Fred M Baik, MD
Otolaryngology · 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
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Plans that list them
17 plans · 3 carriers
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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 A156016 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2018 · expires 2027-07-31 · University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
State licence records
1 licence
- Washington MDRE.ML.60224673Physician And Surgeon Residency Limited License · since 2011 · expires 2017-07-31ExpiredNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state
We check Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, plus California above. A state that is not in this list has not been checked, which is not the same as clear.
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
$73,073
Medicare paid this office $73,073 for 113 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 68 | $4,555 | $54 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 26 | $4,230 | $163 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 17 | $783 | $46 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Melanoma (skin cancer) excision | 23 | More than 76% of doctors who do this |
| Removal of tissue | 1-10 | None |
| Skin biopsy | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
113 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Women 42% · Also on Medicaid 20% · Health risk score 1.93. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical otolaryngology clinician is at 1.19.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 32% · Chronic kidney disease 27% · Diabetes 23% · Cancer 21% · Atrial fibrillation 19% · Heart failure 17% · COPD 15% · Depression 15%.
The office billed $731,039, Medicare allowed $93,336 and paid $73,073; for 293 services of 65 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 | 113 | 293 | 76 | 1.93 | $731,039 | $73,073 |
| 2023 | 146 | 433 | 75 | 1.87 | $830,209 | $87,110 |
| 2022 | 160 | 529 | 75 | 1.90 | $1,056,767 | $120,139 |
| 2021 | 139 | 414 | 74 | 1.98 | $868,866 | $103,322 |
| 2020 | 68 | 240 | 76 | 1.74 | $588,994 | $65,354 |
| 2019 | 69 | 268 | 76 | 1.85 | $660,382 | $77,893 |
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: 6 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 82 | $8,013 | $54 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 30 | $4,895 | $163 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 50 | $3,247 | $57 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 12 | $1,596 | $133 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 16 | $1,333 | $83 |
| Short return visit | 27 | $897 | $29 |
2022: 10 services
| Skin graft with repair of small blood vessel | 15 | $30,911 | $1,932 |
| Removal of lymph nodes, muscle, and tissue of neck | 19 | $17,870 | $941 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 65 | $5,779 | $54 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 29 | $4,708 | $162 |
| Partial thickness self skin graft to trunk, arms, or legs, 100.0 sq cm or 1% body area for infants and children, or less | 13 | $4,416 | $340 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 48 | $3,655 | $60 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 26 | $2,160 | $55 |
| Short return visit | 48 | $1,852 | $28 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 13 | $989 | $71 |
| Short return visit | 20 | $567 | $25 |
2021: 9 services
| Removal of lymph nodes, muscle, and tissue of neck | 16 | $21,020 | $1,236 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 42 | $2,867 | $57 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 42 | $2,726 | $56 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 16 | $2,666 | $167 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 19 | $2,396 | $126 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 28 | $1,646 | $57 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 21 | $1,613 | $62 |
| Short return visit | 21 | $788 | $32 |
| Short return visit | 27 | $729 | $24 |
2020: 4 services
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 24 | $3,761 | $157 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 33 | $2,087 | $41 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 17 | $1,420 | $65 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 13 | $957 | $42 |
2019: 6 services
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 23 | $3,452 | $150 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 21 | $3,152 | $150 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 19 | $1,465 | $61 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 11 | $899 | $43 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 12 | $717 | $60 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 13 | $670 | $42 |
Money from drug and device companies
$99 in 2025
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | None | $99 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | None | $77 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 | None | $69 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Axogen | None | $37 | 1 payment
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| KLS-Martin L.P. | None | $34 | 1 payment
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| DePuy Synthes Sales | Matrixmandible | $27 | 1 payment
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See all 3 published payments
| Axogen | Meals · 2025-10-23 | None | $37 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales | Meals · 2025-04-02 | Matrixmandible | $27 |
| KLS-Martin L.P. | Meals · 2025-01-28 | None | $34 |
See earlier years (2020, 2019)
2020: $77
| DePuy Synthes Sales | Trumatch | $77 | 1 payment
|
2019: $69
| BioHorizons Implant Systems | Biohorizons Dental Implants | $69 | 3 payments
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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
- 1215226568
- Licence
- CA A156016, WA ML60224673California A156016: Current · expires 2027-07-31Washington MDRE.ML.60224673: Expired
- Trained
- University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, 2011
- Group
- Stanford Health Care
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207YX0905X (207YX0905X); Otolaryngology (207Y00000X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
- NPI first listed
- 2011-04-06
- NPI last updated
- 2025-04-03
- NPI record certified
- 2025-04-03
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 1959 Ne Pacific St, Seattle, WA, 98195 · 801 Welch Road, Stanford, CA, 94305 · 900 Blake Wilbur Dr., 3rd Fl, Stanford, CA, 94305