Varun Chawla, MD

1 location · West Coast Kidney · 56 clinicians in this group

Hospitals listed: 052571 · 552514 · 552698 · Highland Hospital · St Rose Hospital · Washington Hospital. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

23 plans · 6 carriers

Licence A118650 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2011 · expires 2027-09-30 · The All-India Institute of Medical Sciences.

No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.

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

• American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine
• American Board of Internal Medicine - Nephrology

3 hospitals

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

• Highland HospitalOakland, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Alameda Health System, which runs 4 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 70% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 1 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.568, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
• St Rose HospitalHayward, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Church · No emergency departmentPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 67% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 1 of 5 starsNo measure marked better or worse than the national rate
• Washington HospitalFremont, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Washington Hospital Healthcare SystemPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 71% would definitely recommend it
  Overall rating: 2 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.188, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.164, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025

$257,500

Medicare paid this office $257,500 for 492 people.

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

Who their Medicare patients are

492 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Under 65 11% · 85 and older 22% · Women 46% · Also on Medicaid 64% · Health risk score 3.85. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical nephrology clinician is at 4.01.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 75% · Chronic kidney disease 75% · Coronary heart disease 55% · Heart failure 50% · Atrial fibrillation 33% · COPD 25% · Dementia 23% · Cancer 19% · Depression 17% · Stroke 17%.

The office billed $691,818, Medicare allowed $338,001 and paid $257,500; for 2,510 services of 29 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 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.

$97,438 in 2024

Medicaid paid $97,438 for 1,067 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 42 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.

$827,407

Pharmacies billed $827,407 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 1,992) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical nephrology clinician is at 0%.

1,421 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $827,407 in drug cost · 23 antibiotic prescriptions to 17 people.

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.

Year by year

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

$21,787 in 2025

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

A payment is not proof that care is biased.