Alexander Li-Che Chin, MD
Radiation Oncology · Stanford
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 17
- 3 carriers
- Office
- 1
- Since medical school
- 12 years
- Graduated 2014
Offices
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.
Plans that list them
17 plans · 3 carriers
A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Chin’s office at (650) 723-4000 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
17 of 17 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 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A137769 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2015 · expires 2027-02-28 · Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
School, training and certification
What this clinician told their state board, medical school and everything before it. Only some states publish this, so nothing here means the state does not say, not that there was no training or certification.
Specialty certification
- American Board of Radiology - Radiation Oncology
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.
- 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 itOverall 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
See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 5 the same, 4 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases | Worse | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.317 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.446 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.241 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases | Better | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.86 (0.72 to 1) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.1 · 192 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.4 · 146 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 9.7 · 253 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 6.3 · 880 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 10.3 · 935 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 8.7 · 501 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.1 · 7,730 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.6 · 416 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.869 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.857 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.368 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.2 · 247 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.5 · 1,021 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 47.8 · 258 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -1.6 · 990 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.8 · 976 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.5 · 959 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.1 · 425 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 9.6 · 158 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.6 · 183 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 75% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 82% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained | 63% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 89% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 89% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 76% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 80% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 76% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 77% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 79% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 88% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 53% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 83% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 50% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 90% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$118,502
Medicare paid this office $118,502 for 175 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Management of cranial lesion surgery using radiation over multiple sessions | 32 | $20,806 | $578 |
| High precision radiation therapy planning | 44 | $19,017 | $388 |
| Design and construction of radiation treatment device for high precision radiation therapy | 44 | $11,284 | $205 |
| Ct guidance for insertion of radiation therapy fields | 59 | $10,524 | $40 |
| Radiation treatment management, 5 treatment sessions | 17 | $8,656 | $177 |
See all 18 services
| Management of cranial lesion surgery using radiation over multiple sessions | 32 | $20,806 | $578 |
| High precision radiation therapy planning | 44 | $19,017 | $388 |
| Design and construction of radiation treatment device for high precision radiation therapy | 44 | $11,284 | $205 |
| Ct guidance for insertion of radiation therapy fields | 59 | $10,524 | $40 |
| Radiation treatment management, 5 treatment sessions | 17 | $8,656 | $177 |
| Complex radiation therapy planning | 47 | $7,988 | $154 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 37 | $6,027 | $163 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 45 | $5,910 | $80 |
| Calculation of radiation therapy dose | 50 | $3,698 | $30 |
| Design and construction of complex radiation treatment device | 45 | $3,639 | $56 |
| Obtaining respiratory data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment | 33 | $3,511 | $98 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 19 | $2,629 | $120 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 13 | $2,448 | $163 |
| Special radiation treatment | 22 | $2,273 | $99 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 13 | $1,821 | $130 |
| Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's | 41 | $807 | $15 |
| Stereoscopic x-ray guidance for localization of target volume for the delivery of radiation therapy | 17 | $414 | $19 |
| Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's | 20 | $314 | $15 |
Who their Medicare patients are
175 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Women 39% · Also on Medicaid 21% · Health risk score 2.16. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical radiation oncology clinician is at 1.69.
Conditions among them: Cancer 75% · High blood pressure 66% · Coronary heart disease 29% · Chronic kidney disease 29% · Diabetes 22% · COPD 22% · Atrial fibrillation 20% · Depression 13% · Heart failure 11% · Stroke 11% · Dementia 6%.
The office billed $1,477,002, Medicare allowed $150,761 and paid $118,502; for 1,062 services of 26 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 | 175 | 1,062 | 76 | 2.16 | $1,477,002 | $118,502 |
| 2023 | 143 | 1,131 | 77 | 2.27 | $1,611,825 | $133,140 |
| 2022 | 138 | 1,322 | 75 | 2.22 | $1,434,079 | $126,544 |
| 2021 | 120 | 800 | 75 | 2.06 | $841,119 | $82,130 |
| 2020 | 130 | 938 | 74 | 2.33 | $1,137,097 | $102,030 |
| 2019 | 59 | 247 | 75 | 1.99 | $279,365 | $25,357 |
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: 16 services
| Management of cranial lesion surgery using radiation over multiple sessions | 40 | $26,038 | $592 |
| High precision radiation therapy planning | 51 | $22,096 | $388 |
| Design and construction of radiation treatment device for high precision radiation therapy | 50 | $11,794 | $211 |
| Complex radiation therapy planning | 58 | $10,552 | $155 |
