Kwong-Hon Chow, MD
Neurosurgery · Lafayette
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Offices
- 4
Offices
4 locations · Intermountain Medical Group Denver LLC · 571 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Intermountain Health Good Samaritan Hospital. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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State licence records
1 licence
- Colorado DR.64263Physician · since 2020 · expires 2027-04-30Specialty on the licence: Neu/Sur ResidencyActiveNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the stateWhat they told the state about themselves
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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
- Neurological Surgery
Education
- Baylor College of Medicine2013
What else the board holds
Hospitals they may admit to
Where the clinician told their state board they may admit and treat patients.
- Intermountain Health Good Samaritan Hospital · Lafayette, CO
- Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital · Wheat Ridge, CO
- Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital · Brighton, CO
- Stanford Hospital and Clinics · Palo Alto, CA
Also licensed in
States the clinician told their board they are also licensed in. Only the states we check are verified.
California
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.
- Good Samaritan Medical Center LLCLafayette, COAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Intermountain Healthcare, which runs 33 hospitals in 4 statesPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 76% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.294, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Good Samaritan Medical Center LLC
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 1 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.294 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.97 (0 to 2.01) · 337 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.95 (0.52 to 1.37) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 169.74 (109.61 to 229.86) · 27 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 8.5 · 35 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 10.3 · 42 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.8 · 75 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 13.4 · 108 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 11.6 · 155 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.3 · 2,654 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.25 (0.03 to 0.48) · 1,851 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.25 (0.04 to 0.47) · 1,797 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.13 (0.8 to 5.47) · 512 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.62 (0 to 3.32) · 168 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.4 (0.75 to 4.04) · 489 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 7.61 (0 to 16.79) · 166 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 4.81 (0.65 to 8.97) · 149 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.7 (0.19 to 3.2) · 107 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.73 (0 to 1.71) · 1,534 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4 · 98 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.412 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.734 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.583 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.586 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 13.8 · 155 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 19.7 · 534 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -28.2 · 79 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 5.8 · 112 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 17.1 · 532 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 6.3 (4.1 to 9.5) · 33 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 10 (6.9 to 14.3) · 33 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.5 · 73 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19 · 174 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.7 (10.3 to 18.3) · 297 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.9 (0.6 to 1.2) · 158 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (870 patients answered, 27% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 4 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 70% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 80% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 78% |
| Staff "always" explained | 60% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 88% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 87% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 73% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 77% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 84% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 73% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 76% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 77% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 63% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 47% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 88% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$55,148
Medicare paid this office $55,148 for 106 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 39 | $4,695 | $120 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 26 | $4,252 | $129 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 22 | $2,107 | $96 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 14 | $1,418 | $62 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 12 | $1,321 | $88 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) | 1-10 | None |
| Spinal fusion | 35 | More than 47% of doctors who do this |
Who their Medicare patients are
106 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 74 · Women 57% · Also on Medicaid 16% · Health risk score 1.42. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical neurosurgery clinician is at 1.46.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 73% · Depression 33% · Coronary heart disease 26% · Chronic kidney disease 24% · Stroke 22% · Diabetes 20% · COPD 19% · Cancer 17% · Atrial fibrillation 16% · Heart failure 13% · Dementia 11%.
The office billed $171,770, Medicare allowed $70,166 and paid $55,148; for 260 services of 53 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 | 106 | 260 | 74 | 1.42 | $171,770 | $55,148 |
| 2023 | 98 | 158 | 72 | 1.28 | $86,949 | $28,515 |
| 2022 | 156 | 322 | 72 | 1.40 | $311,290 | $69,848 |
| 2021 | 217 | 472 | 73 | 1.38 | $595,801 | $102,192 |
| 2020 | 55 | 114 | 72 | 1.22 | $166,037 | $28,689 |
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: 4 services
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 47 | $5,611 | $119 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 23 | $3,508 | $140 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 11 | $1,839 | $167 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 12 | $1,257 | $105 |
2022: 7 services
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 45 | $5,701 | $127 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 33 | $3,681 | $97 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 16 | $2,592 | $144 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 21 | $2,209 | $55 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 24 | $2,150 | $90 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 11 | $969 | $88 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 15 | $486 | $29 |
2021: 5 services
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 60 | $7,877 | $131 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 64 | $7,092 | $107 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 47 | $5,132 | $101 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 67 | $3,170 | $30 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 27 | $2,526 | $94 |
2020: 4 services
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 14 | $1,804 | $113 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 11 | $1,320 | $120 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 11 | $876 | $80 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 14 | $708 | $31 |
Medicaid work
$2,888 in 2023
Medicaid paid $2,888 for 21 billed services this clinician did in 2023, up to 21 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.
