Christopher D Burke, MD
Emergency Medicine · Salinas
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1 location · Cep America - California · 1,278 clinicians in this group
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Hospitals listed: Natividad Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
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California Medical Board record
Licence A67371 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 1999 · expires 2028-08-31 · Georgetown University School 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.
- Natividad Medical CenterSalinas, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Natividad Medical CenterPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 71% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.316, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Natividad Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Safety: 1 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 6 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 | 0.316 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.98 (0 to 2.04) · 332 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.18 (0.76 to 1.6) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 165.77 (109.76 to 221.78) · 28 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 9.9 · 47 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 9.5 · 80 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 18.4 · 110 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 11.5 · 34 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 4.4 · 609 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.26 (0.03 to 0.48) · 2,445 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.25 (0.04 to 0.46) · 2,213 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.36 (2.03 to 6.7) · 564 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.64 (0 to 3.36) · 79 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.08 (0.44 to 3.71) · 555 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 10.67 (1.19 to 20.15) · 87 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 4.92 (0.71 to 9.12) · 79 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.73 (0.21 to 3.24) · 81 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 1.07 (0.12 to 2.02) · 1,742 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.462 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.9 · 62 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 8.4 · 93 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -7.3 · 121 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 18.1 · 100 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.3 · 32 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13 (9.7 to 17.9) · 162 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.5) · 72 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (966 patients answered, 55% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 75% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 74% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 78% |
| Staff "always" explained | 60% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 85% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 83% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 73% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 77% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 83% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 72% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 74% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 70% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 72% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 81% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 37% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 71% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 45% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 86% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$24,492
Medicare paid this office $24,492 for 176 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 125 | $17,162 | $133 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 19 | $3,058 | $161 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 31 | $2,904 | $94 |
Who their Medicare patients are
176 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 70 · Under 65 26% · 85 and older 14% · Women 50% · Also on Medicaid 70% · Health risk score 2.07. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 2.01.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 51% · Chronic kidney disease 36% · Depression 31% · Coronary heart disease 23% · COPD 21% · Heart failure 20% · Atrial fibrillation 19% · Dementia 15% · Stroke 15% · Cancer 10%.
The office billed $227,948, Medicare allowed $33,344 and paid $24,492; for 206 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
| 2024 | 176 | 206 | 70 | 2.07 | $227,948 | $24,492 |
| 2023 | 213 | 243 | 68 | 2.08 | $265,582 | $32,030 |
| 2022 | 214 | 268 | 71 | 1.99 | $244,015 | $34,535 |
| 2021 | 210 | 264 | 69 | 1.97 | $229,178 | $33,391 |
| 2020 | 166 | 203 | 65 | 1.81 | $176,500 | $25,314 |
| 2019 | 220 | 266 | 70 | 2.03 | $216,293 | $31,382 |
| 2018 | 238 | 313 | 67 | 1.92 | $187,093 | $38,214 |
| 2017 | 231 | 297 | 67 | 1.97 | $157,093 | $44,962 |
| 2016 | 444 | 779 | 70 | 2.19 | $321,745 | $63,264 |
| 2015 | 423 | 787 | 71 | 2.19 | $307,484 | $60,811 |
| 2014 | 505 | 921 | 71 | 2.02 | $327,188 | $74,103 |
| 2013 | 551 | 986 | 73 | 1.93 | $323,191 | $78,216 |
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: 3 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 131 | $19,728 | $145 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 32 | $5,748 | $180 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 53 | $5,131 | $92 |
2022: 4 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 104 | $17,966 | $166 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 28 | $5,978 | $206 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 56 | $5,865 | $103 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 31 | $2,129 | $56 |
2021: 5 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 114 | $19,462 | $158 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 30 | $6,469 | $209 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 43 | $4,401 | $98 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 29 | $1,697 | $57 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) 1 to 3 leads with review by physician only | 16 | $89 | $6 |
2020: 4 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 111 | $16,594 | $146 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 20 | $3,934 | $187 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 28 | $2,733 | $98 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 13 | $716 | $55 |
2019: 5 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 121 | $17,117 | $137 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 42 | $7,662 | $182 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 48 | $4,580 | $93 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 14 | $707 | $47 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) 1 to 3 leads with review by physician only | 19 | $111 | $6 |
2018: 5 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 134 | $22,330 | $150 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 34 | $6,925 | $204 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 56 | $5,691 | $102 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 27 | $1,459 | $54 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) 1 to 3 leads with review by physician only | 22 | $143 | $6 |
2017: 5 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 144 | $28,750 | $190 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 59 | $7,972 | $131 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 13 | $3,425 | $263 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 26 | $1,667 | $64 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) 1 to 3 leads with review by physician only | 25 | $209 | $8 |
2016: 6 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 259 | $38,440 | $133 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 108 | $10,351 | $88 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 36 | $6,741 | $177 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 53 | $2,615 | $48 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | 171 | $1,369 | $7 |
| X-ray of chest, 1 view, front | 13 | $98 | $8 |
2015: 6 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 274 | $40,464 | $134 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 87 | $8,164 | $87 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 30 | $5,335 | $178 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 45 | $2,013 | $45 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | 223 | $1,661 | $7 |
| X-ray of chest, 1 view, front | 21 | $158 | $8 |
2014: 5 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 322 | $49,330 | $141 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 85 | $8,618 | $96 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 38 | $7,497 | $192 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 74 | $3,501 | $46 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | 283 | $2,349 | $7 |
2013: 5 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 321 | $50,331 | $142 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 102 | $9,868 | $94 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 36 | $7,065 | $191 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 112 | $5,761 | $50 |
| Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only | 287 | $2,364 | $7 |
Medicaid work
$209,450 in 2024
Medicaid paid $209,450 for 1,970 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 120 people in a month for one service.
Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 971 | $111,231 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 541 | $80,131 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT MAY NOT REQ PHYS/QHP | 216 | $11,460 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 60 | $4,128 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 71 | $883 |
| Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); intravenous push, single or initial substance/drug | 12 | $796 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 87 | $778 |
| Urinalysis, by dip stick or tablet reagent for bilirubin, glucose, hemoglobin, ketones, leukocytes, nitrite, pH, protein, specific gravity, urobilinogen, any number of these constituents; automated, with microscopy | 12 | $44 |
| 2024 | 1,970 | 8 | 120 | $209,450 |
| 2023 | 3,241 | 16 | 139 | $266,790 |
| 2022 | 3,638 | 17 | 139 | $236,929 |
| 2021 | 3,676 | 20 | 119 | $234,768 |
| 2020 | 1,699 | 11 | 111 | $127,645 |
| 2019 | 3,017 | 16 | 156 | $203,314 |
| 2018 | 4,151 | 17 | 162 | $233,544 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 1,292 | $145,602 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 584 | $83,656 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT MAY NOT REQ PHYS/QHP | 279 | $15,121 |
| Service | 227 | $8,234 |
| Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); intravenous push, single or initial substance/drug | 82 | $6,095 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 195 | $2,172 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 221 | $1,858 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 27 | $1,827 |
| Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); each additional sequential intravenous push of a new substance/drug (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) | 18 | $496 |
| Urinalysis, by dip stick or tablet reagent for bilirubin, glucose, hemoglobin, ketones, leukocytes, nitrite, pH, protein, specific gravity, urobilinogen, any number of these constituents; automated, with microscopy | 135 | $467 |
| Miscellaneous therapeutic items and supplies, retail purchases, not otherwise classified; identify product in "remarks" | 111 | $456 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | 15 | $326 |
2022
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 1,138 | $79,601 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 521 | $58,846 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 372 | $57,107 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT MAY NOT REQ PHYS/QHP | 351 | $16,735 |
| Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); intravenous push, single or initial substance/drug | 122 | $8,236 |
| Service | 148 | $5,411 |
| Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (coronavirus disease [COVID-19]), influenza virus types A and B, and respiratory syncytial virus, multiplex amplified probe technique | 25 | $3,573 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 224 | $2,129 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 224 | $1,577 |
| Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); each additional sequential intravenous push of a new substance/drug (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) | 29 | $1,023 |
| Service | 48 | $710 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | 28 | $518 |
2021
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 504 | $71,372 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 618 | $66,770 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 861 | $59,064 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT MAY NOT REQ PHYS/QHP | 331 | $15,936 |
| Service | 226 | $8,218 |
| Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); intravenous push, single or initial substance/drug | 65 | $4,441 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 262 | $2,529 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 263 | $1,900 |
| Service | 107 | $1,659 |
| Urinalysis, by dip stick or tablet reagent for bilirubin, glucose, hemoglobin, ketones, leukocytes, nitrite, pH, protein, specific gravity, urobilinogen, any number of these constituents; automated, with microscopy | 185 | $604 |
| 2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc | 13 | $598 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | 26 | $507 |
2020
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 332 | $44,242 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 609 | $36,012 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 342 | $35,230 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT MAY NOT REQ PHYS/QHP | 91 | $4,551 |
| Service | 96 | $3,534 |
| Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes | 12 | $2,081 |
| Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); intravenous push, single or initial substance/drug | 12 | $796 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 51 | $492 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 56 | $403 |
| Urinalysis, by dip stick or tablet reagent for bilirubin, glucose, hemoglobin, ketones, leukocytes, nitrite, pH, protein, specific gravity, urobilinogen, any number of these constituents; automated, with microscopy | 66 | $208 |
| Miscellaneous therapeutic items and supplies, retail purchases, not otherwise classified; identify product in "remarks" | 32 | $95 |
2019
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 1,128 | $67,999 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 465 | $62,262 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 490 | $49,486 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT MAY NOT REQ PHYS/QHP | 247 | $11,791 |
| Service | 137 | $5,214 |
| Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); intravenous push, single or initial substance/drug | 43 | $2,501 |
| Service | 95 | $1,515 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 90 | $786 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 95 | $605 |
| Urinalysis, by dip stick or tablet reagent for bilirubin, glucose, hemoglobin, ketones, leukocytes, nitrite, pH, protein, specific gravity, urobilinogen, any number of these constituents; automated, with microscopy | 93 | $291 |
| Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | 15 | $263 |
| Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | 16 | $191 |
2018
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 1,339 | $79,184 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 481 | $62,959 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 457 | $44,734 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT MAY NOT REQ PHYS/QHP | 324 | $16,329 |
| Service | 302 | $10,943 |
| Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); intravenous push, single or initial substance/drug | 76 | $5,205 |
| Service | 282 | $4,435 |
| Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes | 17 | $2,662 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 195 | $2,158 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 219 | $1,763 |
| Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | 101 | $1,155 |
| Urinalysis, by dip stick or tablet reagent for bilirubin, glucose, hemoglobin, ketones, leukocytes, nitrite, pH, protein, specific gravity, urobilinogen, any number of these constituents; automated, with microscopy | 139 | $503 |
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 94.6 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1316961055
- Licence
- CA A67371California A67371: Current · expires 2028-08-31
- Trained
- Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1996
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Medicaid ID
- CA 00A673710
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207P00000X (207P00000X)
- Mailing address
- 2100 Powell St, Suite 900, Emeryville, CA, 94608
- NPI first listed
- 2006-07-26
- NPI last updated
- 2007-10-04
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.