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Martinien Cho

Nurse Practitioner · Stanford

NPI 1356962989

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Plans that list them
1
1 carrier
Office
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Offices

1 location

Hospitals listed: Mills-Peninsula Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plans that list them

1 plan · 1 carrier

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)Santa Clara Family Health PlanListedSep 1, 2026

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.

  • Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Sutter Health, which runs 27 hospitals in 2 statesPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 78% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.139, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.242, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Peninsula Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 10 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 Peninsula Medical Center
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.139BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.242BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.21 (0.27 to 2.15) · 1,258 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.81 (0.51 to 1.1)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths155.44 (112.67 to 198.21) · 90 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.5 · 32 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.1 · 82 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths10 · 188 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths9 · 473 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths14.8 · 342 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths9.4 · 485 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.9 · 3,730 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.2 (0 to 0.4) · 6,904 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.21 (0.02 to 0.4) · 7,052 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.41 (1.43 to 5.39) · 1,695 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.72 (0.17 to 3.28) · 665 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.11 (0.66 to 3.56) · 1,545 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths7.1 (1.3 to 12.9) · 670 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.96 (2.63 to 9.29) · 653 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.61 (0.15 to 3.08) · 418 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.14 (0 to 0.78) · 5,539 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.7 · 192 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.215No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.263No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.74No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.3 · 300 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits19 · 702 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits1.2 · 207 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-13.6 · 531 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits24.3 · 343 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits18.1 · 449 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits4.5 (2.8 to 7) · 85 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits9.6 (6.7 to 13.7) · 85 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.7 · 189 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits11 · 45 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.6 · 117 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13 (9.7 to 17.2) · 584 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.9 (0.7 to 1.2) · 764 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (523 patients answered, 27% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Peninsula Medical Center
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness3
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Peninsula Medical Center
Room was "always" clean76%
Nurses "always" communicated well81%
Doctors "always" communicated well80%
Staff "always" explained58%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge87%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand74%
Doctors "always" listened carefully79%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)75%
Staff "always" explained new medications72%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night54%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital78%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects44%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$9,215

Medicare paid this office $9,215 for 180 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Anticoagulant management of patient taking warfarin150$2,982$9
Return visit (30+ min)15$1,583$106
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes13$1,141$88

Who their Medicare patients are

180 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 77 · Women 46% · Also on Medicaid 15% · Health risk score 1.52. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical nurse practitioner clinician is at 1.42.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Atrial fibrillation 75% · Heart failure 41% · Coronary heart disease 39% · Chronic kidney disease 32% · Diabetes 27% · Cancer 18% · Depression 17% · COPD 12% · Stroke 11% · Dementia 8%.

The office billed $45,726, Medicare allowed $11,834 and paid $9,215; for 404 services of 14 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
2024180404771.52$45,726$9,215
20234557751.35$26,771$4,139
2022125257711.67$112,966$20,354
202184209711.70$73,677$17,932
20201213721.63$5,688$1,042

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: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less28$1,776$63
Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes12$1,074$90

2022: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Long return visit (40+ min)61$9,320$112
New patient visit (60+ min)23$3,256$142
Return visit (30+ min)33$2,438$74
New patient visit (45+ min)19$2,074$109
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or21$1,606$25
New patient visit (30+ min)11$693$63
Short return visit (20+ min)11$516$43

2021: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Long return visit (40+ min)56$10,204$111
New patient visit (60+ min)23$3,542$154
Return visit (30+ min)23$1,819$76
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or28$1,362$24

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$7,543

Pharmacies billed $7,543 in 2024.

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

98 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $7,543 in drug cost.

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
Enoxaparin12$2,783$164
Warfarin33$433$9

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
202410467NoneNone$7,543
2023306141None7%$31,316
2022450920% (0)5%$33,812
2021162470% (0)0%$2,310

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 10 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Dofetilide14$3,658$261
Rosuvastatin35$852$24
Atorvastatin30$612$20
Metoprolol23$492$21
Carvedilol19$414$22
Clopidogrel12$334$28
Losartan12$298$25
Amlodipine Besylate18$220$12
Cephalexin13$149$11
Omeprazole24$103$4

2022: 11 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Rosuvastatin74$3,104$42
Telmisartan21$1,534$73
Atorvastatin63$1,151$18
Metoprolol43$816$19
Chlorthalidone14$496$35
Losartan30$466$16
Carvedilol34$460$14
Amlodipine Besylate35$263$8
Lisinopril29$233$8
Metoprolol24$116$5
Furosemide13$75$6

2021: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Atorvastatin42$613$15
Lisinopril31$357$12
Metoprolol19$131$7
Amlodipine Besylate13$87$7

Money from drug and device companies

$118 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202511None$118
202344None$472
202222None$226
202111None$94

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
Amarin PharmaVascepa$118
1 payment
  • Meals for Vascepa · 2025-03-14 · $118
See the published payment
Every published payment
Amarin PharmaMeals · 2025-03-14Vascepa$118
See earlier years (2023, 2022, 2021)

2023: $472

Payments by company in 2023
Janssen PharmaceuticalsXarelto$128
1 payment
  • Meals for Xarelto · 2023-05-11 · $128
ItiCaplyta$126
1 payment
  • Meals for Caplyta · 2023-02-08 · $126
ACADIA PharmaceuticalsNuplazid$109
1 payment
  • Meals for Nuplazid · 2023-10-18 · $109
NeurelisValtoco$109
1 payment
  • Meals for Valtoco · 2023-04-12 · $109

2022: $226

Payments by company in 2022
Ultragenyx PharmaceuticalCrysvita$119
1 payment
  • Meals for Crysvita · 2022-11-09 · $119
Boehringer Ingelheim PharmaceuticalsJardiance$107
1 payment
  • Meals for Jardiance · 2022-03-09 · $107

2021: $94

Payments by company in 2021
Novo NordiskNone$94
1 payment
  • Meals · 2021-07-20 · $94

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
76.5 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI
1356962989
Licence
CA 95014522
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Nurse practitioner (363L00000X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr # A21, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2020-05-05
NPI last updated
2020-05-05
NPI record certified
2020-05-05

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