James Liao, DO
Family Practice · Palo Alto
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 1
- 1 carrier
- Offices
- 3
Offices
3 locations · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group
Plans that list them
1 plan · 1 carrier
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| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$31,625
Medicare paid this office $31,625 for 235 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 92 | $9,909 | $107 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 67 | $5,595 | $82 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 26 | $3,973 | $153 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 20 | $3,260 | $163 |
| Detection test by multiplex amplified probe technique for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (covid-19), influenza virus types a and b, and respiratory syncytial virus | 17 | $2,376 | $140 |
See all 8 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 92 | $9,909 | $107 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 67 | $5,595 | $82 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 26 | $3,973 | $153 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 20 | $3,260 | $163 |
| Detection test by multiplex amplified probe technique for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (covid-19), influenza virus types a and b, and respiratory syncytial virus | 17 | $2,376 | $140 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 19 | $1,453 | $76 |
| Ultrasound measurement of bladder capacity after voiding | 22 | $249 | $11 |
| Automated urinalysis test | 37 | $84 | $2 |
Who their Medicare patients are
235 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 79 · Under 65 0% · 85 and older 25% · Women 62% · Also on Medicaid 5% · Health risk score 0.96. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical family practice clinician is at 1.13.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 59% · Coronary heart disease 23% · Chronic kidney disease 22% · Atrial fibrillation 22% · Cancer 18% · Diabetes 17% · Depression 16% · Heart failure 12% · COPD 6% · Dementia 6% · Stroke 5%.
The office billed $115,374, Medicare allowed $43,136 and paid $31,625; for 969 services of 45 kinds; $140 of it was for drugs given in the office and $31,485 for care.
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 | 235 | 969 | 79 | 0.96 | $115,374 | $31,625 |
| 2023 | 277 | 1,012 | 78 | 0.99 | $120,587 | $35,551 |
| 2022 | 315 | 3,372 | 78 | 1.00 | $148,806 | $46,047 |
| 2021 | 318 | 2,974 | 78 | 1.05 | $137,189 | $44,110 |
| 2020 | 212 | 714 | 78 | 1.31 | $79,924 | $22,583 |
| 2019 | 42 | 89 | 76 | 0.99 | $13,563 | $3,852 |
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: 9 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 91 | $10,832 | $115 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 117 | $9,524 | $79 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 31 | $2,720 | $88 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 13 | $1,978 | $152 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 14 | $1,722 | $123 |
| Amplifed dna or rna probe detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (covid-19) antigen | 33 | $1,659 | $50 |
| Detection test by multiplex amplified probe technique for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (covid-19), influenza virus types a and b, and respiratory syncytial virus | 11 | $1,538 | $140 |
| Ultrasound measurement of bladder capacity after voiding | 19 | $212 | $11 |
| Automated urinalysis test | 34 | $77 | $2 |
2022: 11 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 89 | $11,466 | $129 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 122 | $10,726 | $83 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 33 | $3,254 | $99 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 14 | $2,517 | $180 |
| Amplifed dna or rna probe detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (covid-19) antigen | 41 | $2,081 | $51 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 15 | $1,861 | $124 |
| Short return visit | 27 | $1,310 | $47 |
| Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle | 20 | $349 | $13 |
| Ultrasound measurement of bladder capacity after voiding | 23 | $256 | $11 |
| Automated urinalysis test | 36 | $80 | $2 |
| Injection, ceftriaxone sodium, per 250 mg | 13 | $27 | None |
2021: 13 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 93 | $11,717 | $123 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 107 | $9,373 | $83 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 28 | $5,013 | $173 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 24 | $2,396 | $100 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 13 | $2,168 | $167 |
| Amplifed dna or rna probe detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (covid-19) antigen | 29 | $1,488 | $51 |
| Short return visit | 21 | $1,021 | $49 |
| Injection of drug or substance into vein | 17 | $887 | $44 |
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 12 | $803 | $67 |
| Ultrasound measurement of bladder capacity after voiding | 24 | $271 | $11 |
| Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle | 13 | $241 | $14 |
| Automated urinalysis test | 44 | $104 | $2 |
| Injection, ceftriaxone sodium, per 250 mg | 14 | $31 | None |
2020: 7 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 50 | $4,709 | $94 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 71 | $4,485 | $61 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 31 | $3,032 | $98 |
| Short return visit | 23 | $933 | $41 |
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 15 | $863 | $58 |
| Automated urinalysis test | 17 | $38 | $2 |
| Injection, ceftriaxone sodium, per 250 mg | 14 | $27 | None |
2019: 2 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 15 | $1,543 | $103 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 14 | $1,059 | $71 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$2,455
Pharmacies billed $2,455 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
142 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $2,455 in drug cost · 67 antibiotic prescriptions to 51 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.