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 21 | $2,888 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1 | 21 | $2,888 |
| 2022 | 81 | 2 | 33 | $10,222 |
| 2021 | 234 | 2 | 27 | $25,836 |
| 2020 | 87 | 2 | 23 | $8,642 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2022
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 67 | $8,111 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 14 | $2,111 |
2021
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 192 | $23,592 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 42 | $2,244 |
2020
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 66 | $7,380 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 21 | $1,262 |
Money from drug and device companies
$10,738 in 2025
| 2025 | 7 | 27 | $7,950 | $10,738 |
| 2024 | 4 | 19 | $4,640 | $5,269 |
| 2023 | 7 | 25 | $870 | $1,630 |
| 2022 | 9 | 76 | $7,975 | $13,442 |
| 2021 | 7 | 64 | $6,235 | $11,632 |
| 2020 | 6 | 13 | None | $917 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Medtronic | Stealthstation S8 Platform | $8,285 | 12 payments
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| Alphatec Spine | Other - Miscellaneous | $2,081 | 10 payments
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| GT Medical Technologies | Gammatile | $159 | 1 payment
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| Orthofix Medical | Spinal-Stim | $86 | 1 payment
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| Carbofix Spine | None | $83 | 1 payment
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| Si-Bone | None | $23 | 1 payment
|
See all 27 published payments
| Alphatec Spine | Meals · 2025-11-20 | Invictus Mis | $69 |
| Orthofix Medical | Meals · 2025-10-21 | Spinal-Stim | $86 |
| Carbofix Spine | Meals · 2025-09-24 | None | $83 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-09-24 | Synchromedii | $34 |
| Medtronic | Consulting · 2025-09-22 | Stealthstation S8 Platform | $2,550 |
| Alphatec Spine | Meals · 2025-09-15 | Other - Miscellaneous | $22 |
| Alphatec Spine | Meals · 2025-07-10 | Other - Miscellaneous | $43 |
| Alphatec Spine | Meals · 2025-07-10 | Safeop | $47 |
| Alphatec Spine | Meals · 2025-07-10 | Other - Miscellaneous | $130 |
| Alphatec Spine | Travel · 2025-07-10 | Other - Miscellaneous | $704 |
| Alphatec Spine | Meals · 2025-07-03 | None | $25 |
| Alphatec Spine | Travel · 2025-06-19 | Other - Miscellaneous | $441 |
| Stryker | Meals · 2025-05-29 | Adherus Autospray Dural Sealant | $22 |
| GT Medical Technologies | Meals · 2025-05-29 | Gammatile | $159 |
| Alphatec Spine | Travel · 2025-05-22 | Other - Miscellaneous | $25 |
| Alphatec Spine | Travel · 2025-05-22 | Other - Miscellaneous | $575 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-05-22 | Powerease Instruments | $13 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-05-13 | Midas Rex | $22 |
| Si-Bone | Meals · 2025-04-23 | None | $23 |
| Medtronic | Consulting · 2025-03-24 | Stealthstation S8 Platform | $5,400 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-20 | Intellis Adaptivestim | $18 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-19 | Mazor X System | $79 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-14 | Stealthstation S8 Platform | $22 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-14 | Stealthstation S8 Platform | $29 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-14 | Stealthstation S8 Platform | $6 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-03-13 | Stealthstation S8 Platform | $99 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-01-09 | Unid Pass | $14 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020)
2024: $5,269
| Medtronic | Stealthstation S8 Platform | $5,048 | 15 payments
|
| Stryker | Na | $109 | 2 payments
|
| Orthofix Medical | Cervical-Stim | $67 | 1 payment
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| Alphatec Spine | Other - Miscellaneous | $45 | 1 payment
|
2023: $1,630
| Medtronic | Stealthstation S8 Platform | $1,361 | 18 payments
|
| Stryker | Universal Neuro 3 | $100 | 1 payment
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| DePuy Synthes Sales | Matrixneuro | $80 | 2 payments
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| Abbott Laboratories | Penta | $28 | 1 payment
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| Sanara MedTech | Celleraterx | $25 | 1 payment
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| Orthofix Medical | Cervical-Stim | $21 | 1 payment
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| Si-Bone | None | $15 | 1 payment
|
2022: $13,442
| Medtronic | Stealth Autoguide System | $11,328 | 50 payments
|
| NuVasive | Xlif | $964 | 8 payments
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| Stryker | Tritanium | $422 | 1 payment
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| Cerapedics | I-Factor Peptide Enhanced Bone Graft | $343 | 2 payments
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| Djo | Cmf | $148 | 11 payments
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| Penumbra | Artemis | $127 | 1 payment
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| DePuy Synthes Sales | Matrixneuro | $67 | 1 payment
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| Spinal Elements | Medical Device | $27 | 1 payment
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| Hyperfine Operations | Swoop | $16 | 1 payment
|
2021: $11,632
| Medtronic | Stealthstation | $9,851 | 34 payments
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| NuVasive | Tlif | $1,657 | 23 payments
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| Seaspine Orthopedics | Osteostrand Plus | $46 | 2 payments
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| DePuy Synthes Sales | Matrixneuro | $34 | 2 payments
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| Arbor Pharmaceuticals | Gliadel | $17 | 1 payment
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| Aesculap | Aesculap Ff399r Adaptor | $15 | 1 payment
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| Zimmer Biomet Holdings | Mobi-C | $12 | 1 payment
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2020: $917
| Medtronic USA | Mazorx - Renaissance | $634 | 7 payments
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| Stryker | General K2m Product Discussion | $175 | 1 payment
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| NuVasive | Maxcess-C | $40 | 1 payment
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| Zimmer Biomet Holdings | Mobi-C | $36 | 2 payments
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| Orthofix Medical | Cervical-Stim Osteogenesis Stimulator | $21 | 1 payment
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| Aesculap | M.Blue / M.Blue Plus Valve | $12 | 1 payment
|
Professional record
- NPI
- 1578906392
- Licence
- CO DR.0064263Colorado DR.64263: Active
- Trained
- Baylor College of Medicine, 2013
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207T00000X (207T00000X); Student in a training program (390200000X)
- Mailing address
- 340 Exempla Cir Ste 300, Lafayette, CO, 80026
- NPI first listed
- 2013-04-10
- NPI last updated
- 2023-04-20
- NPI record certified
- 2023-04-20
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305