James Joseph Gholson, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Los Gatos
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 3
- 2 carriers
- Offices
- 2
Offices
2 locations · El Camino Health Medical Network LLC · Permanente Medical Group Inc
Plans that list them
3 plans · 2 carriers
A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Gholson’s office to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
3 of 3 plans
| Anthem Full Dual Advantage Aligned (HMO D-SNP) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Medicare Advantage (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$1,915
Pharmacies billed $1,915 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 87% of their Part D prescriptions (122 of 140) in 2024. A higher opioid share than 9 in 10 peers; the typical orthopedic surgery clinician is at 31%.
140 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $1,915 in drug cost.
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.
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 87 | $1,302 | $15 |
| Tramadol | 15 | $103 | $7 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 140 | 78 | 87% (122) | 0% | $1,915 |
| 2023 | 157 | 74 | 71% (111) | None | $2,824 |
| 2022 | 105 | 59 | 76% (80) | 0% | $1,433 |
| 2021 | 113 | 63 | 67% (76) | 0% | $1,436 |
| 2020 | 129 | 56 | 50% (65) | 0% | $2,078 |
| 2019 | 134 | 61 | 39% (52) | None | $2,152 |
| 2018 | 95 | 35 | 33% (31) | 0% | $1,048 |
| 2017 | 82 | 35 | 40% (33) | None | $1,006 |
| 2016 | 44 | 23 | 34% (15) | None | $1,251 |
| 2015 | 46 | 25 | 41% (19) | 0% | $985 |
| 2014 | 68 | 39 | 44% (30) | 0% | $1,412 |
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
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 100 | $1,181 | $12 |
| Diclofenac | 18 | $762 | $42 |
2022: 1 drug
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 75 | $774 | $10 |
2021: 2 drugs
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 70 | $762 | $11 |
| Cephalexin | 12 | $162 | $14 |
2020: 2 drugs
| Celecoxib | 18 | $747 | $41 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 41 | $441 | $11 |
2019: 6 drugs
| Celecoxib | 28 | $1,139 | $41 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 12 | $217 | $18 |
| Tramadol | 25 | $110 | $4 |
| Oxycodone | 11 | $109 | $10 |
| Pantoprazole | 11 | $107 | $10 |
| Meloxicam | 12 | $34 | $3 |
2018: 4 drugs
| Oxycodone | 17 | $245 | $14 |
| Ondansetron | 12 | $133 | $11 |
| Pantoprazole | 15 | $107 | $7 |
| Tramadol | 11 | $64 | $6 |
2017: 3 drugs
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 17 | $286 | $17 |
| Hydroxyzine Pamoate | 11 | $127 | $12 |
| Meloxicam | 17 | $82 | $5 |
2016: 1 drug
| Meloxicam | 14 | $76 | $5 |
2015: 1 drug
| Gabapentin | 17 | $470 | $28 |
2014: 1 drug
| Gabapentin | 16 | $676 | $42 |
Money from drug and device companies
$66 in 2021
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | None | $66 |
| 2019 | 7 | 19 | $1,500 | $7,174 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings | Persona Revision | $66 | 2 payments
|
See all 2 published payments
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings | Meals · 2021-10-22 | Avenir | $30 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings | Meals · 2021-10-22 | Persona Revision | $36 |
See earlier years (2019)
2019: $7,174
| Smith+Nephew | Jii Unicondylar Knee System | $4,834 | 6 payments
|
| Encore Medical Lp | Djo Surgical Taperfill Hip System | $1,525 | 3 payments
|
| Stryker | Mako | $432 | 5 payments
|
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings | Knees Product Portfolio | $176 | 2 payments
|
| Medtronic USA | Aquamantys | $100 | 1 payment
|
| Exactech | Optetrak | $95 | 1 payment
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| Flexion Therapeutics | Zilretta | $12 | 1 payment
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Professional record
- NPI
- 1144669912
- Licence
- IA R-9822, MT 73119
- Trained
- Harvard Medical School, 2013
- Group
- El Camino Health Medical Network LLC · Permanente Medical Group Inc
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Orthopedic surgery (207X00000X)
- Mailing address
- 973 University Ave, Los Gatos, CA, 95032
- NPI first listed
- 2013-06-14
- NPI last updated
- 2026-05-26
- NPI record certified
- 2026-05-26
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA, 52242
This office lists an electronic records connection.