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Swathy Chandrashekhar, MD

Neurology · Berkeley

NPI 1578945408

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
12
2 carriers
Offices
5
Since medical school
13 years
Graduated 2013

Offices

5 locations · UCSF Medical Group Business Services · University of California San Francisco

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Hospitals listed: UCSF Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plans that list them

12 plans · 2 carriers

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12 of 12 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
Imperial Courage Plan (HMO)Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc.ListedSep 1, 2026
Imperial Dynamic Plan (HMO)Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc.ListedSep 1, 2026
Imperial Senior Value (HMO C-SNP)Imperial Health Plan of California, Inc.ListedSep 1, 2026

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.

  • UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of University of California Health, which runs 12 hospitalsHome of UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 81% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 4.9 (3.79 to 6.02) · 7,590 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 12.8 (11.3 to 14.4) · 2,019 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 139.4 (110.22 to 168.58) · 452 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.622, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.626, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.491, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.8 (0.7 to 1) · 2,336 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for UCSF Medical Center

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: 3 better, 5 the same, 3 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 UCSF Medical Center
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths4.9 (3.79 to 6.02) · 7,590 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits12.8 (11.3 to 14.4) · 2,019 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths139.4 (110.22 to 168.58) · 452 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.622BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.626BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.491BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.8 (0.7 to 1) · 2,336 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.24 (0.58 to 1.9) · 4,689 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.05 (0.89 to 1.2)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.9 · 89 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.5 · 85 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths10.1 · 132 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths6.6 · 454 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 618 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths9.6 · 380 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.7 · 5,000 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.22 (0.06 to 0.38) · 15,965 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.2 (0.05 to 0.35) · 17,859 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths0.85 (0 to 1.83) · 4,184 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2 (1.1 to 2.9) · 6,516 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths7.35 (4.49 to 10.21) · 3,989 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5 (3.22 to 6.77) · 4,087 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.95 (0.74 to 3.15) · 2,034 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.95 (0.63 to 1.28) · 15,431 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4 · 399 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.899No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.689No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections1.224No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16 · 156 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20 · 564 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits60.3 · 160 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-9.7 · 550 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits44.1 · 660 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.8 · 667 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.7 (4.8 to 6.7) · 2,019 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits6 · 421 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.5 · 53 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20 · 107 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.9 (11.3 to 17.1) · 3,247 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (3,181 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at UCSF Medical Center
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at UCSF Medical Center
Room was "always" clean71%
Nurses "always" communicated well80%
Doctors "always" communicated well80%
Staff "always" explained61%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information88%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge87%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand74%
Doctors "always" listened carefully78%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect86%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)76%
Staff "always" explained new medications75%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully78%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect86%
"Always" quiet at night50%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital81%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects46%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$18,441

Medicare paid this office $18,441 for 93 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
New patient visit (60+ min)35$6,137$175
Long return visit (40+ min)22$2,507$109
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or33$2,424$29
Nerve test15$1,864$124
Muscle electrical test26$1,319$43
See all 6 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
New patient visit (60+ min)35$6,137$175
Long return visit (40+ min)22$2,507$109
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or33$2,424$29
Nerve test15$1,864$124
Muscle electrical test26$1,319$43
Muscle electrical test11$280$17

Who their Medicare patients are

93 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Under 65 12% · 85 and older 12% · Women 52% · Also on Medicaid 22% · Health risk score 1.47. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical neurology clinician is at 1.61.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 72% · Coronary heart disease 32% · Diabetes 25% · Depression 23% · Cancer 18% · Chronic kidney disease 17% · Heart failure 15% · Atrial fibrillation 15%.

The office billed $109,457, Medicare allowed $24,712 and paid $18,441; for 267 services of 22 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
202493267731.47$109,457$18,441
2023254661721.72$159,839$43,042
2022216566711.86$131,026$42,705
2021191654721.82$139,794$46,582
202083254711.65$62,736$18,061

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: 10 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Long return visit (40+ min)96$12,073$100
New patient visit (60+ min)70$8,079$115
Nerve test39$3,987$100
Return visit (30+ min)48$3,702$66
Muscle electrical test51$2,314$32
Nerve test14$1,833$131
Nerve test24$1,677$70
Short return visit (20+ min)30$1,608$50
Muscle electrical test40$720$13
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or12$381$24

2022: 11 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Long return visit (40+ min)73$11,408$105
New patient visit (60+ min)80$10,765$135
Return visit (30+ min)44$3,538$62
Nerve test26$2,661$102
Nerve test24$1,978$82
Muscle electrical test42$1,941$35
Nerve test13$1,885$145
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes12$1,806$151
Muscle electrical test43$906$14
Short return visit (20+ min)17$829$41
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or13$465$24

2021: 13 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Long return visit (40+ min)70$12,111$109
New patient visit (60+ min)70$9,425$135
Return visit (30+ min)58$5,280$69
Nerve test33$3,366$102
Muscle electrical test62$2,763$35
Nerve test16$2,334$146
Nerve test27$2,236$83
Short return visit (20+ min)27$1,327$43
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes12$1,176$78
Muscle electrical test41$911$14
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes13$763$55
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes12$706$54
Prolonged office or other outpatient evaluation and management service(s) beyond the maximum required time of the primary procedure which has been selected using total time on the date of the primary service; each additional 15 minutes by the physician or17$637$25