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 17 | $137 | $8 |
| Cephalexin | 15 | $103 | $6 |
| Lidocaine Hcl Viscous | 11 | $69 | $6 |
| Paxlovid | 12 | $0 | $0 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 162 | 110 | None | None | $2,455 |
| 2023 | 171 | 124 | 8% (14) | 12% | $4,224 |
| 2022 | 201 | 151 | 7% (14) | 11% | $6,894 |
| 2021 | 146 | 110 | 8% (12) | 11% | $4,792 |
| 2020 | 193 | 106 | None | None | $8,415 |
| 2019 | 1,171 | 179 | 4% (45) | 17% | $105,609 |
| 2018 | 705 | 150 | 10% (68) | None | $52,779 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 4 drugs
| Albuterol Sulfate Hfa | 14 | $382 | $27 |
| Cephalexin | 22 | $196 | $9 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 14 | $126 | $9 |
| Oxycodone | 13 | $61 | $5 |
2022: 5 drugs
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 18 | $230 | $13 |
| Cephalexin | 25 | $159 | $6 |
| Paxlovid (Eua) | 13 | $132 | $10 |
| Prednisone | 16 | $62 | $4 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim | 12 | $44 | $4 |
2021: 2 drugs
| Cephalexin | 43 | $317 | $7 |
| Oxycodone | 11 | $54 | $5 |
2020: 2 drugs
| Atorvastatin | 13 | $226 | $17 |
| Cephalexin | 22 | $121 | $6 |
2019: 31 drugs
| Basaglar Kwikpen U-100 | 11 | $4,951 | $450 |
| Flovent Hfa | 14 | $4,047 | $289 |
| Atorvastatin | 88 | $1,722 | $20 |
| Ventolin Hfa | 25 | $1,429 | $57 |
| Gabapentin | 46 | $1,090 | $24 |
| Diclofenac | 14 | $1,062 | $76 |
| Voltaren | 15 | $825 | $55 |
| Metoprolol | 19 | $745 | $39 |
| Levothyroxine | 27 | $718 | $27 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride Er | 13 | $442 | $34 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 29 | $416 | $14 |
| Lisinopril | 50 | $416 | $8 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 31 | $337 | $11 |
| Carvedilol | 19 | $336 | $18 |
| Losartan-Hydrochlorothiazide | 16 | $308 | $19 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 27 | $284 | $11 |
| Metformin | 26 | $278 | $11 |
| Omeprazole | 15 | $274 | $18 |
| Losartan | 21 | $268 | $13 |
| Ketoconazole | 18 | $267 | $15 |
| Tamsulosin | 12 | $259 | $22 |
| Simvastatin | 19 | $218 | $11 |
| Duloxetine | 11 | $158 | $14 |
| Ranitidine | 11 | $137 | $12 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 19 | $119 | $6 |
| Cyclobenzaprine | 12 | $89 | $7 |
| Fluoxetine | 14 | $81 | $6 |
| Metoprolol | 13 | $80 | $6 |
| Ezetimibe | 12 | $78 | $6 |
| Furosemide | 13 | $72 | $6 |
| Glipizide | 14 | $65 | $5 |
2018: 15 drugs
| Flovent Hfa | 15 | $3,865 | $258 |
| Ventolin Hfa | 19 | $1,221 | $64 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 38 | $635 | $17 |
| Voltaren | 11 | $606 | $55 |
| Gabapentin | 28 | $531 | $19 |
| Atorvastatin | 35 | $525 | $15 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 23 | $331 | $14 |
| Losartan-Hydrochlorothiazide | 15 | $326 | $22 |
| Metformin | 24 | $145 | $6 |
| Omeprazole | 14 | $114 | $8 |
| Lisinopril | 18 | $101 | $6 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 15 | $82 | $5 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 24 | $79 | $3 |
| Carvedilol | 11 | $59 | $5 |
| Furosemide | 17 | $47 | $3 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1215383583
- Licence
- CA 20A15977
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Taxonomy
- Family medicine (207Q00000X)
- Mailing address
- 325 Distel Cir, Los Altos, CA, 94022
- NPI first listed
- 2016-05-05
- NPI last updated
- 2020-06-03
- NPI record certified
- 2020-06-03
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 4860 Y St, Sacramento, CA, 95817