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Edda F Spiekerkoetter, MD

Pulmonary Disease · Stanford

NPI 1184857211

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2 carriers
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2 locations · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group

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13 plans · 2 carriers

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13 of 13 plans

Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Harmony (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health the ONE (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)Santa Clara Family Health PlanListedSep 1, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A109112 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2009 · expires 2027-07-31 · Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg Faculty 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 it
    Overall 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.

Every scored measure at Stanford Health Care
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.317BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.446BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.241BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.86 (0.72 to 1)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.1 · 192 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.4 · 146 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths9.7 · 253 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths6.3 · 880 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 935 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths8.7 · 501 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.1 · 7,730 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.6 · 416 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.869No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.857No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.368No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.2 · 247 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.5 · 1,021 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits47.8 · 258 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-1.6 · 990 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits20.8 · 976 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.5 · 959 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.1 · 425 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits9.6 · 158 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.6 · 183 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care
Room was "always" clean75%
Nurses "always" communicated well82%
Doctors "always" communicated well81%
Staff "always" explained63%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge89%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)79%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects50%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$12,078

Medicare paid this office $12,078 for 69 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)17$2,022$88
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes20$1,232$44

Who their Medicare patients are

69 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 70 · Women 68% · Also on Medicaid 33% · Health risk score 2.30. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical pulmonary disease clinician is at 2.13.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Heart failure 62% · Chronic kidney disease 51% · COPD 39% · Diabetes 36% · Atrial fibrillation 36% · Coronary heart disease 33% · Depression 29%.

The office billed $51,167, Medicare allowed $15,641 and paid $12,078; for 138 services of 16 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

Original Medicare by year
202469138702.30$51,167$12,078
202344116652.62$45,021$10,204
202263156692.36$58,853$14,184
202165170692.40$89,113$18,220
202060153672.90$63,685$13,215
201964159702.98$48,124$13,985
201855103702.69$18,353$7,413
201769167672.93$37,847$11,286
201663147682.50$34,250$10,051
201589222682.70$44,683$13,734
201474177672.32$45,873$13,582
201377203672.27$48,198$14,538

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: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes12$2,991$73

2022: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes18$3,463$62
Return visit (30+ min)19$2,345$84
Long return visit (40+ min)12$1,669$128

2021: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes17$3,137$67
Return visit (30+ min)16$2,413$97
Short return visit (20+ min)13$859$66

2020: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Long return visit (40+ min)15$1,986$105
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes12$1,958$65
Return visit (30+ min)17$1,490$74
Short return visit (20+ min)11$594$46

2019: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes17$2,904$66
Return visit (30+ min)20$1,978$71
Long return visit (40+ min)14$1,674$98
Short return visit (20+ min)15$743$44

2018: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Return visit (30+ min)23$1,978$71
Short return visit (20+ min)20$1,106$46

2017: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes13$2,267$65
Short return visit (20+ min)33$2,115$44
Return visit (30+ min)13$1,340$71

2016: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Short return visit (20+ min)35$2,142$46
Return visit (30+ min)22$1,783$61
Long return visit (40+ min)12$1,346$90

2015: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Long return visit (40+ min)38$4,798$92
Return visit (30+ min)40$3,887$66
New patient visit (60+ min)11$1,601$146
Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume changes before and after medication administration20$236$12
Test to determine lung volumes using sensors18$200$11
Test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases21$172$8

2014: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Long return visit (40+ min)35$5,479$93
Return visit (30+ min)21$2,341$67

2013: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Long return visit (40+ min)38$6,265$91
New patient visit (60+ min)18$2,614$145
Return visit (30+ min)16$1,167$61
Test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases20$170$9
Test to determine lung volumes using sensors13$151$12
Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume changes before and after medication administration13$150$12

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$1,298,340

Pharmacies billed $1,298,340 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 330) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical pulmonary disease clinician is at 0%.

238 generic and 92 brand-name prescriptions · $1,298,340 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.

Largest Part D drug costs
Winrevair20$278,698$13,935
Opsumit17$217,246$12,779
Adempas13$185,686$14,284
Letairis13$153,580$11,814
Ambrisentan52$152,512$2,933
See all 12 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Winrevair20$278,698$13,935
Opsumit17$217,246$12,779
Adempas13$185,686$14,284
Letairis13$153,580$11,814
Ambrisentan52$152,512$2,933
Sildenafil Citrate75$41,325$551
Tadalafil42$38,779$923
Bosentan11$13,718$1,247
Eliquis12$10,736$895
Potassium Chloride18$701$39
Bumetanide15$669$45
Furosemide20$141$7

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024330260% (0)28%$1,298,340
2023276230% (0)22%$1,111,606
2022229280% (0)28%$859,065
2021196240% (0)None$709,412
2020307280% (0)25%$989,215
2019332290% (0)33%$1,192,834
2018332280% (0)45%$840,293
2017384340% (0)49%$1,097,590
2016287310% (0)62%$914,184
2015279270% (0)59%$574,468
2014226280% (0)None$267,062
201322829None30%$171,426