2020: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
New patient visit (60+ min)42$5,413$129
Nerve test31$2,611$84
Muscle electrical test38$1,978$36
Long return visit (40+ min)18$1,936$84
Extended patient service without direct patient contact, first hour13$1,129$87
Return visit (30+ min)13$858$61
Muscle electrical test11$324$15

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$547,722

Pharmacies billed $547,722 in 2024. Most of that is two immune-globulin drugs at $3,000–$17,000 a fill for a small number of people.

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

Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 349) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical neurology clinician is at 0%.

281 generic and 68 brand-name prescriptions · $547,722 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.

Largest Part D drug costs
Gamunex-CImmune globulin22$375,212$17,055
Gammagard LiquidImmune globulin34$109,738$3,228
DuloxetineNone78$1,978$25
GabapentinNone53$1,079$20
NortriptylineNone26$631$24
See all 8 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Gamunex-CImmune globulin22$375,212$17,055
Gammagard LiquidImmune globulin34$109,738$3,228
DuloxetineNone78$1,978$25
GabapentinNone53$1,079$20
NortriptylineNone26$631$24
PyridostigmineNone11$562$51
PregabalinNone13$235$18
PrednisoneNone33$231$7

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
20243491050% (0)19%$547,722
2023814158None12%$610,427
2022647133None9%$716,954
202146684None9%$483,868
20206323NoneNone$92,694
201818None0% (0)None$1,531
201733None0% (0)None$2,146
201683None0% (0)20%$2,404
201537None0% (0)None$909

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 15 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Gamunex-CImmune globulin28$224,495$8,018
Gammagard LiquidImmune globulin42$97,799$2,329
Mycophenolate MofetilNone20$6,246$312
DuloxetineNone182$4,452$24
GabapentinNone154$3,739$24
PyridostigmineNone17$2,399$141
PregabalinNone68$2,350$35
RiluzoleNone13$2,237$172
NortriptylineNone59$974$17
PropranololNone13$521$40
BaclofenNone13$466$36
PrednisoneNone41$414$10
Carbidopa-LevodopaNone11$363$33
AmitriptylineNone19$211$11
AlprazolamNone12$29$2

2022: 12 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
SolirisNone11$600,813$54,619
Gammagard LiquidImmune globulin15$78,241$5,216
GabapentinNone172$3,984$23
DuloxetineNone122$3,563$29
Mycophenolate MofetilNone16$2,802$175
PyridostigmineNone21$2,280$109
LidocaineNone12$2,258$188
NortriptylineNone60$1,020$17
PregabalinNone35$816$23
PrednisoneNone40$598$15
AmitriptylineNone17$418$25
Sodium ChlorideNone13$58$4

2021: 8 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
PrivigenImmune globulin15$327,464$21,831
Mycophenolate MofetilNone19$3,983$210
GabapentinNone128$2,497$20
PyridostigmineNone27$2,374$88
DuloxetineNone43$1,240$29
PrednisoneNone43$735$17
NortriptylineNone37$439$12
AmitriptylineNone30$326$11

2020: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Prednisone17$287$17

Money from drug and device companies

$15 in 2024

Industry payments by year
202411None$15
202325None$92
202211None$13
201911None$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
HospiraPanzyga$15
1 payment
  • Meals for Panzyga · 2024-01-25 · $15
See the published payment
Every published payment
HospiraMeals · 2024-01-25Panzyga$15
See earlier years (2023, 2022, 2019)

2023: $92

Payments by company in 2023
HospiraOctagam Immune Globulin (Human)$64
4 payments
  • Meals for Octagam Immune Globulin (Human) · 2023-05-31 · $15
  • Meals for Octagam Immune Globulin (Human) · 2023-03-17 · $17
  • Meals for Octagam Immune Globulin (Human) · 2023-02-03 · $14
  • Meals for Octagam Immune Globulin (Human) · 2023-01-24 · $18
AbbVieQulipta$28
1 payment
  • Meals for Qulipta · 2023-11-08 · $28

2022: $13

Payments by company in 2022
HospiraOctagam Immune Globulin (Human)$13
1 payment
  • Meals for Octagam Immune Globulin (Human) · 2022-08-17 · $13

2019: $14

Payments by company in 2019
Sunovion PharmaceuticalsAptiom$14
1 payment
  • Meals for Aptiom · 2019-01-16 · $14

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
91.9 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI
1578945408
Licence
OK 31371
Group
UCSF Medical Group Business Services · University of California San Francisco
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 2084N0008X (2084N0008X); Neurology (2084N0400X)
Mailing address
1651 4th St Ste 252, San Francisco, CA, 94158
NPI first listed
2015-06-27
NPI last updated
2025-04-28
NPI record certified
2025-04-28

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

Extra NPI addresses: 920 Stanton L Young Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104