Justin D Braverman
General Surgery · Whittier
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Offices
- 4
- Since medical school
- 26 years
- Graduated 2000
Offices
4 locations · Pih Health Physicians · 616 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Pih Health Hospital-Whittier. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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California Medical Board record
Licence A96004 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2006 · expires 2028-02-29 · Rosalind Franklin University, the Chicago Medical School.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
School, training and certification
What this clinician told their state board, medical school and everything before it. Only some states publish this, so nothing here means the state does not say, not that there was no training or certification.
Specialty certification
- American Board of Surgery - Surgery
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.
- Pih Health Hospital-WhittierWhittier, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of PIH Health, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 79% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.497, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Pih Health Hospital-Whittier
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 9 the same, 2 worse of 11 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 | 0.497 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.83 (0 to 1.8) · 1,222 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.08 (0.77 to 1.4) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 165.59 (122.43 to 208.75) · 99 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.4 · 64 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 11.3 · 149 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.9 · 323 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 13.9 · 360 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.1 · 553 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.1 · 4,869 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.16 (0 to 0.36) · 6,090 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.29 (0.1 to 0.49) · 6,261 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 5.56 (3.44 to 7.67) · 1,178 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.98 (0.31 to 3.64) · 255 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 3.28 (1.77 to 4.79) · 1,113 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 13.32 (5.89 to 20.76) · 256 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.96 (2.43 to 9.49) · 249 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.63 (0.16 to 3.11) · 236 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.12 (0 to 0.71) · 5,179 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4.3 · 140 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.594 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.825 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.474 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.445 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.39 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 13.7 · 509 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 22.4 · 1,125 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | -20.1 · 147 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 27 · 401 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 30.4 · 400 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 18.3 · 1,019 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5 (3.3 to 7.4) · 71 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 13.9 (10.4 to 18.1) · 71 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 7 · 140 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 10.6 · 64 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 18.4 · 222 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.1 (10.1 to 16.6) · 1,770 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.2) · 397 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (2,178 patients answered, 18% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 78% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 77% |
| 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) | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 74% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 73% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 74% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 84% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 52% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 46% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 88% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$11,122
Medicare paid this office $11,122 for 28 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 15 | $1,563 | $92 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
28 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 63 · Under 65 50% · Health risk score 1.72. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical general surgery clinician is at 1.69.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Depression 57% · Diabetes 46%.
The office billed $57,123, Medicare allowed $14,783 and paid $11,122; for 46 services of 11 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 | 28 | 46 | 63 | 1.72 | $57,123 | $11,122 |
| 2023 | 35 | 70 | 61 | 1.84 | $85,271 | $18,800 |
| 2022 | 36 | 57 | 63 | 1.85 | $62,979 | $14,218 |
| 2021 | 28 | 56 | 65 | 1.12 | $55,246 | $14,332 |
| 2020 | 35 | 92 | 67 | 1.44 | $139,575 | $32,031 |
| 2019 | 34 | 70 | 64 | 1.87 | $93,151 | $20,659 |
| 2018 | 43 | 83 | 65 | 1.54 | $87,101 | $20,011 |
| 2017 | 31 | 64 | 67 | 1.40 | $70,102 | $17,294 |
| 2016 | 50 | 87 | 62 | 1.56 | $120,340 | $21,058 |
| 2015 | 123 | 289 | 66 | 1.32 | $253,987 | $49,923 |
| 2014 | 133 | 588 | 67 | 1.23 | $347,801 | $78,865 |
| 2013 | 110 | 540 | 66 | 1.20 | $400,680 | $84,115 |
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
| Return visit (30+ min) | 19 | $2,415 | $97 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 12 | $1,892 | $158 |
2022: 2 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 17 | $1,927 | $96 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 11 | $1,907 | $173 |
2021: 1 service
| Return visit (30+ min) | 18 | $2,498 | $104 |
2020: 1 service
| Return visit (30+ min) | 29 | $3,344 | $78 |
2019: 1 service
| Return visit (30+ min) | 27 | $3,204 | $82 |
2018: 2 services
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 18 | $3,026 | $168 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 20 | $2,649 | $88 |
2017: 1 service
| Return visit (30+ min) | 12 | $1,309 | $87 |
2016: 1 service
| Return visit (30+ min) | 21 | $1,607 | $67 |
2015: 5 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 71 | $7,240 | $80 |
| Complete ultrasound scan of abdomen | 53 | $4,974 | $94 |
| Partial removal of liver tissue | 11 | $4,918 | $447 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 25 | $4,002 | $160 |
| Dxa bone density measurement of hip, pelvis, spine | 16 | $712 | $44 |
2014: 7 services
| Complete ultrasound scan of abdomen | 87 | $19,689 | $82 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 76 | $10,221 | $86 |
| Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 17 | $4,906 | $114 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 25 | $4,101 | $164 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 19 | $2,386 | $119 |
| Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope | 22 | $2,342 | $106 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 11 | $1,800 | $164 |
2013: 11 services
| Complete ultrasound scan of abdomen | 49 | $12,188 | $80 |
| Bypass of stomach using an endoscope | 11 | $12,175 | $1,107 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 50 | $8,143 | $82 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 21 | $7,010 | $184 |
| Repair of paraesophageal hernia through abdomen | 12 | $6,568 | $547 |
| Partial removal of liver tissue | 18 | $5,833 | $324 |
| Ultrasound study of arm or leg veins with compression and maneuvers | 13 | $4,360 | $112 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 24 | $3,947 | $164 |
| Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope | 29 | $3,606 | $120 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 17 | $2,679 | $158 |
| Dxa bone density measurement of hip, pelvis, spine | 13 | $1,336 | $39 |
Medicaid work
$450 in 2023
Medicaid paid $450 for 12 billed services this clinician did in 2023, up to 12 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.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 12 | $450 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1 | 12 | $450 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1 | 13 | $2,068 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2021
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 26 | $2,068 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$8,812
Pharmacies billed $8,812 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 19% of their Part D prescriptions (23 of 124) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical general surgery clinician is at 34%. Surgeons prescribe little besides pain medicine after an operation, so their opioid share runs high.
