Steven Schwartz, MD
Vascular Surgery · Merriam
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 29
- 7 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location
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Plans that list them
29 plans · 7 carriers
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29 of 29 plans
| Advantage Care (HMO) | Align Senior Care | Listed | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Premier Care (HMO I-SNP) | Align Senior Care | Listed | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Senior Care (HMO I-SNP) | Align Senior Care | Listed | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Advantage PPO (PPO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| 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 |
| Anthem Full Dual Advantage Aligned (HMO D-SNP) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Medicare Advantage (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Prime (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross Partnership Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Astiva Health C-SNP WOW - NorCal (HMO C-SNP) | Astiva Health | Listed | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Astiva Health Premier Plan - NorCal (HMO) | Astiva Health | Listed | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Astiva Health Savings Plan - NorCal (HMO) | Astiva Health | Listed | Sep 27, 2026 |
| Imperial Courage Plan (HMO) | Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc. | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Imperial Dynamic Plan (HMO) | Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc. | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Imperial Senior Value (HMO C-SNP) | Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc. | Listed | Sep 1, 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 |
California Medical Board record
Licence G48808 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 1982 · expires 2027-10-31 · University of California, Irvine College of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
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.
- Adventhealth Shawnee MissionShawnee Mission, KSAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of AdventHealth, which runs 42 hospitals in 9 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 75% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.266, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Adventhealth Shawnee Mission
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 1 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 8 the same, 1 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.266 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.17 (0.25 to 2.09) · 1,129 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.07 (0.76 to 1.37) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 168.18 (115.5 to 220.85) · 63 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.4 · 40 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.7 · 118 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 11.2 · 122 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 10.7 · 486 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 14.9 · 469 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.8 · 249 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.4 · 4,146 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.33 (0.14 to 0.53) · 6,546 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.39 (0.2 to 0.59) · 6,601 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.43 (1.45 to 5.41) · 1,625 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 2.08 (0.54 to 3.62) · 684 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.06 (0.62 to 3.5) · 1,536 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 9.28 (3.01 to 15.54) · 695 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.23 (1.75 to 8.71) · 651 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.61 (0.14 to 3.07) · 391 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.7 (0.04 to 1.36) · 5,078 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 5.5 · 103 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.293 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.838 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.551 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.839 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.671 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 13.4 · 179 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 21.6 · 732 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | -34.4 · 136 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -11.8 · 545 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -9.2 · 494 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.9 · 693 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 4.8 (3.4 to 6.7) · 289 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 11.3 (8.8 to 14.4) · 289 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 6.3 · 103 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 10.4 · 54 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.3 · 192 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.7 (10.7 to 17.5) · 1,643 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1.1 (0.9 to 1.4) · 583 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (2,153 patients answered, 19% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 4 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 75% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 80% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained | 60% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 87% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 86% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 73% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 78% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 86% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 75% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 75% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 75% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 78% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 86% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 60% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 75% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 44% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 89% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$4,416
Medicare paid this office $4,416 for 12 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Procedures Medicare counted
| Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
12 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 74 · Under 65 0% · Also on Medicaid 0% · Health risk score 1.09. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical thoracic surgery clinician is at 1.74.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 75%.
