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Keith D Chow, OD

Optometry · San Jose

NPI 1568432110

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2
1 carrier
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1 location · Keith D Chow O D Inc · 3 clinicians in this group

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Aetna Medicare Eagle (PPO)Aetna MedicareListedSep 8, 2026
Aetna Medicare Enhanced (PPO)Aetna MedicareListedSep 8, 2026

Original Medicare doctor bills

$12,098

Medicare paid this office $12,098 for 72 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)48$6,368$108
Imaging of optic nerve11$382$32

Procedures Medicare counted

Procedure volume Medicare published
Cataract surgery1-10None

Who their Medicare patients are

72 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Women 64% · Health risk score 0.89. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical optometry clinician is at 0.97.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 74% · Diabetes 26% · Coronary heart disease 25% · Chronic kidney disease 21% · Atrial fibrillation 15%.

The office billed $19,439, Medicare allowed $16,459 and paid $12,098; for 167 services of 18 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
202472167760.89$19,439$12,098
20236095780.84$10,351$6,367
202288159771.12$17,961$10,218
202173116771.11$12,757$8,191
20205491761.34$9,272$5,347
201983175760.98$15,753$10,273
201899221760.96$19,954$12,869
201759119760.97$10,065$6,613
201659105751.04$8,981$6,006
201570122740.85$10,310$7,090
201484171740.97$13,671$9,925
201365130730.94$10,413$6,896

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: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Return visit (30+ min)39$3,723$89

2022: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Return visit (30+ min)57$5,196$87
Exam of visual field with extended testing19$1,105$53
Short return visit (20+ min)13$741$53
Imaging of optic nerve15$420$28

2021: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Return visit (30+ min)50$4,757$86

2020: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Return visit (30+ min)24$2,191$81
Established patient complete exam of visual system20$1,023$51

2019: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Return visit (30+ min)29$3,359$96
Established patient complete exam of visual system33$2,333$71
Short return visit (20+ min)13$988$62
Exam of visual field with extended testing11$843$65
Imaging of retina34$726$21
Imaging of optic nerve11$399$28

2018: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Established patient complete exam of visual system51$3,616$71
Return visit (30+ min)21$2,217$89
Exam of visual field with extended testing27$1,897$61
Short return visit (20+ min)17$1,474$67
Imaging of optic nerve24$911$33
Imaging of retina34$761$21

2017: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Established patient complete exam of visual system30$2,276$73
Short return visit (20+ min)14$967$60
Imaging of optic nerve11$425$33
Imaging of retina18$327$17

2016: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Established patient complete exam of visual system38$2,394$63
Short return visit (20+ min)16$1,186$62

2015: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Established patient complete exam of visual system46$3,062$67
Short return visit (20+ min)12$768$45

2014: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Established patient complete exam of visual system46$3,213$70
Short return visit (20+ min)16$1,097$52
Exam of visual field with extended testing15$1,087$60
Imaging of optic nerve20$929$39
Photography of the retina12$753$63
Imaging of retina13$498$38

2013: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Established patient complete exam of visual system40$2,529$63
Imaging of optic nerve17$699$37
Photography of the retina12$618$48

Money from drug and device companies

$349 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202557None$349
202448None$358
202346None$127
202248None$312
202125None$196
202045None$124
201912None$14

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

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
Johnson & Johnson Vision CareAcuvue$125
1 payment
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2025-06-30 · $125
OptosNfc-700$113
1 payment
  • Entertainment for Nfc-700 · 2025-08-18 · $113
Alcon VisionDailies Total1$67
3 payments
  • Meals for Precision 1 · 2025-11-14 · $19
  • Meals for Dailies Total1 · 2025-08-26 · $31
  • Meals for Dailies Total1 · 2025-08-14 · $18
Tarsus PharmaceuticalsXdemvy$25
1 payment
  • Meals for Xdemvy · 2025-04-15 · $25
Bausch & Lomb AmericasInfuse$19
1 payment
  • Meals for Infuse · 2025-11-07 · $19
See all 7 published payments
Every published payment
Alcon VisionMeals · 2025-11-14Precision 1$19
Bausch & Lomb AmericasMeals · 2025-11-07Infuse$19
Alcon VisionMeals · 2025-08-26Dailies Total1$31
OptosEntertainment · 2025-08-18Nfc-700$113
Alcon VisionMeals · 2025-08-14Dailies Total1$18
Johnson & Johnson Vision CareMeals · 2025-06-30Acuvue$125
Tarsus PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-04-15Xdemvy$25
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)

