Raymond Chou, MD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · Stanford
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 2
- 2 carriers
- Offices
- 3
Offices
3 locations · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group
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Plans that list them
2 plans · 2 carriers
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2 of 2 plans
| SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A172265 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2021 · expires 2027-04-30 · Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
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.
- Stanford Health CareStanford, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsHome of Stanford Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 83% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.317, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.446, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.241, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 5 the same, 4 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases | Worse | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.317 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.446 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.241 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases | Better | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.86 (0.72 to 1) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.1 · 192 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.4 · 146 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 9.7 · 253 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 6.3 · 880 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 10.3 · 935 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 8.7 · 501 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.1 · 7,730 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.6 · 416 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.869 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.857 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.368 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.2 · 247 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.5 · 1,021 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 47.8 · 258 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -1.6 · 990 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.8 · 976 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.5 · 959 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.1 · 425 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 9.6 · 158 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.6 · 183 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 75% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 82% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained | 63% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 89% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 89% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 76% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 80% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 76% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 77% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 79% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 88% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 53% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 83% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 50% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 90% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$73,263
Medicare paid this office $73,263 for 473 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 173 | $22,047 | $85 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 152 | $15,782 | $104 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid large joint using ultrasound guidance | 163 | $11,741 | $52 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 39 | $2,904 | $62 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 22 | $2,895 | $116 |
See all 15 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 173 | $22,047 | $85 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 152 | $15,782 | $104 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid large joint using ultrasound guidance | 163 | $11,741 | $52 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 39 | $2,904 | $62 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 22 | $2,895 | $116 |
| Muscle electrical test | 56 | $2,361 | $37 |
| Injection into tendon or ligament | 48 | $2,008 | $30 |
| Nerve test | 23 | $1,575 | $68 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 46 | $1,366 | $26 |
| Nerve test | 13 | $1,362 | $105 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from small joint using ultrasound guidance | 23 | $1,061 | $35 |
| Nerve test | 12 | $951 | $79 |
| Limited ultrasound scan of joint or other extremity structure except blood vessels | 30 | $812 | $27 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from medium joint using ultrasound guidance | 19 | $764 | $38 |
| Injection of trigger points, 3 or more muscles | 12 | $394 | $33 |
Who their Medicare patients are
473 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 74 · Under 65 8% · 85 and older 11% · Women 61% · Also on Medicaid 21% · Health risk score 1.33. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical physical medicine and rehabilitation clinician is at 1.53.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 62% · Diabetes 27% · Coronary heart disease 25% · Cancer 22% · Depression 21% · Chronic kidney disease 17% · Atrial fibrillation 14% · Heart failure 12% · COPD 10% · Stroke 8% · Dementia 6%.
The office billed $365,308, Medicare allowed $98,768 and paid $73,263; for 1,099 services of 31 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 | 473 | 1,099 | 74 | 1.33 | $365,308 | $73,263 |
| 2023 | 525 | 1,770 | 74 | 1.28 | $668,361 | $86,827 |
| 2022 | 451 | 2,824 | 74 | 1.31 | $1,084,220 | $99,340 |
| 2021 | 120 | 207 | 73 | 1.08 | $54,693 | $14,697 |
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: 15 services
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 192 | $20,708 | $108 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 151 | $17,640 | $86 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid large joint using ultrasound guidance | 182 | $13,024 | $57 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, preservative-free, extended-release, microsphere formulation, 1 mg | 11 | $7,548 | None |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 55 | $3,539 | $58 |
