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Aurelia Fu, MD

Gastroenterology · Mountain View

NPI 1356874523

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
14
2 carriers
Office
1

Offices

1 location · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group

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Hospitals listed: El Camino Health. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plans that list them

14 plans · 2 carriers

A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Fu’s office at (650) 691-6174 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.

14 of 14 plans

Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Harmony (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Sutter Advantage +More (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health the ONE (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)Santa Clara Family Health PlanListedSep 1, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A161359 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2019 · expires 2027-03-31 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Southwestern Medical School.

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.

  • El Camino HealthMountain View, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of El Camino Health, which runs 2 hospitalsPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 80% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.291, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.393, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for El Camino Health

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 9 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.

Every scored measure at El Camino Health
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.291BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.393BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.96 (0.12 to 1.79) · 2,340 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.02 (0.76 to 1.28)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths167.38 (125.03 to 209.73) · 96 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.6 · 68 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.1 · 185 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths11.8 · 200 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths8.9 · 814 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths13 · 842 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths9.6 · 361 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.6 · 4,633 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.16 (0 to 0.34) · 11,474 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.27 (0.1 to 0.45) · 11,626 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.14 (1.39 to 4.9) · 2,814 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths2 (0.61 to 3.39) · 1,327 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.11 (0.8 to 3.43) · 2,641 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths9.39 (4.18 to 14.6) · 1,287 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths6.57 (3.47 to 9.68) · 1,308 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths2.14 (0.71 to 3.57) · 827 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.6 (0.05 to 1.15) · 9,460 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4.5 · 122 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.993No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.706No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections1.376No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15.5 · 218 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits19.5 · 962 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits3.8 · 200 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-17 · 922 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits18.6 · 860 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits18.7 · 827 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits6.1 (4.5 to 8.2) · 313 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits13.4 (10.6 to 16.5) · 313 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits6.1 · 144 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.3 · 80 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.7 · 237 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.8 (10 to 16.1) · 1,639 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.9 (0.8 to 1.1) · 1,619 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,535 patients answered, 22% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at El Camino Health
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at El Camino Health
Room was "always" clean75%
Nurses "always" communicated well79%
Doctors "always" communicated well81%
Staff "always" explained61%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information86%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge86%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)76%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand75%
Nurses "always" listened carefully76%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
"Always" quiet at night47%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital80%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects46%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms86%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$51,979

Medicare paid this office $51,979 for 203 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)86$14,190$118
Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare52$12,351$238
New patient visit (45+ min)54$7,639$141
Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope46$4,296$91
Long return visit (40+ min)11$2,066$159
See all 7 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Return visit (30+ min)86$14,190$118
Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare52$12,351$238
New patient visit (45+ min)54$7,639$141
Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope46$4,296$91
Long return visit (40+ min)11$2,066$159
Biopsy of large bowel using a flexible endoscope29$1,816$63
Moderate sedation services provided by the same physician or other qualified health care professional performing a gastrointestinal endoscopic service that sedation supports, requiring the presence of an independent trained observer to assist in the monito64$318$5

Procedures Medicare counted

Procedure volume Medicare published
Colonoscopy24More than 50% of doctors who do this
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux24More than 53% of doctors who do this

Who their Medicare patients are

203 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Women 61% · Also on Medicaid 8% · Health risk score 0.91. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical gastroenterology clinician is at 1.42.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 63% · Diabetes 28% · Coronary heart disease 19% · Chronic kidney disease 19% · Cancer 16% · Atrial fibrillation 15% · Depression 13% · Heart failure 10% · Dementia 6%.

The office billed $420,081, Medicare allowed $65,739 and paid $51,979; for 452 services of 24 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
2024203452750.91$420,081$51,979
202369128750.87$116,180$14,883

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

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare14$3,325$237
New patient visit (45+ min)18$2,833$157
Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope15$1,490$99
Return visit (30+ min)11$1,468$122
Moderate sedation services provided by the same physician or other qualified health care professional performing a gastrointestinal endoscopic service that sedation supports, requiring the presence of an independent trained observer to assist in the monito30$143$5

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$31,102

Pharmacies billed $31,102 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 267) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical gastroenterology clinician is at 0%.

213 generic and 54 brand-name prescriptions · $31,102 in drug cost · 14 antibiotic prescriptions.

Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.

Largest Part D drug costs
Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf51$3,265$64
Omeprazole41$709$17
Peg 3350-Electrolyte22$417$19
Gavilyte-G23$351$15
Pantoprazole12$221$18
See all 6 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf51$3,265$64
Omeprazole41$709$17
Peg 3350-Electrolyte22$417$19
Gavilyte-G23$351$15
Pantoprazole12$221$18
Peg-3350 and Electrolytes11$162$15

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
20242671560% (0)20%$31,102
202352410% (0)21%$1,934

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf17$1,343$79
Peg 3350-Electrolyte14$273$20
Omeprazole11$139$13

Money from drug and device companies

$125 in 2024

Industry payments by year
202411None$125
202311None$150
202212None$226
202111None$122
202011None$19

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
Lilly USAOmvoh$125
1 payment
  • Meals for Omvoh · 2024-05-30 · $125
See the published payment
Every published payment
Lilly USAMeals · 2024-05-30Omvoh$125
See earlier years (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020)

2023: $150

Payments by company in 2023
E.R. Squibb & Sons L.L.C.Zeposia$150
1 payment
  • Meals for Zeposia · 2023-10-12 · $150

2022: $226

Payments by company in 2022
AbbvieRinvoq$226
2 payments
  • Meals for Rinvoq · 2022-08-03 · $123
  • Meals for Skyrizi · 2022-05-19 · $103

2021: $122

Payments by company in 2021
AbbVieHumira$122
1 payment
  • Meals for Humira · 2021-09-30 · $122

2020: $19

Payments by company in 2020
Boston ScientificGeneral - Biopsy$19
1 payment
  • Meals for General - Biopsy · 2020-07-25 · $19

Professional record

NPI
1356874523
Licence
CA A161359California A161359: Current · expires 2027-03-31
Trained
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, 2017
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207RG0100X (207RG0100X)
Mailing address
325 Distel Cir, Los Altos, CA, 94022
NPI first listed
2017-04-05
NPI last updated
2023-08-22
NPI record certified
2023-08-22

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