Kara Davis Meister, MD
Pediatric Otolaryngology · Palo Alto
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 13
- 2 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location
Plans that list them
13 plans · 2 carriers
A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Meister’s office at (650) 497-8000 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
13 of 13 plans
| 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 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A149949 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2017 · expires 2027-02-28 · Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Medicaid work
$12,011 in 2024
Medicaid paid $12,011 for 90 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 24 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.
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 40 | $6,051 |
| OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 40 | 35 | $4,201 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 15 | $1,758 |
| 2024 | 90 | 3 | 24 | $12,011 |
| 2023 | 545 | 9 | 31 | $56,994 |
| 2022 | 358 | 4 | 28 | $40,798 |
| 2021 | 322 | 4 | 26 | $36,255 |
| 2020 | 382 | 5 | 29 | $33,542 |
| 2019 | 539 | 5 | 24 | $50,053 |
| 2018 | 106 | 2 | 31 | $12,214 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 40 | 195 | $23,902 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 106 | $14,114 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 138 | $10,665 |
| OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT HIGH MDM 55 MINUTES | 30 | $5,348 |
| IP/OBS CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT HIGH MDM 80 MINUTES | 13 | $1,313 |
| Nasal endoscopy, diagnostic, unilateral or bilateral (separate procedure) | 12 | $983 |
| Service | 14 | $387 |
| Injection, propofol, 10 mg | 25 | $207 |
| Injection, ondansetron hydrochloride, per 1 mg | 12 | $75 |
2022
| Return visit (30+ min) | 149 | $11,586 |
| OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT HIGH MDM 55 MINUTES | 60 | $10,162 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 81 | $9,804 |
| OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 40 | 68 | $9,247 |
2021
| Return visit (30+ min) | 173 | $14,667 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 95 | $12,898 |
| OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 40 | 39 | $5,456 |
| TRCHEOBRNCHSC EST TRACHS INC | 15 | $3,234 |
2020
| Return visit (30+ min) | 231 | $18,077 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 61 | $6,922 |
| OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 40 | 26 | $3,620 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 52 | $2,819 |
| OFFICE/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST PT HIGH MDM 55 MINUTES | 12 | $2,104 |
2019
| OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 40 | 142 | $19,439 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 188 | $14,535 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 140 | $7,247 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 45 | $5,676 |
| Bronchoscopy, rigid or flexible, including fluoroscopic guidance, when performed; diagnostic, with cell washing, when performed (separate procedure) | 24 | $3,156 |
2018
| OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 40 | 94 | $11,710 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 12 | $504 |
Money from drug and device companies
$63 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | None | $63 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | None | $17 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $18 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | None | $25 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | None | $162 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | None | $180 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Smith+Nephew | Tula | $63 | 2 payments
|
See all 2 published payments
| Smith+Nephew | Meals · 2025-09-26 | Tula | $40 |
| Smith+Nephew | Meals · 2025-04-09 | Halo | $23 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019)
2024: $17
| Smith+Nephew | Tula | $17 | 1 payment
|
2023: $18
| Smith+Nephew | Halo | $18 | 1 payment
|
2022: $25
| Smith+Nephew | Halo | $25 | 2 payments
|
2020: $162
| Intersect ENT | Sinuva | $146 | 1 payment
|
| Smith+Nephew | Werewolf | $15 | 1 payment
|
2019: $180
| Intersect ENT | Propel | $180 | 1 payment
|
Professional record
- NPI
- 1356636583
- Licence
- CA A149949California A149949: Current · expires 2027-02-28
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207YP0228X (207YP0228X); Otolaryngology (207Y00000X)
- Mailing address
- 725 Welch Rd, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
- NPI first listed
- 2011-06-15
- NPI last updated
- 2024-04-29
- NPI record certified
- 2024-04-29
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.