| Muscle electrical test | 66 | $2,777 | $39 |
| Nerve test | 32 | $2,117 | $66 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 15 | $1,999 | $133 |
| Injection into tendon or ligament | 49 | $1,908 | $31 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from small joint using ultrasound guidance | 21 | $1,278 | $43 |
| Limited ultrasound scan of joint or other extremity structure except blood vessels | 37 | $1,147 | $29 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 30 | $793 | $26 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from medium joint using ultrasound guidance | 16 | $769 | $48 |
| Injection of trigger points, 3 or more muscles | 16 | $740 | $39 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 14 | $46 | None |
2022: 20 services
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid large joint using ultrasound guidance | 191 | $18,101 | $75 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 137 | $15,747 | $115 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 125 | $15,635 | $91 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, preservative-free, extended-release, microsphere formulation, 1 mg | 18 | $15,418 | None |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 23 | $3,613 | $151 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 46 | $3,069 | $63 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 13 | $1,931 | $149 |
| Muscle electrical test | 50 | $1,917 | $36 |
| Nerve test | 12 | $1,168 | $97 |
| Injection into tendon or ligament | 35 | $1,163 | $28 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 15 | $1,048 | $70 |
| Nerve test | 14 | $944 | $63 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from medium joint using ultrasound guidance | 13 | $601 | $43 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 22 | $595 | $26 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | 11 | $588 | $53 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from small joint using ultrasound guidance | 14 | $508 | $36 |
| Limited ultrasound scan of joint or other extremity structure except blood vessels | 19 | $397 | $21 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 62 | $291 | None |
| Telehealth originating site facility fee | 12 | $282 | $22 |
| Injection, ropivacaine hydrochloride, 1 mg | 13 | $16 | None |
2021: 6 services
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 44 | $5,017 | $114 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid large joint using ultrasound guidance | 39 | $2,271 | $57 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 15 | $1,523 | $90 |
| Muscle electrical test | 15 | $635 | $42 |
| Injection into tendon or ligament | 13 | $427 | $33 |
| Limited ultrasound scan of joint or other extremity structure except blood vessels | 15 | $320 | $21 |
Medicaid work
$25,329 in 2024
Medicaid paid $25,329 for 317 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 21 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.
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 108 | $12,770 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 116 | $9,822 |
| DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA W/US | 68 | $2,579 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 13 | $129 |
| Supplies and materials (except spectacles), provided by the physician or other qualified health care professional over and above those usually included with the office visit or other services rendered (list drugs, trays, supplies, or materials provided) | 12 | $30 |
| 2024 | 317 | 5 | 21 | $25,329 |
| 2023 | 227 | 4 | 17 | $8,603 |
| 2022 | 82 | 3 | 15 | $3,569 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA W/US | 102 | $3,596 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 43 | $2,473 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 69 | $2,466 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 13 | $67 |
2022
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 40 | $2,392 |
| DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA W/US | 30 | $1,088 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 12 | $90 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$1,798
Pharmacies billed $1,798 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 71) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical physical medicine and rehabilitation clinician is at 12%.
71 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $1,798 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.
| Allopurinol | 12 | $38 | $3 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 71 | 34 | 0% (0) | 0% | $1,798 |
| 2023 | 58 | 23 | 0% (0) | 0% | $1,194 |
| 2022 | 63 | 29 | None | None | $915 |
| 2020 | 52 | 14 | 0% (0) | None | $1,770 |
| 2019 | 29 | None | None | None | $4,573 |
| 2018 | 38 | 20 | 0% (0) | None | $1,686 |
| 2017 | 15 | None | 0% (0) | None | $1,854 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2022: 1 drug
| Gabapentin | 11 | $187 | $17 |
Money from drug and device companies
$500 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 2024 | 2 | 8 | None | $1,193 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | None | $86 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals | None | $500 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals | Consulting · 2025-07-14 | None | $500 |
See earlier years (2024, 2022)
2024: $1,193
| Pacira Pharmaceuticals | Zilretta | $1,117 | 7 payments
|
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals | Dysport | $76 | 1 payment
|
2022: $86
| SPR Therapeutics | Sprint Pns System | $86 | 1 payment
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Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 76.5 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1376934067
- Licence
- CA A172265California A172265: Current · expires 2027-04-30
- Trained
- Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School, 2017
- Group
- Stanford Health Care
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 208100000X (208100000X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
- NPI first listed
- 2015-02-17
- NPI last updated
- 2024-04-23
- NPI record certified
- 2024-04-23
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 300 1st Ave, Charlestown, MA, 02129