Christopher Norton Traver, MD
General Surgery · Carmichael
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 16
- 2 carriers
- Offices
- 3
Offices
3 locations · Acute Care Surgery Medical Group Inc · County of Santa Clara
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Hospitals listed: Mercy San Juan Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
16 plans · 2 carriers
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16 of 16 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 |
| 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 |
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.
- Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael, 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 3 of 5 · 69% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.108, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.144, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 8 the same, 2 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.108 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.144 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.78 (0 to 1.72) · 1,413 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.77 (0.47 to 1.07) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 195.56 (150.94 to 240.19) · 122 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.9 · 45 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 9.6 · 193 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 14.6 · 190 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 12.9 · 445 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 13.7 · 444 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 12.2 · 518 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.7 · 3,727 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.19 (0 to 0.39) · 8,263 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.23 (0.05 to 0.42) · 8,488 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 2.3 (0.42 to 4.18) · 1,992 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.38 (0 to 2.95) · 566 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.08 (0.71 to 3.44) · 1,929 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 6.41 (0 to 13) · 533 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 4.3 (0.68 to 7.92) · 557 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.6 (0.14 to 3.06) · 338 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.53 (0 to 1.11) · 7,155 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4.3 · 48 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.567 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 15.1 · 283 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 22.2 · 852 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 1.4 · 183 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -14.6 · 522 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -12.4 · 458 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 17.9 · 708 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 4.9 (3.1 to 7.5) · 102 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 10 (7 to 14) · 102 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 6.1 · 57 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 11.3 · 51 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 21.2 · 379 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.8 (9.5 to 17.2) · 384 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.4) · 291 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (611 patients answered, 17% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 64% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 77% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 77% |
| Staff "always" explained | 63% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 86% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 86% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 72% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 74% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 85% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 68% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 75% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 75% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 72% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 84% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 41% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 69% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 50% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 86% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$19,501
Medicare paid this office $19,501 for 148 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 | 70 | $5,871 | $65 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 48 | $5,148 | $107 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 11 | $514 | $43 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Hernia repair - groin (open) | 1-10 | None |
| Skin biopsy | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
148 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Under 65 14% · 85 and older 28% · Women 55% · Also on Medicaid 57% · Health risk score 1.93. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical general surgery clinician is at 1.69.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 49% · Chronic kidney disease 45% · Coronary heart disease 36% · Dementia 32% · Atrial fibrillation 31% · Depression 30% · Heart failure 26% · Stroke 26% · Cancer 22% · COPD 22%.
The office billed $109,293, Medicare allowed $25,032 and paid $19,501; for 213 services of 23 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 | 148 | 213 | 75 | 1.93 | $109,293 | $19,501 |
| 2023 | 135 | 214 | 76 | 1.91 | $160,057 | $27,812 |
| 2022 | 131 | 255 | 79 | 1.45 | $134,927 | $26,197 |
| 2021 | 118 | 190 | 77 | 1.48 | $107,312 | $19,490 |
| 2020 | 137 | 200 | 77 | 1.68 | $115,690 | $20,887 |
| 2019 | 171 | 292 | 77 | 1.84 | $160,210 | $28,967 |
| 2018 | 152 | 280 | 76 | 2.49 | $188,901 | $38,099 |
| 2017 | 164 | 323 | 74 | 1.83 | $100,018 | $46,821 |
| 2016 | 155 | 392 | 77 | 2.15 | $127,720 | $61,493 |
| 2015 | 140 | 333 | 75 | 1.99 | $96,880 | $46,459 |
| 2014 | 229 | 434 | 73 | 1.60 | $113,742 | $38,983 |
| 2013 | 381 | 576 | 74 | 1.79 | $182,835 | $57,794 |
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: 3 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 68 | $6,634 | $70 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 29 | $3,369 | $116 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 11 | $2,057 | $187 |
2022: 5 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 23 | $8,873 | $193 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 72 | $7,649 | $64 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 22 | $2,434 | $111 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 12 | $795 | $66 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 15 | $517 | $30 |
2021: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 45 | $4,080 | $66 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 22 | $2,484 | $113 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 11 | $2,018 | $183 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 18 | $1,212 | $67 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 21 | $842 | $35 |
2020: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 58 | $5,202 | $66 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 12 | $3,395 | $200 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 19 | $1,919 | $91 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 22 | $1,505 | $68 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 11 | $948 | $86 |
2019: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 98 | $8,796 | $62 |
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 24 | $6,297 | $180 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 29 | $2,481 | $86 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 19 | $2,160 | $86 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 23 | $1,357 | $59 |
2018: 4 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 31 | $13,540 | $222 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 69 | $7,181 | $71 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes | 31 | $2,950 | $95 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 27 | $1,973 | $73 |
2017: 6 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 63 | $19,967 | $188 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 53 | $4,230 | $62 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 39 | $3,670 | $94 |
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 23 | $3,282 | $143 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 23 | $2,696 | $117 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 17 | $1,796 | $90 |
2016: 6 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 59 | $27,277 | $195 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 52 | $4,951 | $63 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 44 | $4,279 | $97 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 35 | $4,252 | $121 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 26 | $4,074 | $93 |
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 15 | $2,228 | $149 |
2015: 7 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 45 | $18,219 | $196 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 60 | $9,650 | $93 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 32 | $3,221 | $98 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 15 | $2,701 | $180 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 21 | $2,567 | $122 |
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 15 | $2,239 | $149 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 17 | $1,554 | $65 |
2014: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 80 | $12,583 | $90 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 116 | $9,889 | $62 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 47 | $5,481 | $117 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 32 | $3,190 | $100 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 16 | $575 | $32 |
2013: 4 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 188 | $15,518 | $58 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 106 | $11,109 | $84 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 73 | $8,071 | $111 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 38 | $3,478 | $92 |
Medicaid work
$1,672 in 2024
Medicaid paid $1,672 for 86 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 21 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 | 86 | $1,672 |
| 2024 | 86 | 1 | 21 | $1,672 |
| 2023 | 270 | 1 | 25 | $4,406 |
| 2022 | 208 | 1 | 17 | $4,280 |
| 2021 | 91 | 1 | 21 | $1,757 |
| 2020 | 38 | 1 | 16 | $642 |
| 2019 | 169 | 1 | 20 | $3,356 |
| 2018 | 163 | 1 | 18 | $2,940 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 270 | $4,406 |
2022
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 208 | $4,280 |
2021
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 91 | $1,757 |
2020
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 38 | $642 |
2019
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 169 | $3,356 |
2018
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 163 | $2,940 |
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 87.6 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1518046986
- Licence
- CA G076524
- Trained
- Stanford University School of Medicine, 1991
- Group
- Acute Care Surgery Medical Group Inc · County of Santa Clara
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Surgery (208600000X)
- Mailing address
- 6555 Coyle Ave Ste 220, Carmichael, CA, 95608
- NPI first listed
- 2006-11-04
- NPI last updated
- 2025-12-17
- NPI record certified
- 2025-12-17
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.