Alexandra Zubenko, MD
Hospitalist · Chicago
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Office
- 1
- Since medical school
- 8 years
- Graduated 2018
Offices
1 location · Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation · 4,386 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Northwestern Memorial Hospital. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
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. Zubenko’s office at (312) 926-5924 to ask if they take your plan before you enroll.
California Medical Board record
Licence A163554 · Cancelled
Licence status: Cancelled · since 2019 · University of Illinois College of Medicine.
License has been voluntarily canceled, or the license has been expired for at least five years and has not been renewed. No practice is permitted.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
State licence records
1 licence
- Illinois 036155605Licensed Physician And Surgeon · since 2021 · expires 2029-07-31ActiveNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state
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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.
- Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, ILAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Northwestern Medicine, which runs 10 hospitalsHome of Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 81% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Pressure ulcer rate: 1.26 (0.95 to 1.56) · 17,389 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite: 0.74 (0.58 to 0.91), Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 1.71 (0 to 5.12) · 2,663 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative sepsis rate: 1.15 (0 to 3.19) · 2,766 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.609, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.392, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 4 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 8 the same, 3 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 1.26 (0.95 to 1.56) · 17,389 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.74 (0.58 to 0.91) | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 1.71 (0 to 5.12) · 2,663 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 1.15 (0 to 3.19) · 2,766 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.609 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.392 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.9 (0.25 to 1.55) · 4,931 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 146.95 (119.26 to 174.63) · 403 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2 · 184 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.4 · 168 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 10.1 · 163 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 5.7 · 946 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 7.9 · 833 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 8.5 · 513 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.2 · 6,861 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.15 (0 to 0.3) · 17,912 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.32 (0.17 to 0.48) · 20,121 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 2.81 (1.6 to 4.02) · 6,294 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 0.65 (0 to 1.73) · 2,722 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 1.45 (0.49 to 2.41) · 5,017 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 2.2 (0.98 to 3.41) · 1,549 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.9 · 345 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.828 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.742 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.897 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.5 · 200 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 19.6 · 1,270 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 31.2 · 189 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -6.1 · 1,115 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 18.6 · 862 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 17.7 · 949 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 4.4 (3.1 to 6.5) · 349 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 9.6 (7.3 to 12.7) · 349 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.6 · 358 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 11 · 165 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 21.5 · 259 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 11.2 (9.4 to 13.4) · 8,056 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.9 (0.7 to 1) · 1,959 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (2,820 patients answered, 23% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 4 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 66% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 79% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained | 60% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 87% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 85% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 73% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 78% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 85% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 77% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 74% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 75% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 76% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 86% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 63% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 45% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 89% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$43,729
Medicare paid this office $43,729 for 169 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 81 | $14,698 | $67 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 63 | $14,318 | $102 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 64 | $6,250 | $98 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 29 | $3,200 | $110 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 14 | $2,075 | $148 |
See all 7 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 81 | $14,698 | $67 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 63 | $14,318 | $102 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 64 | $6,250 | $98 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 29 | $3,200 | $110 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 14 | $2,075 | $148 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 21 | $1,435 | $68 |
| Prolonged hospital inpatient or observation care evaluation and management service(s) beyond the total time for the primary service (when the primary service has been selected using time on the date of the primary service); each additional 15 minutes by th | 17 | $1,007 | $26 |
Who their Medicare patients are
169 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Under 65 14% · 85 and older 25% · Women 61% · Also on Medicaid 30% · Health risk score 2.86. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical hospitalist clinician is at 2.49.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 57% · Chronic kidney disease 50% · Heart failure 49% · Diabetes 39% · Depression 36% · Atrial fibrillation 33% · Cancer 31% · Dementia 27% · COPD 24% · Stroke 22%.
The office billed $147,225, Medicare allowed $54,442 and paid $43,729; for 541 services of 9 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 | 169 | 541 | 75 | 2.86 | $147,225 | $43,729 |
| 2023 | 158 | 506 | 73 | 3.08 | $135,540 | $40,439 |
| 2022 | 178 | 649 | 75 | 3.17 | $178,698 | $50,820 |
| 2021 | 104 | 325 | 71 | 2.29 | $93,849 | $26,936 |
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: 6 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 89 | $17,139 | $66 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 57 | $11,612 | $99 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 42 | $4,239 | $96 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 25 | $2,761 | $110 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 16 | $2,354 | $147 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 21 | $1,413 | $67 |
2022: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 127 | $28,637 | $89 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 87 | $13,020 | $61 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 42 | $2,612 | $62 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 15 | $1,743 | $116 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 17 | $1,506 | $89 |
2021: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 60 | $15,165 | $90 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 35 | $4,793 | $61 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 13 | $1,538 | $118 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 24 | $1,485 | $62 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 11 | $992 | $90 |
Medicaid work
$4,515 in 2024
Medicaid paid $4,515 for 124 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 14 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.
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 124 | $4,515 |
| 2024 | 124 | 1 | 14 | $4,515 |
| 2023 | 91 | 1 | 18 | $2,580 |
| 2022 | 161 | 2 | 16 | $6,559 |
| 2021 | 152 | 1 | 16 | $6,854 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 91 | $2,580 |
2022
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 128 | $5,814 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 33 | $745 |
2021
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 152 | $6,854 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$19,400
Pharmacies billed $19,400 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
170 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $19,400 in drug cost · 18 antibiotic prescriptions to 14 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.
| Eliquis | 12 | $9,074 | $756 |
| Atorvastatin | 11 | $188 | $17 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 209 | 69 | None | None | $19,400 |
| 2023 | 205 | 60 | None | None | $21,606 |
| 2022 | 163 | 43 | None | 15% | $14,278 |
| 2021 | 84 | 31 | None | 27% | $38,096 |
| 2020 | 74 | 30 | None | None | $15,334 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 1 drug
| Pantoprazole | 11 | $313 | $28 |
2021: 1 drug
| Eliquis | 12 | $9,502 | $792 |
Money from drug and device companies
$100 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | None | $100 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | None | $235 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals | Jardiance | $100 | 1 payment
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See the published payment
| Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals | Meals · 2025-03-20 | Jardiance | $100 |
See earlier years (2022)
2022: $235
| Horizon Therapeutics plc | Krystexxa | $140 | 1 payment
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| Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals | Jardiance | $95 | 1 payment
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Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 94.1 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1487159356
- Licence
- CA A163554, IL 036155605California A163554: CancelledIllinois 036155605: Active
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Taxonomy
- Hospitalist (208M00000X); Internal medicine (207R00000X); Student in a training program (390200000X)
- Mailing address
- 251 E Huron St Ste 16-738, Chicago, IL, 60611
- NPI first listed
- 2018-03-24
- NPI last updated
- 2021-08-27
- NPI record certified
- 2021-08-27
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA, 94305