Julia Elizabeth Noel, MD
Otolaryngology · San Jose
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 19
- 4 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · County of Santa Clara · 1,000 clinicians in this group
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Hospitals listed: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
19 plans · 4 carriers
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19 of 19 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 |
| Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health the ONE (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Full Dual Advantage Aligned (HMO D-SNP) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Medicare Advantage (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Classic (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN MyChoice (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| 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 A131963 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2014 · expires 2028-01-31 · University of California, San Diego 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.
- Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 70% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 2 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 2.572, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.563, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.256, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.369, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 1 worse of 8 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.
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 2.572 | Worse | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.563 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.256 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.369 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.25 (0.3 to 2.2) · 1,535 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.07 (0.76 to 1.38) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 214.59 (167.38 to 261.8) · 108 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.8 · 41 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6 · 141 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 10.2 · 124 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.3 · 501 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 14.9 · 653 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.1 · 348 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3 · 4,502 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.24 (0.04 to 0.43) · 9,014 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.34 (0.15 to 0.52) · 9,216 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.54 (2.51 to 6.58) · 1,421 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.54 (0 to 3.2) · 288 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.11 (0.66 to 3.56) · 1,446 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 11.61 (4.09 to 19.14) · 294 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 7.29 (3.39 to 11.2) · 299 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.9 (0.45 to 3.36) · 333 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.23 (0 to 0.78) · 7,538 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 5.4 · 94 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.735 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 2.573 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.6 · 185 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 22.1 · 951 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 56.3 · 128 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 6.4 · 644 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 1.3 · 699 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.3 · 921 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.7 (3.9 to 8.1) · 226 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 12.6 (9.4 to 16.5) · 226 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.4 · 94 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 11.4 · 54 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.3 · 242 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.2 (9.9 to 17.4) · 702 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.7 to 1.4) · 195 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (4,032 patients answered, 29% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 2 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 70% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 73% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained | 57% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 82% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 82% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 74% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 67% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 71% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 69% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 80% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 43% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 70% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 44% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 83% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$14,991
Medicare paid this office $14,991 for 77 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 22 | $1,405 | $56 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 18 | $1,045 | $55 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 15 | $985 | $66 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 11 | $806 | $73 |
| Ultrasound scan of head and neck soft tissue | 12 | $335 | $22 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Melanoma (skin cancer) excision | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
77 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Women 68% · Also on Medicaid 57% · Health risk score 1.92. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical otolaryngology clinician is at 1.19.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 36% · Chronic kidney disease 27% · COPD 26% · Coronary heart disease 25% · Depression 23% · Atrial fibrillation 21% · Stroke 21% · Heart failure 18% · Dementia 17%.
The office billed $186,242, Medicare allowed $19,847 and paid $14,991; for 163 services of 36 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 | 77 | 163 | 72 | 1.92 | $186,242 | $14,991 |
| 2023 | 91 | 181 | 73 | 1.84 | $229,372 | $21,381 |
| 2022 | 124 | 400 | 71 | 1.26 | $289,329 | $49,016 |
| 2021 | 112 | 388 | 72 | 1.52 | $316,240 | $59,344 |
| 2020 | 77 | 267 | 71 | 1.71 | $275,445 | $43,549 |
| 2019 | 27 | 75 | 72 | 1.84 | $22,068 | $5,313 |
| 2018 | 12 | 18 | 70 | 1.78 | $7,435 | $1,259 |
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: 4 services
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 17 | $1,196 | $63 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 14 | $1,060 | $76 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 11 | $960 | $80 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 14 | $915 | $61 |
2022: 10 services
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 39 | $6,211 | $159 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 26 | $3,414 | $122 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 26 | $2,480 | $83 |
| Ultrasound scan of head and neck soft tissue | 71 | $1,849 | $23 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 15 | $1,806 | $113 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 14 | $1,604 | $115 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 18 | $1,104 | $55 |
| Ultrasonic guidance during surgery | 19 | $1,080 | $54 |
| Fine needle aspiration biopsy using ultrasound guidance, first growth | 15 | $996 | $66 |
| Ultrasound scan of head and neck soft tissue | 32 | $789 | $21 |
2021: 10 services
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 33 | $5,549 | $126 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 28 | $4,714 | $168 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 14 | $2,155 | $127 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 18 | $2,067 | $90 |
| Ultrasound scan of head and neck soft tissue | 51 | $1,596 | $26 |
| Ultrasonic guidance during surgery | 22 | $1,214 | $55 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 11 | $996 | $83 |
| Fine needle aspiration biopsy using ultrasound guidance, first growth | 14 | $981 | $65 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 12 | $736 | $61 |
| Ultrasound scan of head and neck soft tissue | 23 | $727 | $25 |
2020: 7 services
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 19 | $2,916 | $153 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 12 | $1,855 | $155 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 16 | $1,635 | $102 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 11 | $948 | $73 |
| Ultrasound scan of head and neck soft tissue | 30 | $890 | $25 |
| Ultrasonic guidance during surgery | 14 | $883 | $55 |
| Ultrasound scan of head and neck soft tissue | 22 | $679 | $25 |
Medicaid work
$25 in 2024
Medicaid paid $25 for 318 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 42 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.