123 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $8,812 in drug cost · 11 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.
| Ursodiol | 14 | $7,809 | $325 |
| Omeprazole | 32 | $562 | $10 |
| Tramadol | 13 | $30 | $2 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 124 | 43 | 19% (23) | None | $8,812 |
| 2023 | 141 | 47 | 14% (20) | 0% | $10,653 |
| 2022 | 121 | 33 | 18% (22) | None | $12,286 |
| 2021 | 65 | 24 | 19% (12) | None | $7,116 |
| 2020 | 128 | 42 | 23% (29) | None | $14,187 |
| 2019 | 249 | 61 | 16% (40) | 14% | $28,434 |
| 2018 | 118 | 41 | 20% (24) | 13% | $20,657 |
| 2017 | 104 | 27 | 13% (13) | None | $10,051 |
| 2016 | 27 | None | None | None | $784 |
| 2015 | 38 | 15 | None | None | $3,559 |
| 2014 | 49 | 19 | None | None | $2,909 |
| 2013 | 63 | 23 | None | None | $2,149 |
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
| Ursodiol | 25 | $8,308 | $332 |
| Omeprazole | 75 | $1,526 | $20 |
| Acetaminophen-Codeine | 19 | $82 | $4 |
2022: 3 drugs
| Ursodiol | 29 | $10,555 | $364 |
| Omeprazole | 52 | $1,057 | $20 |
| Acetaminophen-Codeine | 21 | $116 | $6 |
2021: 3 drugs
| Ursodiol | 17 | $6,277 | $369 |
| Omeprazole | 25 | $424 | $17 |
| Acetaminophen-Codeine | 12 | $57 | $5 |
2020: 4 drugs
| Ursodiol | 33 | $12,964 | $393 |
| Omeprazole | 41 | $535 | $13 |
| Lansoprazole | 12 | $191 | $16 |
| Acetaminophen-Codeine | 29 | $146 | $5 |
2019: 5 drugs
| Ursodiol | 59 | $19,943 | $338 |
| Lansoprazole | 39 | $2,442 | $63 |
| Omeprazole | 54 | $1,465 | $27 |
| Ondansetron Odt | 16 | $219 | $14 |
| Acetaminophen-Codeine | 33 | $167 | $5 |
2018: 3 drugs
| Ursodiol | 31 | $14,161 | $457 |
| Lansoprazole | 44 | $5,391 | $123 |
| Acetaminophen-Codeine | 23 | $150 | $7 |
2017: 3 drugs
| Ursodiol | 32 | $8,281 | $259 |
| Lansoprazole | 23 | $465 | $20 |
| Sucralfate | 15 | $299 | $20 |
2013: 3 drugs
| Lansoprazole | 12 | $512 | $43 |
| Sucralfate | 16 | $445 | $28 |
| Pantoprazole | 13 | $345 | $27 |
Money from drug and device companies
$22 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | None | $22 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | None | $154 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $14 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | None | $84 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | None | $175 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Lilly USA | None | $22 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Lilly USA | Meals · 2025-08-08 | None | $22 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2021, 2019)
2024: $154
| Teleflex | Titan Sgs | $138 | 1 payment
|
| Ethicon US | Linx Reflux Management System | $16 | 1 payment
|
2023: $14
| Intra-Sana Laboratories | Reltone 200 Mg | $14 | 1 payment
|
2021: $84
| Medtronic | Ligasure | $84 | 1 payment
|
2019: $175
| Intuitive Surgical | Da Vinci Surgical System | $175 | 1 payment
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Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 76.3 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1376699504
- Licence
- CA A96004California A96004: Current · expires 2028-02-29
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Surgery (208600000X)
- Mailing address
- 12462 Putnam St Ste 500, Whittier, CA, 90602
- NPI first listed
- 2007-01-29
- NPI last updated
- 2016-06-08
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.