Audrey Chow, MD
Ophthalmology · Fremont
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 10
- 2 carriers
- Offices
- 5
Offices
5 locations · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group
Plans that list them
10 plans · 2 carriers
A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Chow’s office to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
10 of 10 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 |
| SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A178847 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2022 · expires 2028-07-31 · University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Original Medicare doctor bills
$140,503
Medicare paid this office $140,503 for 581 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens | 30 | $24,963 | $520 |
| New patient complete exam of visual system | 149 | $18,274 | $123 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 129 | $16,398 | $127 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 115 | $14,694 | $119 |
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 122 | $14,618 | $112 |
See all 17 services
| Removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens | 30 | $24,963 | $520 |
| New patient complete exam of visual system | 149 | $18,274 | $123 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 129 | $16,398 | $127 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 115 | $14,694 | $119 |
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 122 | $14,618 | $112 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 78 | $8,328 | $87 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 119 | $7,424 | $59 |
| Removal of recurring cataract in lens capsule using a laser | 12 | $5,325 | $410 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 119 | $3,982 | $31 |
| Imaging of retina | 75 | $2,961 | $38 |
| Established patient problem focused exam of visual system | 31 | $2,467 | $75 |
| Measurement of corneal curvature and depth of eye | 31 | $1,600 | $24 |
| Photography of the retina | 44 | $1,482 | $34 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 15 | $1,380 | $92 |
| Exam of the internal drainage system of eye | 47 | $1,210 | $26 |
| Imaging of front third of eye | 14 | $376 | $25 |
| Ultrasound scan of cornea to determine thickness | 32 | $325 | $10 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Cataract surgery | 103 | More than 75% of doctors who do this |
Who their Medicare patients are
581 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 74 · Under 65 5% · 85 and older 11% · Women 57% · Also on Medicaid 20% · Health risk score 0.99. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical ophthalmology clinician is at 1.16.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 68% · Diabetes 39% · Coronary heart disease 25% · Chronic kidney disease 23% · Depression 14% · Heart failure 12% · Atrial fibrillation 12% · Cancer 11% · COPD 6% · Dementia 6% · Stroke 6%.
The office billed $688,559, Medicare allowed $191,644 and paid $140,503; for 1,348 services of 37 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.
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$33,072
Pharmacies billed $33,072 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 460) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical ophthalmology clinician is at 0%.
315 generic and 145 brand-name prescriptions · $33,072 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.
| Prednisolone Acetate | 71 | $2,874 | $40 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 66 | $1,582 | $24 |
| Latanoprost | 59 | $806 | $14 |
| Ofloxacin | 55 | $700 | $13 |
| Brimonidine | 23 | $544 | $24 |
See all 11 drugs
| Prednisolone Acetate | 71 | $2,874 | $40 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine | 66 | $1,582 | $24 |
| Latanoprost | 59 | $806 | $14 |
| Ofloxacin | 55 | $700 | $13 |
| Brimonidine | 23 | $544 | $24 |
| Azelastine | 14 | $503 | $36 |
| Dorzolamide | 12 | $470 | $39 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth | 35 | $353 | $10 |
| Dorzolamide-Timolol | 17 | $326 | $19 |
| Erythromycin | 26 | $284 | $11 |
| Timolol Maleate | 11 | $153 | $14 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 460 | 164 | 0% (0) | 32% | $33,072 |
| 2023 | 120 | 60 | 0% (0) | 45% | $7,252 |
| 2022 | 195 | 80 | 0% (0) | 50% | $15,536 |
| 2021 | 14 | None | 0% (0) | None | $1,115 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 2 drugs
| Prednisolone Acetate | 40 | $2,251 | $56 |
| Latanoprost | 21 | $251 | $12 |
2022: 7 drugs
| Rhopressa | 11 | $3,547 | $322 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 48 | $2,632 | $55 |
| Dorzolamide-Timolol | 13 | $397 | $31 |
| Latanoprost | 31 | $342 | $11 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth | 14 | $183 | $13 |
| Ofloxacin | 18 | $170 | $9 |
| Erythromycin | 20 | $141 | $7 |
Money from drug and device companies
$156 in 2025
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | None | $156 |
| 2023 | 5 | 40 | None | $3,916 |
| 2022 | 2 | 7 | None | $646 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 | None | $246 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Alcon Vision | Clareon | $86 | 2 payments
|
| Inspire Medical Systems | Inspire | $70 | 2 payments
|
See all 4 published payments
| Inspire Medical Systems | Meals · 2025-10-22 | Inspire | $40 |
| Alcon Vision | Meals · 2025-04-15 | Clareon | $64 |
| Inspire Medical Systems | Meals · 2025-04-11 | Inspire | $29 |
| Alcon Vision | Meals · 2025-04-05 | Clareon | $22 |
See earlier years (2023, 2022, 2021)
2023: $3,916
| Bausch & Lomb Americas | Stellaris Elite | $2,560 | 21 payments
|
| Alcon Vision | Hydrus Microstent | $931 | 15 payments
|
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision | Lipiflow System Activator II (Disposable | $262 | 1 payment
|
| Horizon Therapeutics plc | Tepezza | $149 | 2 payments
|
| Oyster Point Pharma | Tyrvaya | $14 | 1 payment
|
2022: $646
| Alcon Vision | Acrysof Iq Panoptix Uv Iol | $522 | 6 payments
|
| Abbvie | Ozurdex | $124 | 1 payment
|
2021: $246
| Alcon Vision | Acrysof Iq Panoptix | $246 | 3 payments
|
Professional record
- NPI
- 1386106441
- Licence
- CA A178847California A178847: Current · expires 2028-07-31
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207W00000X (207W00000X)
- Mailing address
- 325 Distel Cir, Los Altos, CA, 94022
- NPI first listed
- 2019-04-05
- NPI last updated
- 2024-01-26
- NPI record certified
- 2024-01-26
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 1101 Van Ness Ave Ste 1120, San Francisco, CA, 94109