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 8 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Ambrisentan43$292,741$6,808
Opsumit21$271,277$12,918
Adempas12$161,701$13,475
Bosentan11$85,120$7,738
Tadalafil27$61,461$2,276
Sildenafil Citrate88$58,635$666
Potassium Chloride15$1,242$83
Furosemide17$245$14

2022: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Uptravi11$239,021$21,729
Adempas12$152,546$12,712
Opsumit12$124,876$10,406
Ambrisentan35$107,074$3,059
Bosentan11$71,626$6,511
Sildenafil Citrate54$35,527$658
Tadalafil13$29,504$2,270
Trelegy Ellipta12$7,949$662
Furosemide17$147$9

2021: 8 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Uptravi11$213,685$19,426
Adempas12$143,915$11,993
Opsumit13$139,846$10,757
Ambrisentan28$63,151$2,255
Sildenafil Citrate47$27,196$579
Tadalafil17$24,375$1,434
Spiriva Respimat11$5,213$474
Furosemide12$99$8

2020: 8 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Uptravi16$321,382$20,086
Opsumit17$166,074$9,769
Ambrisentan51$141,791$2,780
Bosentan11$73,818$6,711
Sildenafil Citrate92$32,845$357
Spironolactone17$446$26
Furosemide33$258$8
Pantoprazole12$204$17

2019: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Opsumit36$365,734$10,159
Letairis38$359,891$9,471
Ambrisentan26$99,051$3,810
Alyq11$43,948$3,995
Sildenafil Citrate108$17,063$158
Furosemide36$383$11
Spironolactone15$316$21

2018: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Letairis37$362,327$9,793
Opsumit34$313,932$9,233
Adcirca11$58,694$5,336
Sildenafil112$43,745$391
Spiriva14$8,070$576
Bumetanide13$1,818$140
Potassium Chloride11$514$47
Spironolactone22$501$23
Furosemide34$192$6

2017: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Opsumit51$441,216$8,651
Letairis40$379,598$9,490
Adcirca22$95,308$4,332
Sildenafil117$48,995$419
Bumetanide16$916$57
Spironolactone26$476$18
Furosemide48$188$4

2016: 7 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Opsumit64$497,489$7,773
Orenitram Er25$129,154$5,166
Adcirca37$117,891$3,186
Letairis12$107,453$8,954
Sildenafil65$32,688$503
Spironolactone14$198$14
Furosemide23$135$6

2015: 8 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Orenitram Er37$195,318$5,279
Opsumit26$191,327$7,359
Adcirca55$137,566$2,501
Edecrin11$19,854$1,805
Sildenafil40$19,466$487
Potassium Chloride17$710$42
Furosemide32$291$9
Levothyroxine12$196$16

2014: 6 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Opsumit20$144,243$7,212
Adcirca49$96,393$1,967
Sildenafil20$9,176$459
Potassium Chloride14$560$40
Furosemide27$284$11
Spironolactone16$146$9

2013: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Sildenafil30$86,722$2,891
Adcirca21$50,179$2,389
Spironolactone25$387$15
Furosemide34$212$6
Digox16$162$10

Money from drug and device companies

$1,313 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202519None$1,313
202111None$21

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
Merck Sharp & DohmeWinrevair$1,313
9 payments
  • Meals for Winrevair · 2025-11-15 · $48
  • Meals for Winrevair · 2025-11-15 · $35
  • Travel for Winrevair · 2025-11-14 · $256
  • Meals for Winrevair · 2025-11-14 · $48
  • Meals for Winrevair · 2025-11-14 · $48
  • Meals for Winrevair · 2025-11-14 · $100
  • Meals for Winrevair · 2025-11-14 · $35
  • Travel for Winrevair · 2025-11-13 · $486
  • Travel for Winrevair · 2025-11-13 · $256
See all 9 published payments
Every published payment
Merck Sharp & DohmeMeals · 2025-11-15Winrevair$48
Merck Sharp & DohmeMeals · 2025-11-15Winrevair$35
Merck Sharp & DohmeTravel · 2025-11-14Winrevair$256
Merck Sharp & DohmeMeals · 2025-11-14Winrevair$48
Merck Sharp & DohmeMeals · 2025-11-14Winrevair$48
Merck Sharp & DohmeMeals · 2025-11-14Winrevair$100
Merck Sharp & DohmeMeals · 2025-11-14Winrevair$35
Merck Sharp & DohmeTravel · 2025-11-13Winrevair$486
Merck Sharp & DohmeTravel · 2025-11-13Winrevair$256
See earlier years (2021)

2021: $21

Payments by company in 2021
Sunovion PharmaceuticalsGemtesa$21
1 payment
  • Meals for Gemtesa · 2021-06-08 · $21

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
1184857211
Licence
CA A109112California A109112: Current · expires 2027-07-31
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
Yes
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207RP1001X (207RP1001X); Federal specialty code 207RC0200X (207RC0200X)
Mailing address
335 Waverley St, Menlo Park, CA, 94025
NPI first listed
2009-08-24
NPI last updated
2009-08-25

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.