Luis Alvarez, MD

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

Hospitals listed: 052722 · 052793 · 552514 · 552746 · Sequoia Hospital · Washington Hospital. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

3 plans · 3 carriers

Licence A69276 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 1999 · expires 2026-11-30 · University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine.

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

2 hospitals

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

• Sequoia HospitalRedwood City, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of CommonSpirit Health, which runs 145 hospitals in 19 statesPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 81% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 104.12 (51.8 to 156.44) · 56 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
• Washington HospitalFremont, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Washington Hospital Healthcare SystemPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 71% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 2 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.188, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.164, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025

$179,237

Medicare paid this office $179,237 for 352 people.

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

Who their Medicare patients are

352 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 78 · Under 65 5% · 85 and older 23% · Women 38% · Also on Medicaid 12% · Health risk score 2.38. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical nephrology clinician is at 4.01.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 75% · Diabetes 48% · Coronary heart disease 39% · Atrial fibrillation 28% · Heart failure 24% · Cancer 22% · Depression 20% · COPD 10% · Dementia 9% · Stroke 7%.

The office billed $729,303, Medicare allowed $232,668 and paid $179,237; for 7,993 services of 23 kinds; $15,497 of it was for drugs given in the office and $163,740 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 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.

$396,235

Pharmacies billed $396,235 in 2024.

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

Opioids were 1% of their Part D prescriptions (19 of 1,949) in 2024. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical nephrology clinician is at 0%.

1,658 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $396,235 in drug cost · 32 antibiotic prescriptions to 21 people · 12 antipsychotic prescriptions to people over 65.

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.

$370,261 in 2025

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.