Kaye Lu, MD
General Surgery · Los Gatos
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 2
- 2 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · El Camino Health Medical Network LLC · 202 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Los Angeles General Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
2 plans · 2 carriers
A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Lu’s office at (408) 871-3400 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
2 of 2 plans
| Anthem Medicare Advantage (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A192730 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2024 · expires 2028-03-31 · Tufts University School of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
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.
- Los Angeles General Medical CenterLos Angeles, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, which runs 4 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 71% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 2 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.404, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.115, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.151, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Los Angeles General Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 3 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 6 the same, 1 worse of 7 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 | 0.404 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.115 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.151 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.16 (0.15 to 2.17) · 711 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.97 (0.61 to 1.32) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 171.4 (120.6 to 222.19) · 58 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 8.6 · 39 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 12.5 · 40 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 11 · 157 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 12.9 · 145 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 12.1 · 141 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.5 · 1,031 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.18 (0 to 0.39) · 3,814 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.24 (0.03 to 0.44) · 4,165 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.1 (1.83 to 6.37) · 740 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.54 (0 to 3.21) · 252 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.13 (0.58 to 3.68) · 683 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 7.88 (0 to 16.03) · 259 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 7.15 (3.29 to 11.02) · 256 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 2.31 (0.83 to 3.8) · 143 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.38 (0 to 1.08) · 3,097 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.85 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 1.191 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 15 · 58 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 23.2 · 280 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -0.5 · 217 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 15.7 · 164 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 17.6 · 208 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.9 (4.1 to 8.3) · 194 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 11.5 (8.5 to 15.3) · 194 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.1 · 107 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
What patients said (651 patients answered, 13% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 70% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 73% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained | 53% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 85% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 83% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 74% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 83% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 69% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 66% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 67% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 71% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 80% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 49% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 71% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 41% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 86% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Procedures Medicare counted
| Mastectomy | 1-10 | None |
| Melanoma (skin cancer) excision | 1-10 | None |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$3,361
Pharmacies billed $3,361 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 79% of their Part D prescriptions (23 of 29) in 2024. Too few prescriptions to compare fairly with other clinicians.
27 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $3,361 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.
| Oxycodone | 17 | $17 | $1 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 29 | 26 | 79% (23) | None | $3,361 |
| 2023 | 48 | 38 | 69% (33) | None | $5,644 |
| 2022 | 12 | 11 | 92% (11) | None | $549 |
| 2021 | 33 | 29 | 73% (24) | 0% | $144 |
| 2020 | 62 | 39 | 52% (32) | None | $2,016 |
| 2019 | 60 | 39 | 50% (30) | None | $1,065 |
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
| Oxycodone | 26 | $57 | $2 |
2021: 1 drug
| Oxycodone | 22 | $56 | $3 |
2020: 1 drug
| Oxycodone | 23 | $90 | $4 |
2019: 1 drug
| Oxycodone | 21 | $65 | $3 |
Money from drug and device companies
$1,083 in 2025
| 2025 | 4 | 9 | None | $1,083 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | None | $190 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Stryker | 1788 | $586 | 5 payments
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| Endomagnetics | Magseed | $204 | 2 payments
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| Leica Microsystems | Mammotome Elite | $161 | 1 payment
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| Vector Surgical | None | $132 | 1 payment
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See all 9 published payments
| Stryker | Meals · 2025-05-17 | 1788 | $75 |
| Stryker | Travel · 2025-05-17 | 1788 | $26 |
| Stryker | Meals · 2025-05-17 | 1788 | $50 |
| Stryker | Travel · 2025-05-16 | 1788 | $303 |
| Stryker | Meals · 2025-05-16 | 1788 | $133 |
| Vector Surgical | Meals · 2025-05-02 | None | $132 |
| Endomagnetics | Meals · 2025-05-02 | Magseed | $151 |
| Endomagnetics | Meals · 2025-01-22 | Magseed | $53 |
| Leica Microsystems | Meals · 2025-01-17 | Mammotome Elite | $161 |
See earlier years (2024)
2024: $190
| Vector Surgical | None | $190 | 1 payment
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Professional record
- NPI
- 1518429893
- Licence
- CA A192730California A192730: Current · expires 2028-03-31
- Trained
- Tufts University School of Medicine, 2019
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Surgery (208600000X)
- Mailing address
- 55 Lake Ave N, Worcester, MA, 01655
- NPI first listed
- 2019-04-04
- NPI last updated
- 2025-08-13
- NPI record certified
- 2025-08-13
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.