Vanika Chawla, MD
Psychiatry · Palo Alto
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 4
- 1 carrier
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location
Plans that list them
4 plans · 1 carrier
A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Chawla’s office at (650) 723-4000 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
| 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 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A174506 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2021 · expires 2027-08-31 · University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Original Medicare doctor bills
$16,495
Medicare paid this office $16,495 for 19 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 11 | $6,973 | $120 |
Who their Medicare patients are
19 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 63 · Health risk score 1.23. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical psychiatry clinician is at 1.35.
Conditions among them: Depression 75%.
The office billed $73,473, Medicare allowed $21,174 and paid $16,495; for 235 services of 14 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.
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$481
Pharmacies billed $481 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 34) in 2024. Too few prescriptions to compare fairly with other clinicians.
34 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $481 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.
| Bupropion Xl | 13 | $197 | $15 |
| Duloxetine | 11 | $124 | $11 |
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
- 1154096857
- Licence
- CA A174506California A174506: Current · expires 2027-08-31
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Psychiatry (2084P0800X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
- NPI first listed
- 2021-08-13
- NPI last updated
- 2024-04-29
- NPI record certified
- 2024-04-29
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 401 Quarry Rd, Palo Alto, CA, 94304