Christopher A Berger, MD
Critical Care (Intensivists) · San Francisco
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 9
- 1 carrier
- Office
- 1
- Since medical school
- 14 years
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2012
Offices
1 location · University of California Sfgh Medical Group · 566 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma Ctr. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
9 plans · 1 carrier
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| 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 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A129759 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2014 · expires 2028-04-30 · University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
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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.
- Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma CtrSan Francisco, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of San Francisco Health Network, which runs 2 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 72% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 2 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.449, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.37, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.538, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma Ctr
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 1 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 1 better, 5 the same, 1 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 7 the same, 2 worse of 9 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.449 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.37 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.538 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.9 (0 to 1.91) · 667 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.12 (0.76 to 1.49) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 195.34 (147.34 to 243.34) · 76 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.2 · 114 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 12.2 · 48 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 7.5 · 201 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 14.5 · 214 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.3 · 261 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.5 · 1,351 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.29 (0.07 to 0.5) · 4,709 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.39 (0.19 to 0.59) · 4,644 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.34 (2.11 to 6.56) · 795 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.59 (0 to 3.28) · 234 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.85 (1.33 to 4.38) · 861 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 8.95 (0.25 to 17.64) · 261 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 6 (2.01 to 9.98) · 242 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.66 (0.17 to 3.14) · 167 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.79 (0.08 to 1.49) · 4,129 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4.4 · 35 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.709 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.769 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.7 · 41 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 22.1 · 227 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 28.6 · 257 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 75.1 · 239 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 18.2 · 232 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 6.8 (4.7 to 9.6) · 175 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 11.3 (8.3 to 15.1) · 175 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 6.1 · 37 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.2 · 132 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.6 (10.4 to 17.9) · 966 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1.2 (0.8 to 1.7) · 88 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (1,644 patients answered, 16% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 69% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 73% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 75% |
| Staff "always" explained | 56% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 84% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 83% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 68% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 75% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 72% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 67% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 68% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 70% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 80% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 55% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 72% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 44% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 84% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$12,894
Medicare paid this office $12,894 for 61 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 21 | $11,210 | $184 |
| Test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases | 34 | $226 | $7 |
| Test to determine lung volumes using sensors | 23 | $211 | $9 |
| Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume | 22 | $145 | $7 |
| Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume changes before and after medication administration | 13 | $90 | $7 |
Who their Medicare patients are
61 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 68 · Women 31% · Health risk score 2.13. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical critical care (intensivists) clinician is at 2.58.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · COPD 43% · Diabetes 41% · Heart failure 38% · Depression 34% · Chronic kidney disease 30% · Atrial fibrillation 26% · Coronary heart disease 21% · Stroke 20%.
The office billed $71,218, Medicare allowed $16,385 and paid $12,894; for 164 services of 12 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 | 61 | 164 | 68 | 2.13 | $71,218 | $12,894 |
| 2023 | 84 | 238 | 71 | 2.82 | $122,552 | $22,597 |
| 2022 | 77 | 190 | 71 | 2.15 | $57,113 | $10,346 |
| 2021 | 97 | 306 | 71 | 2.85 | $234,576 | $45,190 |
| 2016 | 69 | 70 | 74 | 2.60 | $61,808 | $10,283 |
| 2015 | 49 | 51 | 76 | 1.99 | $42,259 | $7,711 |
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: 5 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 34 | $19,561 | $188 |
| Test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases | 37 | $271 | $7 |
| Test to determine lung volumes using sensors | 28 | $260 | $9 |
| Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume | 26 | $177 | $7 |
| Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume changes before and after medication administration | 14 | $120 | $9 |
2022: 5 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 14 | $6,764 | $188 |
| Test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases | 45 | $339 | $8 |
| Test to determine lung volumes using sensors | 33 | $330 | $10 |
| Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume | 32 | $219 | $7 |
| Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume changes before and after medication administration | 15 | $137 | $9 |
2021: 4 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 63 | $40,002 | $195 |
| Test to examine how well the lungs exchange gases | 19 | $155 | $8 |
| Test to determine lung volumes using sensors | 14 | $155 | $11 |
| Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume | 16 | $121 | $8 |
2016: 2 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 43 | $6,555 | $149 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 18 | $2,476 | $138 |
2015: 2 services
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 28 | $4,417 | $158 |
| Initial hospital observation care per day, typically 70 minutes | 17 | $2,457 | $145 |
Medicaid work
$7,794 in 2024
Medicaid paid $7,794 for 210 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 32 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.
| Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes | 38 | $7,147 |
| Diffusing capacity | 56 | $189 |
| Plethysmography for determination of lung volumes and, when performed, airway resistance | 38 | $176 |
| EVALUATION OF WHEEZING | 15 | $151 |
| Spirometry, including graphic record, total and timed vital capacity, expiratory flow rate measurement(s), with or without maximal voluntary ventilation | 33 | $97 |
| Sleep study, unattended, simultaneous recording of, heart rate, oxygen saturation, respiratory airflow, and respiratory effort (eg, thoracoabdominal movement) | 30 | $34 |
| 2024 | 210 | 6 | 32 | $7,794 |
| 2023 | 241 | 4 | 27 | $14,794 |
| 2022 | 229 | 4 | 30 | $8,012 |
| 2021 | 266 | 1 | 36 | $31,328 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes | 125 | $14,332 |
| Diffusing capacity | 49 | $190 |
| Plethysmography for determination of lung volumes and, when performed, airway resistance | 33 | $176 |
| Spirometry, including graphic record, total and timed vital capacity, expiratory flow rate measurement(s), with or without maximal voluntary ventilation | 34 | $95 |
2022
| Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes | 79 | $7,559 |
| Diffusing capacity | 74 | $221 |
| Spirometry, including graphic record, total and timed vital capacity, expiratory flow rate measurement(s), with or without maximal voluntary ventilation | 49 | $150 |
| Plethysmography for determination of lung volumes and, when performed, airway resistance | 27 | $82 |
2021
| Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes | 266 | $31,328 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 0% of their 17 Part D prescriptions in 2023. Too few prescriptions to judge: with under about 50 a year, a handful of patients can swing this share.
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
Year by year
| 2023 | 17 | None | 0% (0) | None | $5,515 |
| 2022 | 22 | None | 0% (0) | None | $768 |
| 2020 | 44 | 11 | 0% (0) | 64% | $12,667 |
| 2019 | 279 | 31 | 0% (0) | 76% | $194,739 |
| 2018 | 240 | 32 | 0% (0) | 75% | $83,006 |
| 2017 | 139 | 29 | 0% (0) | 73% | $51,691 |
| 2016 | 34 | 16 | 0% (0) | None | $5,283 |
| 2015 | 84 | 17 | 0% (0) | 23% | $7,511 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2020: 2 drugs
| Breo Ellipta | 13 | $5,666 | $436 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 12 | $153 | $13 |
2019: 6 drugs
| Esbriet | 12 | $120,699 | $10,058 |
| Spiriva | 24 | $16,007 | $667 |
| Breo Ellipta | 40 | $15,366 | $384 |
| Symbicort | 35 | $13,392 | $383 |
| Ventolin Hfa | 57 | $5,912 | $104 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 30 | $262 | $9 |
2018: 7 drugs
| Symbicort | 40 | $18,017 | $450 |
| Spiriva | 19 | $14,904 | $784 |
| Spiriva Respimat | 14 | $9,536 | $681 |
| Breo Ellipta | 19 | $6,738 | $355 |
| Ventolin Hfa | 59 | $6,114 | $104 |
| Combivent Respimat | 12 | $4,692 | $391 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 24 | $230 | $10 |
2017: 4 drugs
| Advair Diskus | 24 | $15,476 | $645 |
| Spiriva | 23 | $13,602 | $591 |
| Spiriva Respimat | 16 | $8,069 | $504 |
| Ventolin Hfa | 17 | $1,726 | $102 |
2015: 1 drug
| Metoprolol | 12 | $381 | $32 |
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 91.9 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1356609663
- Licence
- CA 129759, OH 126230California A129759: Current · expires 2028-04-30
- Trained
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2012 · 14 years ago
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Internal medicine (207R00000X); Student in a training program (390200000X)
- Mailing address
- 9500 Euclid Ave, Mail Code M8 Annex, Cleveland, OH, 44195
- NPI first listed
- 2012-04-25
- NPI last updated
- 2022-01-28
- NPI record certified
- 2022-01-28
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
This office lists an electronic records connection.