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David R Drover, MD

Anesthesiology · Stanford

NPI 1235279571

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1 plan · 1 carrier

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)Santa Clara Family Health PlanListedSep 1, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A54093 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 1995 · expires 2028-07-31 · Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine.

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

Original Medicare doctor bills

$4,774

Medicare paid this office $4,774 for 16 people.

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

Who their Medicare patients are

16 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 74 · Health risk score 1.48. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical anesthesiology clinician is at 1.54.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75%.

The office billed $46,902, Medicare allowed $6,111 and paid $4,774; for 18 services of 13 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
20241618741.48$46,902$4,774
20237894711.71$222,381$28,757
202282121711.85$261,231$29,252
2021105165691.86$400,727$37,602
2020105172711.85$422,046$39,212
2019109169692.40$380,446$38,901
2018122201702.08$421,398$39,325
2017120179711.84$366,250$37,557
2016135209702.04$454,103$53,808
2015123170701.63$346,308$43,942
201477131681.75$243,113$30,895
201384163691.72$314,424$38,171

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: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Anesthesia for other procedure on neck area (1 year or older)11$4,421$402
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin14$546$39

2022: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin25$999$38

2021: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Anesthesia for other procedure on brain15$5,269$351
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin45$1,869$40

2020: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Anesthesia for other procedure on upper abdomen11$2,842$258
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin50$2,134$40

2019: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Anesthesia for other procedure on neck area (1 year or older)11$2,445$222
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin43$1,787$40

2018: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Anesthesia for extensive surgery on spine11$3,864$351
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin48$1,897$39
Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access18$244$13

2017: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin27$1,294$45
Anesthesia for electroshock therapy12$1,030$74

2016: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Anesthesia for other procedure on neck area (1 year or older)26$5,550$213
Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older)13$1,912$106
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin33$1,561$45

2015: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Anesthesia for other procedure on neck area (1 year or older)28$9,384$324
Anesthesia for other procedure on brain11$6,314$574
Anesthesia for other procedure on skin, muscles, or nerves of head, neck, and upper back12$2,787$232
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin27$1,308$44

2014: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin27$1,204$45

2013: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older)14$1,866$104
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin31$1,469$43
Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access17$278$13

Money from drug and device companies

$295 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202511$295$295
202434$5,325$5,325
202322$500$621
202211None$167
202112$1,000$1,143
202011$1,000$1,000
201915$2,750$3,004

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
Purdue Pharma L.P.Nalmefene Hydrochloride$295
1 payment
  • Consulting for Nalmefene Hydrochloride · 2025-09-10 · $295
See the published payment
Every published payment
Purdue Pharma L.P.Consulting · 2025-09-10Nalmefene Hydrochloride$295
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)

2024: $5,325

Payments by company in 2024
Purdue Pharma L.P.Nalmefene Hydrochloride$3,835
2 payments
  • Consulting for Nalmefene Hydrochloride · 2024-11-13 · $885
  • Consulting for Nalmefene Hydrochloride · 2024-08-14 · $2,950
MasimoSet and Rainbow Set$1,000
1 payment
  • Paid to speak or teach for Set and Rainbow Set · 2024-08-08 · $1,000
Kyowa Kirin ServicesNone$490
1 payment
  • Consulting · 2024-04-11 · $490

2023: $621

Payments by company in 2023
MasimoPatient Safetynet System$500
1 payment
  • Paid to speak or teach for Patient Safetynet System · 2023-04-26 · $500
Chiesi USACleviprex$121
1 payment
  • Meals for Cleviprex · 2023-09-20 · $121

2022: $167

Payments by company in 2022
MasimoSedline$167
1 payment
  • Meals for Sedline · 2022-12-01 · $167

2021: $1,143

Payments by company in 2021
MasimoSedline$1,143
2 payments
  • Paid to speak or teach for Sedline · 2021-11-20 · $1,000
  • Meals for Patient Safetynet System · 2021-10-08 · $143

2020: $1,000

Payments by company in 2020
MasimoSedline$1,000
1 payment
  • Consulting for Sedline · 2020-03-18 · $1,000

2019: $3,004

Payments by company in 2019
MasimoSet and Rainbow Set$3,004
5 payments
  • Paid to speak or teach for Set and Rainbow Set · 2019-11-05 · $1,000
  • Paid to speak or teach for Set and Rainbow Set · 2019-11-01 · $1,000
  • Meals for Sedline · 2019-10-19 · $122
  • Meals for Sedline · 2019-10-18 · $132
  • Consulting for Set and Rainbow Set · 2019-01-04 · $750

Research money

Money a company paid to run a study. Where it went to their institution, the clinician is named as an investigator and did not receive it; the amount covers the whole study, often across many sites.

Research payments by company and study
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation · Hypotension Prediction Index Study (Hpi Study) · 2020Their institution$175,685
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation · Swan-Ganz Data Collection Study · 2021Their institution$99,040
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation · Hypotension Prediction Index- Drover · 2019Their institution$52,800
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation · Hypotension Prediction Index Study (Hpi Study) · 2021Their institution$44,929
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation · Swan-Ganz Data Collection Study · 2022Their institution$23,060
Masimo Corporation · Analysis of Comparison Between Sedline Psi and Rra With Competitors · 2022Their institution$20,000
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation · A Validation of the Assisted Fluid Management Feature 2017-011 · 2019Their institution$13,811
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation · Swan-Ganz Data Collection Study (2019-02) · 2020Their institution$8,624
Masimo Corporation · Rainbow Acoustic Monitoring Ram Engineering Data Collection Drover · 2019Their institution$6,790
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. · Vedolizumabsc-3003 An Open-Label, Phase 3 Study To Evaluate the Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Immunogenicity of Vedolizumab Subcutaneous in Pediatric Subjects With Moderately To Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis Or Crohns Disease Who Achieved Clinical Response Following Open-Label Vedolizumab Intravenous Therapy · 2024This clinician$1,530
Masimo Corporation · Rainbow Acoustic Monitoring (Ram) Engineering Data Collection / Drover · 2024Their institution$1,000
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. · An Open-Label, Phase 3 Study To Evaluate the Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Immunogenicity of Vedolizumab Subcutaneous in Pediatric Subjects With Moderately To Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis Or Crohns Disease Who Achieved Clinical Response Following Open-Label Vedolizumab Intravenous Therapy · 2025This clinician$893

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
1235279571
Licence
CA A54093California A54093: Current · expires 2028-07-31
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Medicaid ID
CA 00A540930
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207L00000X (207L00000X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2007-02-07
NPI last updated
2024-04-10
NPI record certified
2024-04-10

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