2024: $358

Payments by company in 2024
Alcon VisionHydrus Microstent$206
4 payments
  • Meals for Dailies Total1 · 2024-08-23 · $24
  • Meals for Hydrus Microstent · 2024-04-24 · $135
  • Meals for Dailies Total1 · 2024-03-19 · $25
  • Meals for Dailies Total1 · 2024-02-13 · $23
CooperVisionMyday Contact Lens$80
1 payment
  • Meals for Myday Contact Lens · 2024-06-13 · $80
Sight SciencesTearcare System$58
2 payments
  • Meals for Tearcare System · 2024-01-24 · $38
  • Meals for Tearcare System · 2024-01-23 · $21
Johnson & Johnson Vision CareNone$14
1 payment
  • Meals · 2024-07-10 · $14

2023: $127

Payments by company in 2023
CooperVisionMyday Contact Lens$42
2 payments
  • Meals for Myday Contact Lens · 2023-04-27 · $26
  • Meals for Myday Contact Lens · 2023-02-01 · $16
Alcon VisionDailies Total1$39
2 payments
  • Meals for Dailies Total1 · 2023-11-07 · $21
  • Meals for Precision 1 · 2023-06-23 · $18
Carl Zeiss Meditec USAClarus$26
1 payment
  • Meals for Clarus · 2023-05-26 · $26
OptosNfc-700$20
1 payment
  • Entertainment for Nfc-700 · 2023-05-18 · $20

2022: $312

Payments by company in 2022
Sight SciencesTearcare Smartlid$177
3 payments
  • Meals for Tearcare Smartlid · 2022-08-11 · $4
  • Meals for Tearcare Smartlid · 2022-06-01 · $23
  • Meals for Tearcare Smartlid · 2022-04-01 · $150
Johnson & Johnson Vision CareAcuvue$75
2 payments
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2022-09-01 · $35
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2022-02-16 · $40
CooperVisionParagon Crt$38
2 payments
  • Meals for Multiple Brands Contact Lens · 2022-06-03 · $19
  • Meals for Paragon Crt · 2022-05-06 · $20
Alcon VisionNone$22
1 payment
  • Meals · 2022-11-01 · $22

2021: $196

Payments by company in 2021
Johnson & Johnson Vision CareAcuvue$179
4 payments
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2021-11-18 · $31
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2021-11-18 · $8
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2021-06-23 · $118
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2021-06-23 · $22
Alcon VisionPrecision 1$16
1 payment
  • Meals for Precision 1 · 2021-02-25 · $16

2020: $124

Payments by company in 2020
CooperVisionMisight Contact Lens$45
2 payments
  • Meals for Misight Contact Lens · 2020-11-04 · $32
  • Meals for Paragon Crt · 2020-07-08 · $12
Johnson & Johnson Vision CareAcuvue$39
1 payment
  • Meals for Acuvue · 2020-08-12 · $39
Visioneering TechnologiesNone$22
1 payment
  • Meals · 2020-11-17 · $22
Carl Zeiss MeditecNone Specified$17
1 payment
  • Gift for None Specified · 2020-05-07 · $17

2019: $14

Payments by company in 2019
ABB Con-Cise Optical GroupContact Lens$14
2 payments
  • Meals for Contact Lens · 2019-08-08 · $11
  • Meals for Contact Lens · 2019-08-07 · $3

Professional record

NPI
1568432110
Licence
CA 10268TPL
Trained
University of California - School of Optometry, 1993
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 152W00000X (152W00000X)
Mailing address
1673 Branham Ln, San Jose, CA, 95118
NPI first listed
2006-01-25
NPI last updated
2011-10-12

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.