Skip to main content
UniHealth

Doctor search

William C Adams, DPM

Podiatry · Palo Alto

NPI 1447487830

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
15
3 carriers
Office
1

Offices

1 location · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group

Looking this up.

Plans that list them

15 plans · 3 carriers

A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Adams’s office at (415) 600-1020 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.

15 of 15 plans

Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Harmony (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Sutter Advantage +More (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health the ONE (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)Santa Clara Family Health PlanListedSep 1, 2026

Original Medicare doctor bills

$68,698

Medicare paid this office $68,698 for 495 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

Largest Original Medicare bills
Short return visit (20+ min)245$26,056$78
New patient visit (30+ min)198$18,039$91
Return visit (30+ min)24$2,846$114
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails33$2,290$36
New patient visit (45+ min)14$1,962$140
See all 8 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Short return visit (20+ min)245$26,056$78
New patient visit (30+ min)198$18,039$91
Return visit (30+ min)24$2,846$114
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails33$2,290$36
New patient visit (45+ min)14$1,962$140
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths12$1,176$74
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg24$36None
Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg24$7None

Procedures Medicare counted

Procedure volume Medicare published
Removal of nail tissue24More than 62% of doctors who do this
Removal of skin lesions1-10None
Removal of tissue1-10None
Removal or shaving of skin growth1-10None

Who their Medicare patients are

495 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Women 67% · Also on Medicaid 6% · Health risk score 0.94. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical podiatry clinician is at 1.55.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 60% · Diabetes 20% · Coronary heart disease 20% · Chronic kidney disease 17% · Atrial fibrillation 14% · Cancer 13% · Depression 13% · Heart failure 10% · COPD 7% · Stroke 4% · Dementia 3%.

The office billed $283,325, Medicare allowed $96,853 and paid $68,698; for 908 services of 36 kinds; $43 of it was for drugs given in the office and $68,655 for care.

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

Original Medicare by year
2024495908760.94$283,325$68,698
2023471868760.97$261,940$65,464
2022487915761.01$285,898$72,248
2021425780760.96$247,171$65,073
2020397699771.09$185,537$45,658
2019563999761.05$275,367$67,404
2018497923761.07$285,505$66,003
2017447893751.02$259,962$64,335
2016448888761.15$218,754$55,311
2015404894761.10$241,460$64,272
2014427851751.01$204,236$56,264
2013141252750.91$55,762$16,146

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: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Short return visit (20+ min)251$27,144$79
New patient visit (30+ min)181$17,485$97
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails43$3,344$39
Return visit (30+ min)21$2,570$112
New patient visit (45+ min)12$1,687$141
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from small joint13$918$54
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg24$35None
Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg24$6None

2022: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Short return visit (20+ min)224$25,148$79
New patient visit (30+ min)187$17,594$94
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails80$5,043$38
New patient visit (45+ min)16$2,284$143
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths12$1,955$89
Return visit (30+ min)15$1,762$110
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from small joint12$699$47
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg21$19None
Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg22$5None

2021: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Short return visit (20+ min)194$20,881$79
New patient visit (30+ min)129$12,259$95
Return visit (30+ min)42$5,701$116
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails67$4,545$39
New patient visit (45+ min)28$3,806$136
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths15$2,653$74
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg15$17None
Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg15$4None

2020: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Short return visit (20+ min)223$19,320$63
New patient visit (30+ min)148$12,477$84
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails55$3,246$36
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg16$21None
Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg16$4None

2019: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Short return visit (20+ min)256$23,389$64
New patient visit (30+ min)273$23,234$85
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails66$5,985$39
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg20$37None
Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg20$4None

2018: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
New patient visit (30+ min)206$18,518$90
Short return visit (20+ min)232$18,390$62
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails78$6,481$39
Return visit (30+ min)14$1,219$87
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 1 growth12$981$41
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg18$28None
Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg19$4None

2017: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Short return visit (20+ min)207$18,629$63
New patient visit (30+ min)192$15,861$83
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails80$6,635$39
Permanent removal fingernail or toenail12$1,719$123
Return visit (30+ min)13$1,071$82
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 1 growth11$987$47
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths11$758$40
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg13$28None
Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg13$3None

2016: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Short return visit (20+ min)187$16,833$62
New patient visit (30+ min)183$15,825$86
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails95$7,821$38
New patient visit (15+ min)21$1,140$54
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 1 growth11$746$39
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg15$31None
Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg15$3None

2015: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Short return visit (20+ min)168$16,551$67
New patient visit (30+ min)159$15,093$95
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails97$9,497$42
Permanent removal fingernail or toenail12$2,925$225
New patient visit (15+ min)33$2,094$63
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths17$1,824$59
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 1 growth13$1,465$51

2014: 11 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Short return visit (20+ min)154$15,264$65
New patient visit (30+ min)157$15,186$97
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails78$5,265$42
New patient visit (15+ min)71$4,086$58
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths19$1,199$57
Short return visit21$1,019$39
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 1 growth19$896$45
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 1-5 nails13$486$29
Trimming of fingernails or toenails12$258$13
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg15$25None
Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg15$4None

2013: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
New patient visit (30+ min)45$4,523$101
Short return visit (20+ min)40$3,155$67
New patient visit (15+ min)38$2,665$70
Short return visit23$1,202$41
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 2-4 growths14$921$58
Removal of fingernails or toenails, 6 or more nails18$741$41
Removal of noncancer thickened skin growth, 1 growth15$693$46

Medicaid work

$266 in 2023

Medicaid paid $266 for 14 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.

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
Short return visit (20+ min)14$266
Medicaid work by year
202314112$266

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$357

Pharmacies billed $357 in 2024.

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

41 generic and 0 brand-name prescriptions · $357 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.

Largest Part D drug costs
Terbinafine14$127$9

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
20244130None0%$357
2023402730% (12)0%$779
20226028NoneNone$3,111
20215728NoneNone$1,809
20204424NoneNone$1,143
20193924None28%$870
2018443039% (17)0%$583
20174520NoneNone$1,336
20161611None0%$387
20153620NoneNone$789
20145232NoneNone$1,112
20134128NoneNone$2,458

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

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Naproxen13$117$9

2018: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen16$135$8
Naproxen14$131$9

2017: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Terbinafine11$108$10

2015: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Naproxen13$92$7

2014: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Naproxen18$167$9

2013: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Naproxen11$113$10

Money from drug and device companies

$197 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202522None$197
202112$950$950
201912None$36

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
Sanofi-Aventis U.S.Tzield$118
1 payment
  • Meals for Tzield · 2025-10-04 · $118
Paragon 28Silverback$80
1 payment
  • Meals for Silverback · 2025-03-29 · $80
See all 2 published payments
Every published payment
Sanofi-Aventis U.S.Meals · 2025-10-04Tzield$118
Paragon 28Meals · 2025-03-29Silverback$80
See earlier years (2021, 2019)

2021: $950

Payments by company in 2021
MedShapeMedshape Dynanail$950
2 payments
  • Consulting for Medshape Dynanail · 2021-05-18 · $800
  • Consulting for Medshape Dynanail · 2021-02-01 · $150

2019: $36

Payments by company in 2019
Paragon 28None$36
2 payments
  • Meals · 2019-08-25 · $24
  • Meals · 2019-08-25 · $11

Professional record

NPI
1447487830
Licence
CA E5090
Trained
California School of Podiatric Medicine, 2009
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 213ES0103X (213ES0103X); Student in a training program (390200000X)
Mailing address
325 Distel Cir, Los Altos, CA, 94022
NPI first listed
2009-06-12
NPI last updated
2020-05-28
NPI record certified
2020-05-28

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