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Elbert Cheng, MD

Facial Plastic Surgery · Saratoga

NPI 1396823357

Medicare standing
1 flag on the record
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Plans that list them
Not verified
Not the same as out of network.
Office
1

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  • Medicare does not list them as allowed to order and refer

Offices

1 location

Plan participation

Not verified

We could not verify current plan participation for this doctor. This does not mean they are out of network. Call Dr. Cheng’s office at (408) 255-3223 to ask if they take your plan before you enroll.

California Medical Board record

Licence A63141 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 1997 · expires 2027-03-31 · Duke University School of Medicine.

No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.

Surgery centers they own

  • Cheng Medical Corporation and Saratoga Surgery CenterAmbulatory Surgery Center · Saratoga, CA50% owner · accredited by AAAHC
    Accreditation Renewed1 inspection · last 2013-01-30
  • Saratoga Surgery Center LLC dba Saratoga Surgery CenterAmbulatory Surgery Center · Saratoga, CA48% owner since 2008 · accredited by AAAHC
    Accreditation Renewed3 inspections, 2 with deficiencies · last 2023-09-14: Revocation

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$581

Pharmacies billed $581 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 14% of their Part D prescriptions (12 of 89) in 2024. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical otolaryngology clinician is at 4%.

89 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $581 in drug cost · 22 antibiotic prescriptions to 18 people.

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
Erythromycin13$140$9
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen12$50$4
Cephalexin13$34$2

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024892214% (12)0%$581
2023922020% (18)0%$843
20224714None0%$502
20213211None0%$432
202026NoneNone0%$413
201913NoneNone0%$194
2018611526% (16)0%$554
20173712None0%$337
20164312None0%$430
2015671218% (12)0%$1,690
2014431333% (14)None$641
201328NoneNone0%$534

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
Erythromycin20$252$13
Cephalexin16$160$10
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen12$54$5

2018: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Cephalexin13$96$7
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen11$46$4

2014: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen13$72$6

Money from drug and device companies

$697 in 2025

Industry payments by year
2025525None$697
2024340None$1,053
2023241None$726
2022335$1,950$2,527
2021523$3,000$3,753
2020317$6,500$6,766
2019436$21,000$22,824

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
AbbvieBotox$591
20 payments
  • Meals · 2025-07-29 · $25
  • Meals for Botox · 2025-07-17 · $27
  • Meals for Botox · 2025-07-08 · $29
  • Meals for Botox · 2025-07-08 · $39
  • Meals · 2025-06-13 · $6
  • Meals for Botox · 2025-05-31 · $24
  • Meals for Botox · 2025-05-23 · $33
  • Meals · 2025-04-18 · $28
  • Meals for Botox · 2025-04-16 · $112
  • Meals · 2025-03-28 · $24
  • Meals for Botox · 2025-03-12 · $14
  • Meals for Botox · 2025-02-27 · $54
  • Meals for Botox · 2025-02-16 · $33
  • Meals for Botox · 2025-02-13 · $32
  • Meals for Botox · 2025-02-07 · $6
  • Meals for Botox · 2025-01-25 · $9
  • Meals for Botox · 2025-01-19 · $29
  • Meals for Botox · 2025-01-18 · $32
  • Meals for Botox · 2025-01-09 · $16
  • Meals · 2025-01-07 · $20
Merz North AmericaNone$53
2 payments
  • Meals · 2025-05-29 · $21
  • Meals · 2025-03-18 · $33
Revance TherapeuticsDaxi$22
1 payment
  • Meals for Daxi · 2025-10-10 · $22
DexcomDexcom G6 Transmitter$16
1 payment
  • Meals for Dexcom G6 Transmitter · 2025-01-17 · $16
Solta Medical a division of Bausch Health USNone$15
1 payment
  • Meals · 2025-04-30 · $15
See all 25 published payments
Every published payment
Revance TherapeuticsMeals · 2025-10-10Daxi$22
AbbvieMeals · 2025-07-29None$25
AbbvieMeals · 2025-07-17Botox$27
AbbvieMeals · 2025-07-08Botox$29
AbbvieMeals · 2025-07-08Botox$39
AbbvieMeals · 2025-06-13None$6
AbbvieMeals · 2025-05-31Botox$24
Merz North AmericaMeals · 2025-05-29None$21
AbbvieMeals · 2025-05-23Botox$33
Solta Medical a division of Bausch Health USMeals · 2025-04-30None$15
AbbvieMeals · 2025-04-18None$28
AbbvieMeals · 2025-04-16Botox$112
AbbvieMeals · 2025-03-28None$24
Merz North AmericaMeals · 2025-03-18None$33
AbbvieMeals · 2025-03-12Botox$14
AbbvieMeals · 2025-02-27Botox$54
AbbvieMeals · 2025-02-16Botox$33
AbbvieMeals · 2025-02-13Botox$32
AbbvieMeals · 2025-02-07Botox$6
AbbvieMeals · 2025-01-25Botox$9
AbbvieMeals · 2025-01-19Botox$29
AbbvieMeals · 2025-01-18Botox$32
DexcomMeals · 2025-01-17Dexcom G6 Transmitter$16
AbbvieMeals · 2025-01-09Botox$16
AbbvieMeals · 2025-01-07None$20
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)

