John Bettinger, MD

1 location · Regents Univ of California UCSF · 276 clinicians in this group

Hospitals listed: Marinhealth Medical Center · Novato Community Hospital. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

11 plans · 2 carriers

Licence G64202 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 1988 · expires 2028-01-31 · University of California San Francisco School of Medicine.

No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.

What this clinician told their state board, medical school and everything before it. Only some states publish this, so nothing here means the state does not say, not that there was no training or certification.

Specialty certification

• American Board of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology
• American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine

2 hospitals

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

• Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of MarinHealthPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 76% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.66 (3.59 to 7.73) · 1,505 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.177, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.446, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
• Novato Community HospitalNovato, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Sutter Health, which runs 27 hospitals in 2 statesPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 84% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025

$29,954

Medicare paid this office $29,954 for 112 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

112 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 79 · 85 and older 28% · Women 61% · Also on Medicaid 30% · Health risk score 1.88. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical gastroenterology clinician is at 1.42.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 43% · Chronic kidney disease 43% · Depression 40% · Diabetes 38% · Atrial fibrillation 38% · Heart failure 30% · Cancer 24% · COPD 23% · Dementia 18% · Stroke 15%.

The office billed $321,002, Medicare allowed $38,775 and paid $29,954; for 280 services of 22 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.

$16,086

Pharmacies billed $16,086 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 107) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical gastroenterology clinician is at 0%.

89 generic and 18 brand-name prescriptions · $16,086 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.

Year by year

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

$259 in 2023

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

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

NPI

1225037500

Licence

CA G64202California G64202: Current · expires 2028-01-31

Trained

University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, 1986 · 40 years ago

Group

Regents Univ of California UCSF

Gender

Male