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Alexander Li-Che Chin, MD

Radiation Oncology · Stanford

NPI 1518385251

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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

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Plans that list them

17 plans · 3 carriers

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17 of 17 plans

Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Harmony (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health the ONE (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Classic (HMO)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN MyChoice (HMO)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP)SCAN Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)Santa Clara Family Health PlanListedSep 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 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
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.

Every scored measure at Stanford Health Care
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.317BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.446BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.241BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.86 (0.72 to 1)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.1 · 192 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.4 · 146 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths9.7 · 253 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths6.3 · 880 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 935 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths8.7 · 501 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.1 · 7,730 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.6 · 416 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.869No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.857No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.368No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.2 · 247 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.5 · 1,021 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits47.8 · 258 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-1.6 · 990 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits20.8 · 976 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.5 · 959 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.1 · 425 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits9.6 · 158 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.6 · 183 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care
Room was "always" clean75%
Nurses "always" communicated well82%
Doctors "always" communicated well81%
Staff "always" explained63%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge89%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)79%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects50%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

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.

Largest Original Medicare bills
Management of cranial lesion surgery using radiation over multiple sessions32$20,806$578
High precision radiation therapy planning44$19,017$388
Design and construction of radiation treatment device for high precision radiation therapy44$11,284$205
Ct guidance for insertion of radiation therapy fields59$10,524$40
Radiation treatment management, 5 treatment sessions17$8,656$177
See all 18 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Management of cranial lesion surgery using radiation over multiple sessions32$20,806$578
High precision radiation therapy planning44$19,017$388
Design and construction of radiation treatment device for high precision radiation therapy44$11,284$205
Ct guidance for insertion of radiation therapy fields59$10,524$40
Radiation treatment management, 5 treatment sessions17$8,656$177
Complex radiation therapy planning47$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 dose50$3,698$30
Design and construction of complex radiation treatment device45$3,639$56
Obtaining respiratory data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment33$3,511$98
Return visit (30+ min)19$2,629$120
Long return visit (40+ min)13$2,448$163
Special radiation treatment22$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's41$807$15
Stereoscopic x-ray guidance for localization of target volume for the delivery of radiation therapy17$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's20$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

Original Medicare by year
20241751,062762.16$1,477,002$118,502
20231431,131772.27$1,611,825$133,140
20221381,322752.22$1,434,079$126,544
2021120800752.06$841,119$82,130
2020130938742.33$1,137,097$102,030
201959247751.99$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

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Management of cranial lesion surgery using radiation over multiple sessions40$26,038$592
High precision radiation therapy planning51$22,096$388
Design and construction of radiation treatment device for high precision radiation therapy50$11,794$211
Complex radiation therapy planning58$10,552$155
Radiation treatment management, 5 treatment sessions24$9,665$176
New patient visit (60+ min)49$7,830$160
Ct guidance for insertion of radiation therapy fields26$7,383$39
Calculation of radiation therapy dose59$6,284$31
Design and construction of complex radiation treatment device57$5,315$55
Long return visit (40+ min)29$4,551$126
Obtaining respiratory data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment42$4,319$98
Short return visit (20+ min)41$3,457$58
Return visit (30+ min)30$2,984$81
Special radiation treatment21$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 involved11$1,001$71
Stereoscopic x-ray guidance for localization of target volume for the delivery of radiation therapy16$763$14

2022: 17 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Management of cranial lesion surgery using radiation over multiple sessions27$17,799$593
High precision radiation therapy planning42$17,725$385
Radiation treatment management, 5 treatment sessions26$14,783$178
Ct guidance for insertion of radiation therapy fields39$14,719$40
Design and construction of radiation treatment device for high precision radiation therapy42$11,392$211
Calculation of radiation therapy dose50$8,848$31
Complex radiation therapy planning47$8,534$155
Design and construction of complex radiation treatment device53$5,655$57
New patient visit (60+ min)34$5,200$153
Obtaining respiratory data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment35$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 planning12$2,693$207
Special radiation treatment21$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 involved12$1,003$77
Stereoscopic x-ray guidance for localization of target volume for the delivery of radiation therapy20$476$13

2021: 17 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Management of cranial lesion surgery using radiation over multiple sessions15$9,558$597
High precision radiation therapy planning23$9,392$391
Radiation treatment management, 5 treatment sessions19$6,964$179
Design and construction of radiation treatment device for high precision radiation therapy23$6,152$212
Complex radiation therapy planning36$5,962$157
Ct guidance for insertion of radiation therapy fields34$5,047$40
New patient visit (60+ min)28$4,695$168
Design and construction of complex radiation treatment device40$4,323$57
Calculation of radiation therapy dose36$3,716$29
3d radiation therapy planning14$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 therapy22$1,957$19
Obtaining respiratory data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment16$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 involved14$1,004$72
Obtaining data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment, 1 treatment area11$394$36

2020: 16 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
High precision radiation therapy planning37$14,907$392
Management of cranial lesion surgery using radiation over multiple sessions21$13,816$601
Radiation treatment management, 5 treatment sessions23$12,184$179
Design and construction of radiation treatment device for high precision radiation therapy37$8,985$214
Complex radiation therapy planning42$6,886$153
Ct guidance for insertion of radiation therapy fields26$6,266$43
New patient visit (60+ min)32$4,705$147
Design and construction of complex radiation treatment device42$3,733$56
Calculation of radiation therapy dose44$3,578$28
Special radiation treatment29$3,280$103
Return visit (30+ min)30$2,614$65
Obtaining respiratory data needed to develop the optimal radiation treatment22$2,122$96
Stereoscopic x-ray guidance for localization of target volume for the delivery of radiation therapy29$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 area23$994$36

2019: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Radiation treatment management, 5 treatment sessions12$4,673$173
Ct guidance for insertion of radiation therapy fields15$2,787$41
New patient visit (60+ min)14$2,101$150
Complex radiation therapy planning12$1,831$153
Special radiation treatment11$1,077$98
Return visit (30+ min)14$1,061$71
Design and construction of complex radiation treatment device12$834$56
Stereoscopic x-ray guidance for localization of target volume for the delivery of radiation therapy11$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

Part D prescribing by year
202412NoneNoneNone$520
202214NoneNoneNone$339
202117NoneNoneNone$714
202012None0% (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.

Payments by company
Cranial TechnologiesDoc Band$16
1 payment
  • Meals for Doc Band · 2024-05-10 · $16
See the published payment
Every published payment
Cranial TechnologiesMeals · 2024-05-10Doc Band$16

Professional record

NPI
1518385251
Licence
CA A137769California A137769: Current · expires 2027-02-28
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