2024: $1,053

Payments by company in 2024
AbbvieBotox$811
38 payments
  • Meals for Botox · 2024-12-18 · $21
  • Meals for Botox · 2024-12-16 · $11
  • Meals for Botox · 2024-12-06 · $22
  • Meals for Botox · 2024-12-05 · $26
  • Meals for Botox · 2024-12-04 · $24
  • Meals · 2024-10-25 · $30
  • Meals for Botox · 2024-10-16 · $16
  • Meals for Botox · 2024-10-15 · $33
  • Meals for Botox · 2024-10-13 · $23
  • Meals for Botox · 2024-10-12 · $11
  • Meals for Botox · 2024-08-21 · $13
  • Meals for Botox · 2024-08-19 · $8
  • Meals · 2024-08-09 · $12
  • Meals for Botox · 2024-08-08 · $9
  • Meals for Botox · 2024-08-06 · $24
  • Meals · 2024-07-19 · $22
  • Meals · 2024-06-15 · $24
  • Education · 2024-06-13 · $8
  • Education for Botox · 2024-06-13 · $8
  • Education for Botox · 2024-06-13 · $8
  • Meals · 2024-06-10 · $27
  • Meals · 2024-06-07 · $25
  • Meals · 2024-06-05 · $17
  • Meals · 2024-05-29 · $4
  • Meals for Botox · 2024-05-25 · $30
  • Meals for Botox · 2024-05-02 · $25
  • Meals for Botox · 2024-04-26 · $33
  • Meals · 2024-04-12 · $22
  • Meals · 2024-04-05 · $16
  • Meals · 2024-04-05 · $16
  • Meals · 2024-03-28 · $14
  • Meals · 2024-03-28 · $18
  • Meals for Botox · 2024-03-13 · $22
  • Meals for Botox · 2024-03-05 · $87
  • Meals for Botox · 2024-02-15 · $29
  • Meals for Botox · 2024-02-08 · $17
  • Meals for Botox · 2024-01-19 · $34
  • Meals for Botox · 2024-01-12 · $22
Galderma Laboratories L.P.None$196
1 payment
  • Meals · 2024-11-19 · $196
Merz North AmericaNone$45
1 payment
  • Meals · 2024-09-14 · $45

2023: $726

Payments by company in 2023
AbbVieBotox$705
40 payments
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-12-28 · $20
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-12-16 · $6
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-12-15 · $15
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-12-11 · $15
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-11-30 · $20
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-11-29 · $28
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-10-27 · $15
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-10-19 · $16
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-10-19 · $12
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-10-06 · $34
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-10-04 · $12
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-08-31 · $29
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-08-28 · $10
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-08-12 · $32
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-08-12 · $13
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-08-10 · $3
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-08-04 · $32
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-07-28 · $22
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-07-26 · $21
  • Meals · 2023-07-07 · $35
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-07-06 · $30
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-06-29 · $32
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-06-26 · $5
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-06-22 · $31
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-06-11 · $13
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-06-08 · $7
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-06-06 · $46
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-06-01 · $10
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-05-23 · $19
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-05-21 · $8
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-05-18 · $16
  • Meals for Botox · 2023-05-17 · $8
  • Meals · 2023-04-04 · $10
  • Meals · 2023-03-31 · $13
  • Meals · 2023-03-22 · $3
  • Meals · 2023-03-20 · $23
  • Meals · 2023-02-24 · $9
  • Meals · 2023-02-11 · $7
  • Meals · 2023-01-18 · $15
  • Meals · 2023-01-18 · $11
Galderma Laboratories L.P.Dysport$21
1 payment
  • Meals for Dysport · 2023-05-17 · $21

2022: $2,527

Payments by company in 2022
AllerganBotox$2,455
31 payments
  • Meals · 2022-12-08 · $4
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-12-07 · $9
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-11-29 · $18
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-11-15 · $16
  • Meals · 2022-11-15 · $36
  • Paid to speak or teach for Botox · 2022-11-07 · $1,950
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-10-28 · $2
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-10-27 · $47
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-10-15 · $9
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-10-14 · $18
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-10-14 · $19
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-10-13 · $43
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-10-02 · $10
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-09-28 · $10
  • Meals · 2022-09-17 · $11
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-09-13 · $12
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-09-07 · $8
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-09-05 · $16
  • Meals · 2022-08-26 · $19
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-08-26 · $16
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-08-18 · $30
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-07-21 · $21
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-06-30 · $16
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-05-14 · $14
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-04-14 · $11
  • Meals · 2022-03-18 · $27
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-02-19 · $4
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-02-17 · $25
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-02-09 · $12
  • Meals · 2022-02-06 · $1
  • Meals for Botox · 2022-01-07 · $21
AcelRx PharmaceuticalsDsuvia$36
2 payments
  • Meals for Dsuvia · 2022-08-15 · $17
  • Meals for Dsuvia · 2022-02-27 · $19
Galderma Laboratories L.P.None$36
2 payments
  • Meals · 2022-08-30 · $12
  • Meals · 2022-04-22 · $24

