 and paid $83,743; for 232 services of 49 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 | 115 | 232 | 73 | 2.11 | $487,959 | $83,743 |
| 2023 | 140 | 294 | 74 | 2.19 | $611,263 | $94,198 |
| 2022 | 167 | 382 | 73 | 2.13 | $710,958 | $111,362 |
| 2021 | 164 | 407 | 71 | 2.00 | $845,392 | $133,099 |
| 2020 | 101 | 292 | 72 | 2.17 | $617,115 | $100,543 |
| 2019 | 113 | 252 | 70 | 2.79 | $328,310 | $74,006 |
| 2018 | 129 | 387 | 70 | 2.64 | $566,207 | $116,927 |
| 2017 | 116 | 344 | 70 | 2.67 | $574,828 | $121,937 |
| 2016 | 120 | 329 | 69 | 2.39 | $538,076 | $111,183 |
| 2015 | 90 | 211 | 70 | 2.27 | $341,463 | $79,261 |
| 2014 | 62 | 157 | 71 | 2.00 | $271,919 | $56,286 |
| 2013 | 55 | 107 | 64 | 2.03 | $138,173 | $28,642 |
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: 3 services
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 56 | $9,352 | $167 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 70 | $8,310 | $84 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 16 | $2,394 | $133 |
2022: 6 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 91 | $13,214 | $88 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 32 | $5,590 | $175 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 21 | $2,533 | $121 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 17 | $2,288 | $135 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 17 | $1,381 | $77 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 21 | $1,365 | $57 |
2021: 6 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 66 | $9,195 | $95 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 31 | $5,796 | $187 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 28 | $3,353 | $120 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 33 | $2,061 | $56 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 16 | $1,581 | $83 |
| Other chemotherapy procedure | 17 | $365 | $21 |
2020: 5 services
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 43 | $5,224 | $121 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 41 | $3,038 | $47 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 15 | $1,453 | $97 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 16 | $1,274 | $75 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 16 | $1,108 | $69 |
2019: 2 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 45 | $2,948 | $40 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 22 | $2,271 | $103 |
2018: 3 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 54 | $3,863 | $40 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 24 | $2,630 | $110 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 16 | $1,037 | $65 |
2017: 3 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 53 | $3,864 | $41 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 30 | $3,303 | $110 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 11 | $602 | $55 |
2016: 5 services
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 22 | $2,426 | $110 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 34 | $2,012 | $39 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 14 | $2,006 | $143 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 13 | $1,714 | $132 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 12 | $865 | $67 |
2015: 4 services
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 16 | $2,241 | $140 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 11 | $1,215 | $110 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 11 | $932 | $67 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 13 | $715 | $40 |
2014: 1 service
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 13 | $625 | $37 |
2013: 1 service
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 26 | $1,388 | $40 |
Money from drug and device companies
$56 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | None | $56 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | None | $35 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Boston Scientific | General - Interventional Oncology | $56 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Boston Scientific | Meals · 2025-10-22 | General - Interventional Oncology | $56 |
See earlier years (2019)
2019: $35
| Intuitive Surgical | Da Vinci Surgical System | $35 | 2 payments
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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
- 1134137110
- Licence
- CA A90704California A90704: Current · expires 2027-08-31
- Trained
- New York Medical College, 2000
- Group
- Stanford Health Care
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Medicaid ID
- CA 00A907040
- Taxonomy
- Surgery (208600000X); Surgical oncology (2086X0206X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
- NPI first listed
- 2006-08-04
- NPI last updated
- 2024-04-27
- NPI record certified
- 2024-04-27
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.