John S Wachtel, MD

1 location · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group

Hospitals listed: Stanford Health Care. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

9 plans · 1 carrier

Licence G35219 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 1977 · expires 2028-10-31 · University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

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

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 it
  Overall 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

$11,143

Medicare paid this office $11,143 for 81 people.

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

Who their Medicare patients are

81 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 65 · Under 65 33% · Women 100% · Also on Medicaid 38% · Health risk score 1.12. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical obstetrics & gynecology clinician is at 0.88.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 43% · Depression 31% · Diabetes 21% · Coronary heart disease 17%.

The office billed $54,110, Medicare allowed $14,890 and paid $11,143; for 109 services of 12 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

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.

$1,913 in 2024

Medicaid paid $1,913 for 16 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 16 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.

$25,192

Pharmacies billed $25,192 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 110) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical obstetrics & gynecology clinician is at 0%.

66 generic and 44 brand-name prescriptions · $25,192 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.

Year by year

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

NPI

1457315194

Licence

CA G35219California G35219: Current · expires 2028-10-31

Trained

University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, 1976

Group

Stanford Health Care

Video visits

Lists video visits

Gender

Male