The office billed $29,808, Medicare allowed $5,542 and paid $4,416; for 21 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
| 2024 | 12 | 21 | 74 | 1.09 | $29,808 | $4,416 |
| 2023 | 41 | 67 | 75 | 1.88 | $57,530 | $16,591 |
| 2022 | 19 | 46 | 75 | 1.36 | $43,126 | $12,082 |
| 2021 | 37 | 72 | 74 | 1.71 | $131,053 | $24,435 |
| 2020 | 90 | 199 | 72 | 1.63 | $249,067 | $60,765 |
| 2019 | 149 | 484 | 77 | 2.07 | $214,683 | $98,038 |
| 2018 | 172 | 514 | 77 | 2.08 | $274,172 | $108,723 |
| 2017 | 167 | 601 | 76 | 1.77 | $239,816 | $134,186 |
| 2016 | 163 | 464 | 77 | 1.85 | $223,034 | $117,026 |
| 2015 | 121 | 351 | 77 | 1.61 | $203,823 | $92,304 |
| 2014 | 152 | 420 | 76 | 1.67 | $523,809 | $144,035 |
| 2013 | 149 | 409 | 77 | 1.70 | $537,753 | $147,584 |
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
2021: 1 service
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 11 | $1,536 | $140 |
2020: 2 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 13 | $2,137 | $164 |
| Harvest of vein using an endoscope | 13 | $173 | $13 |
2019: 6 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 26 | $23,835 | $195 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 51 | $9,573 | $181 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 44 | $7,795 | $137 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 25 | $4,781 | $191 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 34 | $4,178 | $95 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 23 | $2,523 | $65 |
2018: 7 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 65 | $11,823 | $176 |
| Adhesion of linings of lung using an endoscope | 13 | $6,746 | $482 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 37 | $5,495 | $149 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 41 | $4,929 | $99 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 27 | $3,868 | $63 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 17 | $3,814 | $91 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 33 | $2,692 | $64 |
2017: 11 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 76 | $13,358 | $98 |
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 2 grafts | 11 | $11,251 | $1,023 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 45 | $8,296 | $180 |
| Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine | 13 | $6,697 | $515 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 24 | $6,544 | $93 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 39 | $5,928 | $152 |
| Exam of chest with biopsy of lymph node using an endoscope | 13 | $4,351 | $335 |
| Repair of separation of wound closure with insertion of packing | 17 | $3,180 | $151 |
| Coronary artery bypass using vein or artery graft, 2 grafts | 12 | $2,130 | $178 |
| Diagnostic exam of lung airway using an endoscope | 14 | $830 | $59 |
| Harvest of vein using an endoscope | 15 | $102 | $7 |
2016: 4 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 60 | $8,895 | $94 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 46 | $8,656 | $173 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 55 | $8,026 | $146 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 20 | $3,026 | $62 |
2015: 6 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 42 | $6,079 | $100 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 26 | $3,924 | $151 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 17 | $3,039 | $179 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 13 | $2,439 | $188 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 13 | $2,116 | $64 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 12 | $1,451 | $121 |
2014: 6 services
| Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine | 18 | $16,894 | $939 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 39 | $7,195 | $180 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 38 | $7,112 | $187 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 38 | $5,604 | $98 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 13 | $1,601 | $64 |
| Diagnostic exam of lung airway using an endoscope | 12 | $918 | $76 |
2013: 6 services
| Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine | 14 | $18,501 | $1,322 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 46 | $8,589 | $187 |
| Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft | 11 | $7,006 | $637 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 40 | $6,688 | $97 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 35 | $6,137 | $175 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 12 | $1,627 | $63 |
Money from drug and device companies
$135 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | None | $135 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | None | $33 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $17 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | None | $14 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 | None | $232 |
| 2019 | 8 | 15 | None | $2,140 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Baxter Healthcare | Floseal | $135 | 1 payment
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See the published payment
| Baxter Healthcare | Meals · 2025-06-21 | Floseal | $135 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019)
2024: $33
| Medtronic | Corevalve Evolut R | $33 | 1 payment
|
2023: $17
| CVRx | Barostim Neo System | $17 | 1 payment
|
2022: $14
| Edwards Lifesciences | None | $14 | 1 payment
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2021: $232
| Philips Electronics North America | (9278) Bridge | $111 | 2 payments
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| Abiomed | Impella | $102 | 1 payment
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| Intuitive Surgical | Da Vinci Surgical System | $18 | 1 payment
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2019: $2,140
| Intuitive Surgical | Da Vinci Surgical System | $880 | 5 payments
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| Davol | Progel | $502 | 4 payments
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| C. R. Bard Inc. & Subsidiaries | Progel | $303 | 1 payment
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| Abiomed | Impella | $125 | 1 payment
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| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | Tagrisso | $125 | 1 payment
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| Pinnacle Biologics | Photofrin | $84 | 1 payment
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| Philips Electronics North America | Igt D Coronary | $73 | 1 payment
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| Edwards Lifesciences | None | $48 | 1 payment
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Professional record
- NPI
- 1275574832
- Licence
- CA G48808, ID MC-1414, WI 1108California G48808: Current · expires 2027-10-31
- Trained
- University of California, Irvine, California College of Medicine, 1981
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Medicaid ID
- CA OOG488080
- Taxonomy
- Thoracic surgery (208G00000X)
- Mailing address
- 15215 National Ave Ste 103, Los Gatos, CA, 95032
- NPI first listed
- 2006-06-08
- NPI last updated
- 2024-02-14
- NPI record certified
- 2024-02-13
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 1055 N Curtis Rd, Boise, ID, 83706 · 1000 N Oak Avenue, Marshfield, WI, 54449
This office lists an electronic records connection.