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Richard Charles Lee, MD

Diagnostic Radiology · Oakland

NPI 1568995181

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
Not verified
Not the same as out of network.
Office
1
Since medical school
9 years
Graduated 2017

Offices

1 location · Permanente Medical Group Inc · 10,928 clinicians in this group

Looking this up.

Hospitals listed: Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plan participation

Not verified

We could not verify current plan participation for this doctor. This does not mean they are out of network. Call Dr. Lee’s office at (510) 752-1000 to ask if they take your plan before you enroll.

California Medical Board record

Licence A158507 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2018 · expires 2028-09-30 · University of Tennessee Health Science Center College 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.

  • Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San JoseSan Jose, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Kaiser Permanente, which runs 41 hospitals in 3 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 66% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.258, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 3 measures. Safety: 1 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 2 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.258BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.3 (0.22 to 2.37) · 181 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.89 (0.43 to 1.34)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths14.2 · 27 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths11.6 · 271 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.8 · 2,952 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.27 (0.04 to 0.5) · 894 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.26 (0.05 to 0.48) · 908 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.19 (0.67 to 5.72) · 176 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.63 (0 to 3.34) · 61 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.23 (0.53 to 3.92) · 168 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths8.11 (0 to 17.58) · 68 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths4.85 (0.67 to 9.03) · 63 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.74 (0.22 to 3.26) · 51 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.43 (0 to 1.53) · 630 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4 · 48 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections1No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.843No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.88No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.611No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15 · 171 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.9 · 571 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits147.1 · 28 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits21 · 639 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.6 · 48 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.7 · 157 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025

What patients said (1,294 patients answered, 21% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication2
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines2
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating2
Quietness1
Recommend hospital3
Share of patients giving the best answer at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose
Room was "always" clean71%
Nurses "always" communicated well70%
Doctors "always" communicated well79%
Staff "always" explained54%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information85%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge85%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand71%
Doctors "always" listened carefully79%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect85%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)61%
Staff "always" explained new medications67%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand67%
Nurses "always" listened carefully66%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect78%
"Always" quiet at night37%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital66%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects41%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms85%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$12,204

Medicare paid this office $12,204 for 178 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Ct scan head or brain without contrast123$4,084$33
Ct scan of upper spine without contrast55$2,205$40
Ct scan of blood vessels of neck with contrast20$1,417$71
Ct scan of blood vessels of head with contrast16$1,096$68

Who their Medicare patients are

178 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 77 · Under 65 10% · 85 and older 28% · Women 56% · Also on Medicaid 35% · Health risk score 2.11. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical diagnostic radiology clinician is at 1.7.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 43% · Coronary heart disease 37% · Diabetes 35% · Heart failure 32% · Depression 30% · Atrial fibrillation 28% · Dementia 26% · Stroke 23% · COPD 22% · Cancer 20%.

The office billed $177,739, Medicare allowed $15,904 and paid $12,204; for 296 services of 33 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
2024178296772.11$177,739$12,204
202395154792.15$85,833$6,725

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: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Ct scan head or brain without contrast74$2,572$35
Ct scan of upper spine without contrast34$1,386$41

Medicaid work

$12,082 in 2024

Medicaid paid $12,082 for 200 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 40 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.

Largest Medicaid services in 2024
Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material141$5,616
MRI BRAIN BRAIN STEM W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL16$4,019
CT CERVICAL SPINE W/O CONTRAST MATERIAL28$2,403
Radiologic examination, chest; single view15$43
Medicaid work by year
2024200440$12,082
202371119$2,059
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material71$2,059

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

Opioids were 0% of their 41 Part D prescriptions in 2019. Too few prescriptions to judge: with under about 50 a year, a handful of patients can swing this share.

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
201941None0% (0)49%$5,670
201820072NoneNone$16,087
201776350% (0)None$4,383

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

See the drugs prescribed each year

2018: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Pantoprazole11$69$6
Levofloxacin13$41$3

Professional record

NPI
1568995181
Licence
CA A158507California A158507: Current · expires 2028-09-30
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Diagnostic radiology (2085R0202X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2017-04-10
NPI last updated
2024-04-08
NPI record certified
2024-04-08

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

Extra NPI addresses: 506 6th St, Brooklyn, NY, 11215