Karen S Shin, MD
Obstetrics/Gynecology · Los Altos
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 14
- 2 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group
Plans that list them
14 plans · 2 carriers
A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Shin’s office at (650) 254-5200 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
14 of 14 plans
| Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Harmony (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Sutter Advantage +More (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health the ONE (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A75669 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2001 · expires 2027-07-31 · University of California, Irvine College of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Original Medicare doctor bills
$1,526
Medicare paid this office $1,526 for 17 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Who their Medicare patients are
17 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Under 65 0% · Women 100% · Health risk score 0.72. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical obstetrics & gynecology clinician is at 0.88.
The office billed $5,442, Medicare allowed $2,248 and paid $1,526; for 21 services of 5 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 | 17 | 21 | 75 | 0.72 | $5,442 | $1,526 |
| 2023 | 20 | 32 | 73 | 0.98 | $8,517 | $2,382 |
| 2022 | 14 | 19 | 71 | 0.51 | $5,652 | $1,338 |
| 2021 | 14 | 38 | 71 | 0.55 | $9,005 | $2,552 |
| 2020 | 18 | 47 | 71 | 0.61 | $11,045 | $3,151 |
| 2019 | 20 | 43 | 74 | 0.68 | $10,294 | $2,722 |
| 2018 | 19 | 43 | 70 | 0.67 | $11,848 | $2,818 |
| 2017 | 24 | 34 | 72 | 0.63 | $7,342 | $1,628 |
| 2016 | 19 | 34 | 75 | 0.65 | $7,357 | $2,109 |
| 2015 | 13 | 27 | 70 | 0.52 | $8,034 | $2,203 |
| 2014 | 21 | 29 | 74 | 0.57 | $6,757 | $1,762 |
| 2013 | 16 | 34 | 74 | 0.63 | $7,744 | $2,167 |
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
2017: 1 service
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 12 | $514 | $34 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$9,672
Pharmacies billed $9,672 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 79) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical obstetrics & gynecology clinician is at 0%.
57 generic and 22 brand-name prescriptions · $9,672 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.
| Estradiol | 22 | $2,525 | $115 |
| Estradiol (Once Weekly) | 19 | $1,076 | $57 |
| Progesterone | 12 | $221 | $18 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 79 | 24 | 0% (0) | 28% | $9,672 |
| 2023 | 68 | 19 | 0% (0) | 35% | $9,431 |
| 2022 | 42 | 17 | 0% (0) | 43% | $5,644 |
| 2021 | 33 | 14 | 0% (0) | None | $5,364 |
| 2020 | 38 | 13 | 0% (0) | 42% | $7,586 |
| 2019 | 27 | None | 0% (0) | None | $3,581 |
| 2018 | 35 | 12 | 0% (0) | 40% | $4,389 |
| 2017 | 38 | 16 | 0% (0) | 39% | $5,784 |
| 2016 | 63 | 15 | 0% (0) | 41% | $5,859 |
| 2015 | 110 | 20 | None | 35% | $6,656 |
| 2014 | 168 | 31 | 0% (0) | 42% | $11,276 |
| 2013 | 165 | 29 | 0% (0) | 52% | $12,941 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 2 drugs
| Estradiol (Once Weekly) | 15 | $1,310 | $87 |
| Estradiol | 12 | $829 | $69 |
2019: 1 drug
| Estradiol | 11 | $964 | $88 |
2018: 1 drug
| Estradiol | 11 | $355 | $32 |
2016: 2 drugs
| Brimonidine | 12 | $920 | $77 |
| Latanoprost | 16 | $193 | $12 |
2015: 3 drugs
| Brimonidine | 24 | $1,371 | $57 |
| Latanoprost | 36 | $401 | $11 |
| Dorzolamide-Timolol | 12 | $222 | $18 |
2014: 5 drugs
| Travatan Z | 22 | $2,909 | $132 |
| Brimonidine | 30 | $1,593 | $53 |
| Erythromycin | 24 | $374 | $16 |
| Latanoprost | 25 | $364 | $15 |
| Timolol Maleate | 11 | $87 | $8 |
2013: 5 drugs
| Travatan Z | 20 | $2,711 | $136 |
| Brimonidine | 27 | $1,500 | $56 |
| Dorzolamide | 16 | $608 | $38 |
| Latanoprost | 20 | $331 | $17 |
| Erythromycin | 14 | $241 | $17 |
Money from drug and device companies
$18 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | None | $18 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | None | $250 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $35 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | None | $138 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | None | $28 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| CooperSurgical | Paragard T 380a | $18 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| CooperSurgical | Meals · 2025-06-03 | Paragard T 380a | $18 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)
2024: $250
| Mayne Pharma Commercial | Annovera | $250 | 2 payments
|
2023: $35
| Genentech USA | Perjeta | $35 | 1 payment
|
2022: $138
| GE HealthCare | None | $90 | 1 payment
|
| CooperSurgical | Paragard | $49 | 1 payment
|
2021: $28
| CooperSurgical | Paragard | $28 | 1 payment
|
Professional record
- NPI
- 1598858623
- Licence
- CA A75669California A75669: Current · expires 2027-07-31
- Trained
- University of California, Irvine, California College of Medicine, 1999
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207V00000X (207V00000X)
- Mailing address
- 325 Distel Cir, Los Altos, CA, 94022
- NPI first listed
- 2006-10-02
- NPI last updated
- 2022-02-03
- NPI record certified
- 2022-02-03
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.