Yasuhiro Shudo, MD
Cardiac 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
Hospitals listed: Stanford Health Care. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
17 plans · 3 carriers
A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Shudo’s office at (650) 723-4000 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
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 A153748 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2018 · expires 2027-10-31 · Osaka University School of Medicine.
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
$111,754
Medicare paid this office $111,754 for 99 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery | 51 | $31,278 | $613 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 13 | $9,047 | $185 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 14 | $1,023 | $73 |
Who their Medicare patients are
99 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Women 38% · Also on Medicaid 21% · Health risk score 1.91. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical cardiac surgery clinician is at 1.73.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Heart failure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 75% · Coronary heart disease 72% · Atrial fibrillation 63% · Diabetes 47% · COPD 31% · Depression 19% · Cancer 18% · Dementia 15% · Stroke 14%.
The office billed $1,200,653, Medicare allowed $140,314 and paid $111,754; for 322 services of 45 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 | 99 | 322 | 76 | 1.91 | $1,200,653 | $111,754 |
| 2023 | 129 | 342 | 76 | 2.21 | $1,490,236 | $136,753 |
| 2022 | 125 | 347 | 74 | 1.70 | $1,278,273 | $127,477 |
| 2021 | 103 | 312 | 73 | 1.91 | $1,095,554 | $112,975 |
| 2020 | 92 | 318 | 68 | 2.75 | $1,042,989 | $117,613 |
| 2019 | 37 | 174 | 71 | 2.02 | $588,309 | $65,667 |
| 2018 | 34 | 212 | 63 | 3.03 | $682,954 | $78,499 |
| 2017 | 54 | 268 | 62 | 2.86 | $782,643 | $73,951 |
| 2016 | 37 | 103 | 62 | 2.34 | $501,947 | $25,317 |
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: 2 services
| Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery | 70 | $44,416 | $635 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 31 | $24,044 | $192 |
2022: 2 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 59 | $35,477 | $195 |
| Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery | 43 | $27,968 | $650 |
2021: 2 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 44 | $32,091 | $199 |
| Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery | 34 | $22,494 | $662 |
2020: 2 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 48 | $33,043 | $203 |
| Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery | 15 | $10,119 | $675 |
2019: 1 service
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 11 | $8,318 | $198 |
2017: 2 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 13 | $15,702 | $196 |
| Insertion of implanted blood flow assist device in lower heart chamber | 11 | $4,031 | $366 |
Money from drug and device companies
$5,126 in 2025
| 2025 | 2 | 5 | None | $5,126 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | None | $7,611 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $59 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4 | $3,200 | $3,468 |
| 2019 | 1 | 7 | $1,625 | $2,725 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| TransMedics | Organ Care System | $4,969 | 4 payments
|
| AtriCure | Atricure Cryoice Cryosphere Cryoablation System | $157 | 1 payment
|
See all 5 published payments
| TransMedics | Travel · 2025-11-03 | Organ Care System | $1,044 |
| TransMedics | Travel · 2025-11-02 | Organ Care System | $639 |
| TransMedics | Travel · 2025-10-15 | Organ Care System | $3,135 |
| AtriCure | Meals · 2025-05-04 | Atricure Cryoice Cryosphere Cryoablation System | $157 |
| TransMedics | Travel · 2025-01-09 | Organ Care System | $151 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019)
2024: $7,611
| TransMedics | Organ Care System | $7,611 | 2 payments
|
2023: $59
| Paragonix Technologies | Paragonix Sherpapak Cardiac Transport System | $59 | 1 payment
|
2022: $1,000
| Paragonix Technologies | Paragonix Sherpapak Cardiac Transport System | $1,000 | 1 payment
|
2020: $3,468
| Medtronic Vascular | Heartware Hvad | $2,107 | 2 payments
|
| Paragonix Technologies | Sherpacool | $1,250 | 1 payment
|
| Abiomed | Impella | $111 | 1 payment
|
2019: $2,725
| Medtronic Vascular | Heartware Hvad | $2,725 | 7 payments
|
Research money
Money a company paid to run a study. Where it went to their institution, the clinician is named as an investigator and did not receive it; the amount covers the whole study, often across many sites.
| XVIVO Perfusion Inc. · Preserve Heart Study · 2024 | Their institution | $31,373 |
| XVIVO Perfusion Inc. · Preserve · 2025 | Their institution | $30,158 |
| TRANSMEDICS, INC. · Heart Expand Cap · 2020 | Their institution | $29,724 |
| TRANSMEDICS, INC. · Ocsheart-01-Clinpas · 2023 | Their institution | $28,239 |
| TRANSMEDICS, INC. · Ocs-Heart-Ohp-II · 2024 | Their institution | $28,000 |
| TRANSMEDICS, INC. · Ocs-Car-121918 · 2022 | Their institution | $22,756 |
| TRANSMEDICS, INC. · Ocs-Heart-Ohp-II · 2025 | Their institution | $21,000 |
| TRANSMEDICS, INC. · Ocs-Heart-Ohp-II · 2023 | Their institution | $17,095 |
| TRANSMEDICS, INC. · Ocs-Car-08242020 · 2021 | Their institution | $16,538 |
| TRANSMEDICS, INC. · Dcd Heart · 2020 | Their institution | $14,152 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. · Global Utilization and Registry Database for Improved Heart Preservation · 2022 | Their institution | $12,850 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. · Global Utilization and Registry Database for Improved Heart Preservation · 2021 | Their institution | $12,358 |
| TRANSMEDICS, INC. · Ocs-Car-08242020 · 2022 | Their institution | $9,925 |
| TRANSMEDICS, INC. · Ocs-Car-03202019 · 2022 | Their institution | $5,946 |
| TRANSMEDICS, INC. · Ocs-Car-03202019 · 2021 | Their institution | $4,417 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. · Observational Study of Sherpapak Cardiac Transport System · 2024 | Their institution | $3,200 |
| Paragonix Technologies, Inc. · Global Utilization and Registry Database for Improved Heart Preservation · 2023 | Their institution | $1,600 |
| TransMedics, Inc. · Expand Heart · 2019 | This clinician | $376 |
| TransMedics, Inc. · Dcd Heart · 2019 | This clinician | $376 |
| TRANSMEDICS, INC. · Ocs-Car-121918 · 2021 | Their institution | $347 |
| TransMedics, Inc. · Expand Lung · 2019 | This clinician | $107 |
| TransMedics, Inc. · Heart Registry · 2019 | This clinician | $107 |
| TransMedics, Inc. · Heart Research · 2019 | This clinician | $107 |
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
- 1184004061
- Licence
- CA A153748, CA F373California A153748: Current · expires 2027-10-31
- Group
- Stanford Health Care
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Thoracic surgery (208G00000X); Federal specialty code 2086S0129X (2086S0129X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
- NPI first listed
- 2015-06-04
- 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.
Extra NPI addresses: 708 Oak Grove Ave, Menlo Park, CA, 94025