Clifford Chew, MD

1 location

Hospitals listed: California Pacific Medical Center - Mission Bernal · California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness Campus · Chinese Hospital · UCSF Health Hyde Hospital · UCSF Health Stanyan Hospital. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

9 plans · 1 carrier

5 hospitals

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

• California Pacific Medical Center - Mission BernalSan Francisco, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Church · Has an emergency departmentPart of Sutter Health, which runs 27 hospitals in 2 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 76% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.322, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
• California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Sutter Health, which runs 27 hospitals in 2 statesPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 78% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.224, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.325, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.373, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
• Chinese HospitalSan Francisco, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 64% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 2 of 5 starsNo measure marked better or worse than the national rate
• UCSF Health Saint Francis HospitalSan Francisco, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of CommonSpirit Health, which runs 145 hospitals in 19 statesPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 61% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.251, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
• UCSF Health St. Mary'S HospitalSan Francisco, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of CommonSpirit Health, which runs 145 hospitals in 19 statesPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 60% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025

$134,884

Medicare paid this office $134,884 for 666 people.

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

Procedures Medicare counted

Procedures year by year

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

666 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 78 · Under 65 4% · 85 and older 28% · Women 59% · Also on Medicaid 78% · Health risk score 1.33. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical otolaryngology clinician is at 1.19.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 44% · Chronic kidney disease 27% · COPD 19% · Depression 18% · Heart failure 15% · Coronary heart disease 13% · Atrial fibrillation 11% · Cancer 10% · Dementia 9% · Stroke 8%.

The office billed $297,780, Medicare allowed $183,882 and paid $134,884; for 1,974 services of 43 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 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.

$58,311 in 2024

Medicaid paid $58,311 for 1,088 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 80 people in a month for one service.

Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.

$61,854

Pharmacies billed $61,854 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

Opioids were 1% of their Part D prescriptions (15 of 1,944) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical otolaryngology clinician is at 4%.

1,866 generic and 78 brand-name prescriptions · $61,854 in drug cost · 186 antibiotic prescriptions to 146 people.

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.

Year by year

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

$129 in 2024

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

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

NPI

1215036066

Licence

CA A624720

Gender

Male