G. James Avery
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · San Francisco
- Medicare standing
- 1 flag on the record
- Listed below.
- Plans that list them
- 9
- 1 carrier
- Office
- 1
On the public record
- California licence: Delinquent
Offices
1 location
Plans that list them
9 plans · 1 carrier
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| 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 |
California Medical Board record
Licence G38981 · Delinquent
Licence status: Delinquent · since 1979 · expires 2026-04-30 · Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
License renewal fee has not been paid. No practice is permitted.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Original Medicare doctor bills
$19,829
Medicare paid this office $19,829 for 46 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 11 | $2,710 | $246 |
Procedures year by year
| Procedure | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 15 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 29 | 11 |
| Harvest of vein using an endoscope | 15 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 26 | – |
| Replacement of mitral valve on heart-lung machine | – | – | – | 11 | 13 | – |
| Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 1 graft | – | 12 | – | – | 11 | – |
| Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine | – | – | 13 | – | – | – |
| Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts | – | – | – | – | 11 | – |
Times billed to Original Medicare each year. A blank year means fewer than 11 people had it, or none: Medicare does not publish smaller counts. Medicare Advantage patients are not included.
Who their Medicare patients are
46 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 68 · Under 65 24% · 85 and older 0% · Women 28% · Also on Medicaid 37% · Health risk score 2.49. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical cardiac surgery clinician is at 1.73.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 72% · Atrial fibrillation 72% · Heart failure 65% · Chronic kidney disease 54% · Diabetes 37% · Depression 24%.
The office billed $132,750, Medicare allowed $25,170 and paid $19,829; for 113 services of 37 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 | 46 | 113 | 68 | 2.49 | $132,750 | $19,829 |
| 2023 | 85 | 225 | 72 | 2.14 | $241,320 | $38,852 |
| 2022 | 63 | 164 | 70 | 1.56 | $167,959 | $28,160 |
| 2021 | 84 | 200 | 72 | 2.00 | $236,421 | $41,183 |
| 2020 | 73 | 175 | 68 | 1.93 | $188,058 | $33,178 |
| 2019 | 71 | 149 | 71 | 1.88 | $188,316 | $35,071 |
| 2018 | 100 | 220 | 71 | 2.06 | $263,285 | $47,802 |
| 2017 | 82 | 183 | 70 | 1.90 | $220,764 | $40,662 |
| 2016 | 106 | 230 | 70 | 2.16 | $254,284 | $48,018 |
| 2015 | 96 | 202 | 71 | 2.20 | $225,051 | $45,049 |
| 2014 | 79 | 142 | 73 | 1.88 | $161,499 | $29,595 |
| 2013 | 75 | 166 | 71 | 1.77 | $184,864 | $27,951 |
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: 5 services
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 29 | $6,595 | $227 |
| Replacement of mitral valve on heart-lung machine | 13 | $4,542 | $349 |
| Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts | 11 | $597 | $54 |
| Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 1 graft | 11 | $271 | $25 |
| Harvest of vein using an endoscope | 26 | $56 | $2 |
2022: 3 services
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 22 | $4,394 | $200 |
| Replacement of mitral valve on heart-lung machine | 11 | $3,978 | $362 |
| Harvest of vein using an endoscope | 17 | $37 | $2 |
2021: 3 services
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 19 | $4,542 | $227 |
| Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine | 13 | $3,768 | $290 |
| Harvest of vein using an endoscope | 24 | $54 | $2 |
2020: 3 services
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 24 | $5,905 | $246 |
| Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 1 graft | 12 | $312 | $26 |
| Harvest of vein using an endoscope | 25 | $68 | $3 |
2019: 2 services
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 15 | $3,503 | $234 |
| Harvest of vein using an endoscope | 15 | $33 | $2 |
2018: 4 services
| Replacement of mitral valve on heart-lung machine | 17 | $6,274 | $369 |
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 18 | $4,185 | $232 |
| Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine | 12 | $3,238 | $249 |
| Harvest of vein using an endoscope | 20 | $44 | $2 |
2017: 6 services
| Replacement of mitral valve on heart-lung machine | 15 | $7,785 | $519 |
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 23 | $5,019 | $218 |
| Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine | 12 | $3,780 | $315 |
| Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine | 11 | $3,692 | $336 |
| Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 1 graft | 12 | $305 | $25 |
| Harvest of vein using an endoscope | 21 | $46 | $2 |
2016: 5 services
| Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine | 21 | $5,514 | $263 |
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 23 | $5,330 | $232 |
| Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine | 11 | $3,218 | $293 |
| Coronary artery bypass or valve procedure reoperation more than 1 month after original operation | 11 | $791 | $72 |
| Harvest of vein using an endoscope | 23 | $51 | $2 |
2015: 4 services
| Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine | 19 | $7,791 | $410 |
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 26 | $7,619 | $293 |
| Radical reconstruction of mitral valve on heart-lung machine | 12 | $3,555 | $296 |
| Harvest of vein using an endoscope | 21 | $60 | $3 |
2014: 1 service
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 11 | $3,734 | $339 |
2013: 1 service
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 11 | $2,677 | $243 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Year by year
| 2016 | 11 | None | None | None | $643 |
| 2014 | 14 | None | None | None | $484 |
| 2013 | 13 | None | None | None | $269 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
Money from drug and device companies
$113 in 2024
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | None | $113 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $101 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | None | $13 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | None | $62 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | None | $121 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Spinal Elements | Medical Devices | $68 | 1 payment
|
| Edwards Lifesciences | Konect Resilia | $45 | 1 payment
|
See all 2 published payments
| Edwards Lifesciences | Meals · 2024-06-21 | Konect Resilia | $45 |
| Spinal Elements | Meals · 2024-06-06 | Medical Devices | $68 |
See earlier years (2023, 2022, 2021, 2019)
2023: $101
| LeMaitre Vascular | Restoreflow | $101 | 1 payment
|
2022: $13
| Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals | Jardiance | $13 | 1 payment
|
2021: $62
| Edwards Lifesciences | Inspiris Resilia Aortic Valve | $44 | 1 payment
|
| Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals | Jardiance | $18 | 1 payment
|
2019: $121
| ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | Lifevest | $121 | 1 payment
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Professional record
- NPI
- 1154340289
- Licence
- CA G38981California G38981: Delinquent · expires 2026-04-30
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Thoracic surgery (208G00000X)
- Mailing address
- 325 Distel Cir, Los Altos, CA, 94022
- NPI first listed
- 2006-07-19
- NPI last updated
- 2020-05-28
- NPI record certified
- 2020-05-28
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.