| Diagnostic flexible fiberoptic laryngoscopy | 12 | $25 |
| Pain severity quantified; no pain present (COA) (ONC) | 12 | $0 |
| Medication list documented in medical record (COA) | 167 | $0 |
| Most recent systolic blood pressure less than 130 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD) | 58 | $0 |
| Most recent diastolic blood pressure less than 80 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM) | 56 | $0 |
| OFF/OP CONSLTJ NEW/EST SF 20 | 13 | $0 |
| 2024 | 318 | 6 | 42 | $25 |
Money from drug and device companies
$44,604 in 2025
| 2025 | 3 | 21 | $11,325 | $44,604 |
| 2024 | 2 | 15 | $14,400 | $19,902 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 | $3,500 | $3,572 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 | None | $177 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 | None | $129 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Pulse Biosciences | Cellfx | $35,272 | 9 payments
|
| Medtronic | Pteye Parathyroid Detection System | $9,268 | 10 payments
|
| Smith+Nephew | Tula | $63 | 2 payments
|
See all 21 published payments
| Pulse Biosciences | Long term medical supply or device loan · 2025-12-31 | Cellfx | $14,785 |
| Pulse Biosciences | Long term medical supply or device loan · 2025-12-08 | Cellfx | $7,500 |
| Medtronic | Paid to speak or teach · 2025-11-21 | None | $1,000 |
| Medtronic | Consulting · 2025-11-14 | Nim-Response | $750 |
| Medtronic | Paid to speak or teach · 2025-09-22 | Pteye Parathyroid Detection System | $1,125 |
| Medtronic | Paid to speak or teach · 2025-09-12 | Pteye Parathyroid Detection System | $1,000 |
| Medtronic | Consulting · 2025-07-28 | Nim-Response | $500 |
| Pulse Biosciences | Long term medical supply or device loan · 2025-07-24 | Cellfx | $7,500 |
| Medtronic | Consulting · 2025-07-21 | None | $4,250 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-07-09 | None | $97 |
| Pulse Biosciences | Consulting · 2025-07-09 | Cellfx | $900 |
| Medtronic | Travel · 2025-07-08 | None | $355 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-07-08 | None | $61 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-07-08 | None | $131 |
| Pulse Biosciences | Consulting · 2025-06-30 | Cellfx | $900 |
| Smith+Nephew | Meals · 2025-04-18 | Tula | $28 |
| Pulse Biosciences | Consulting · 2025-04-02 | Cellfx | $900 |
| Pulse Biosciences | Long term medical supply or device loan · 2025-03-05 | Cellfx | $2,500 |
| Smith+Nephew | Meals · 2025-02-13 | Tula | $35 |
| Pulse Biosciences | Meals · 2025-02-05 | Cellfx | $152 |
| Pulse Biosciences | Meals · 2025-01-31 | Cellfx | $135 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2019)
2024: $19,902
| Medtronic | Pteye Parathyroid Detection System | $14,002 | 13 payments
|
| Pulse Biosciences | Nanosecond Pulsed Field Ablation (Nspfa) | $5,900 | 2 payments
|
2023: $3,572
| Medtronic | Propel | $3,572 | 3 payments
|
2022: $177
| Baxter Healthcare | Tisseel | $112 | 1 payment
|
| Medtronic | Mazor X System | $65 | 2 payments
|
2019: $129
| Medtronic USA | Nim | $129 | 3 payments
|
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 80.6 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1407290166
- Licence
- CA A131963California A131963: Current · expires 2028-01-31
- Trained
- University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, 2013
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Otolaryngology (207Y00000X); Student in a training program (390200000X)
- Mailing address
- 801 Welch Rd, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
- NPI first listed
- 2013-04-24
- NPI last updated
- 2018-06-25
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.