2021: $3,753

Payments by company in 2021
AllerganBotox$3,264
13 payments
  • Meals · 2021-10-14 · $21
  • Paid to speak or teach for Botox · 2021-10-05 · $500
  • Meals · 2021-09-25 · $67
  • Meals for Botox · 2021-07-30 · $28
  • Meals for Botox · 2021-07-12 · $26
  • Meals for Botox · 2021-07-09 · $29
  • Meals · 2021-05-19 · $30
  • Paid to speak or teach for Botox · 2021-04-16 · $2,000
  • Travel for Botox · 2021-04-16 · $20
  • Education · 2021-03-16 · $7
  • Education · 2021-03-16 · $7
  • Meals · 2021-03-12 · $30
  • Paid to speak or teach for Botox · 2021-01-12 · $500
Merz North AmericaNone$346
3 payments
  • Meals · 2021-03-09 · $300
  • Meals · 2021-02-19 · $25
  • Meals · 2021-01-14 · $20
Galderma Laboratories L.P.None$100
5 payments
  • Meals · 2021-12-16 · $20
  • Meals · 2021-11-02 · $21
  • Meals · 2021-09-29 · $24
  • Meals · 2021-04-29 · $19
  • Meals · 2021-04-05 · $17
Solta Medical a division of Bausch Health USNone$24
1 payment
  • Meals · 2021-07-24 · $24
AcelRx PharmaceuticalsDsuvia$19
1 payment
  • Meals for Dsuvia · 2021-12-24 · $19

2020: $6,766

Payments by company in 2020
AllerganBotox Cosmetic$6,572
7 payments
  • Meals · 2020-11-19 · $24
  • Paid to speak or teach for Botox Cosmetic · 2020-10-15 · $2,000
  • Travel for Botox Cosmetic · 2020-10-15 · $25
  • Paid to speak or teach for Botox Cosmetic · 2020-04-24 · $500
  • Paid to speak or teach · 2020-03-19 · $2,000
  • Travel · 2020-02-05 · $24
  • Paid to speak or teach · 2020-02-05 · $2,000
Galderma Laboratories L.P.None$113
8 payments
  • Meals · 2020-12-15 · $20
  • Meals · 2020-11-09 · $4
  • Meals · 2020-10-13 · $18
  • Meals · 2020-09-22 · $13
  • Meals · 2020-09-22 · $8
  • Meals · 2020-08-06 · $17
  • Meals · 2020-06-24 · $17
  • Meals · 2020-01-31 · $15
Merz North AmericaNone$80
2 payments
  • Meals · 2020-11-11 · $35
  • Meals · 2020-09-16 · $44

2019: $22,824

Payments by company in 2019
AllerganNone$22,204
27 payments
  • Paid to speak or teach · 2019-10-03 · $2,500
  • Travel · 2019-10-03 · $742
  • Paid to speak or teach · 2019-09-26 · $2,000
  • Travel · 2019-09-26 · $23
  • Travel · 2019-09-24 · $19
  • Paid to speak or teach · 2019-09-24 · $2,000
  • Paid to speak or teach · 2019-09-19 · $2,500
  • Travel · 2019-09-19 · $62
  • Travel · 2019-09-19 · $20
  • Travel · 2019-08-28 · $36
  • Paid to speak or teach · 2019-08-28 · $2,000
  • Meals · 2019-08-27 · $19
  • Travel · 2019-08-13 · $19
  • Paid to speak or teach · 2019-08-13 · $2,500
  • Travel · 2019-08-13 · $58
  • Meals · 2019-05-17 · $15
  • Paid to speak or teach · 2019-05-16 · $2,500
  • Travel · 2019-05-16 · $58
  • Travel · 2019-05-16 · $26
  • Meals · 2019-05-10 · $24
  • Paid to speak or teach · 2019-04-12 · $500
  • Paid to speak or teach · 2019-03-12 · $2,500
  • Meals · 2019-03-12 · $3
  • Travel · 2019-03-12 · $24
  • Paid to speak or teach · 2019-03-11 · $2,000
  • Travel · 2019-03-11 · $39
  • Meals · 2019-03-10 · $17
Merz North AmericaXeomin$554
5 payments
  • Meals · 2019-10-10 · $150
  • Meals · 2019-07-28 · $115
  • Meals · 2019-05-08 · $150
  • Meals · 2019-02-01 · $105
  • Meals for Xeomin · 2019-01-11 · $34
Galderma Laboratories L.P.None$48
3 payments
  • Meals · 2019-12-11 · $13
  • Meals · 2019-03-06 · $16
  • Meals · 2019-02-08 · $19
Solta Medical a division of Bausch Health USNone$18
1 payment
  • Meals · 2019-11-12 · $18

Professional record

NPI
1396823357
Licence
CA A63141California A63141: Current · expires 2027-03-31
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207YS0123X (207YS0123X); Federal specialty code 174400000X (174400000X); Federal specialty code 207YX0007X (207YX0007X)
Mailing address
12945 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA, 95070
NPI first listed
2006-11-01
NPI last updated
2017-02-14

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