| Radiation treatment management, 5 treatment sessions | 24 | $9,665 | $176 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 49 | $7,830 | $160 |
| Ct guidance for insertion of radiation therapy fields | 26 | $7,383 | $39 |
| Calculation of radiation therapy dose | 59 | $6,284 | $31 |
| Design and construction of complex radiation treatment device | 57 | $5,315 | $55 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 29 | $4,551 | $126 |
| Obtaining respiratory data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment | 42 | $4,319 | $98 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 41 | $3,457 | $58 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 30 | $2,984 | $81 |
| Special radiation treatment | 21 | $2,391 | $100 |
| Obtaining data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment, 3 or more treatment areas or any number of treatment areas where special treatment is involved | 11 | $1,001 | $71 |
| Stereoscopic x-ray guidance for localization of target volume for the delivery of radiation therapy | 16 | $763 | $14 |
2022: 17 services
| Management of cranial lesion surgery using radiation over multiple sessions | 27 | $17,799 | $593 |
| High precision radiation therapy planning | 42 | $17,725 | $385 |
| Radiation treatment management, 5 treatment sessions | 26 | $14,783 | $178 |
| Ct guidance for insertion of radiation therapy fields | 39 | $14,719 | $40 |
| Design and construction of radiation treatment device for high precision radiation therapy | 42 | $11,392 | $211 |
| Calculation of radiation therapy dose | 50 | $8,848 | $31 |
| Complex radiation therapy planning | 47 | $8,534 | $155 |
| Design and construction of complex radiation treatment device | 53 | $5,655 | $57 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 34 | $5,200 | $153 |
| Obtaining respiratory data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment | 35 | $3,742 | $98 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 24 | $3,428 | $122 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 28 | $3,401 | $85 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 35 | $2,760 | $58 |
| 3d radiation therapy planning | 12 | $2,693 | $207 |
| Special radiation treatment | 21 | $2,205 | $100 |
| Obtaining data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment, 3 or more treatment areas or any number of treatment areas where special treatment is involved | 12 | $1,003 | $77 |
| Stereoscopic x-ray guidance for localization of target volume for the delivery of radiation therapy | 20 | $476 | $13 |
2021: 17 services
| Management of cranial lesion surgery using radiation over multiple sessions | 15 | $9,558 | $597 |
| High precision radiation therapy planning | 23 | $9,392 | $391 |
| Radiation treatment management, 5 treatment sessions | 19 | $6,964 | $179 |
| Design and construction of radiation treatment device for high precision radiation therapy | 23 | $6,152 | $212 |
| Complex radiation therapy planning | 36 | $5,962 | $157 |
| Ct guidance for insertion of radiation therapy fields | 34 | $5,047 | $40 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 28 | $4,695 | $168 |
| Design and construction of complex radiation treatment device | 40 | $4,323 | $57 |
| Calculation of radiation therapy dose | 36 | $3,716 | $29 |
| 3d radiation therapy planning | 14 | $3,182 | $212 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 17 | $2,509 | $139 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 19 | $2,276 | $88 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 28 | $2,190 | $53 |
| Stereoscopic x-ray guidance for localization of target volume for the delivery of radiation therapy | 22 | $1,957 | $19 |
| Obtaining respiratory data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment | 16 | $1,589 | $99 |
| Obtaining data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment, 3 or more treatment areas or any number of treatment areas where special treatment is involved | 14 | $1,004 | $72 |
| Obtaining data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment, 1 treatment area | 11 | $394 | $36 |
2020: 16 services
| High precision radiation therapy planning | 37 | $14,907 | $392 |
| Management of cranial lesion surgery using radiation over multiple sessions | 21 | $13,816 | $601 |
| Radiation treatment management, 5 treatment sessions | 23 | $12,184 | $179 |
| Design and construction of radiation treatment device for high precision radiation therapy | 37 | $8,985 | $214 |
| Complex radiation therapy planning | 42 | $6,886 | $153 |
| Ct guidance for insertion of radiation therapy fields | 26 | $6,266 | $43 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 32 | $4,705 | $147 |
| Design and construction of complex radiation treatment device | 42 | $3,733 | $56 |
| Calculation of radiation therapy dose | 44 | $3,578 | $28 |
| Special radiation treatment | 29 | $3,280 | $103 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 30 | $2,614 | $65 |
| Obtaining respiratory data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment | 22 | $2,122 | $96 |
| Stereoscopic x-ray guidance for localization of target volume for the delivery of radiation therapy | 29 | $1,698 | $19 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 23 | $1,366 | $46 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 12 | $1,235 | $103 |
| Obtaining data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment, 1 treatment area | 23 | $994 | $36 |
2019: 8 services
| Radiation treatment management, 5 treatment sessions | 12 | $4,673 | $173 |
| Ct guidance for insertion of radiation therapy fields | 15 | $2,787 | $41 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 14 | $2,101 | $150 |
| Complex radiation therapy planning | 12 | $1,831 | $153 |
| Special radiation treatment | 11 | $1,077 | $98 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 14 | $1,061 | $71 |
| Design and construction of complex radiation treatment device | 12 | $834 | $56 |
| Stereoscopic x-ray guidance for localization of target volume for the delivery of radiation therapy | 11 | $381 | $19 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$520
Pharmacies billed $520 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
11 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $520 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
| 2024 | 12 | None | None | None | $520 |
| 2022 | 14 | None | None | None | $339 |
| 2021 | 17 | None | None | None | $714 |
| 2020 | 12 | None | 0% (0) | None | $261 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
Money from drug and device companies
$16 in 2024
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Cranial Technologies | Doc Band | $16 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Cranial Technologies | Meals · 2024-05-10 | Doc Band | $16 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1518385251
- Licence
- CA A137769California A137769: Current · expires 2027-02-28
- Group
- Stanford Health Care
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 2085R0001X (2085R0001X)
- Mailing address
- 5725 W Las Positas Blvd Ste 100, Pleasanton, CA, 94588
- NPI first listed
- 2014-03-31
- NPI last updated
- 2019-08-19
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 5725 W Las Positas Blvd Ste 100, Pleasanton, CA, 94588