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Ronald Higinio M. Hebron

Nurse Practitioner · Stanford

NPI 1639416142

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Offices
2

Offices

2 locations · Stanford Health Care · The Association of University Physicians

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California Medical Board record

Licence G21980 · Deceased

Licence status: Deceased · since 1972 · Rosalind Franklin University, the Chicago Medical School.

Licensee is deceased.

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

State licence records

1 licence

  • Washington ARNP.AP.60806834-NPAdvanced Registered Nurse Practitioner License · since 2018 · expires 2027-01-11
    ActiveNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state

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Hospitals they work in

2 hospitals

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

  • Harborview Medical CenterSeattle, WAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency departmentPart of UW Medicine, which runs 4 hospitalsPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 71% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 2 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 225.01 (194.95 to 255.07) · 267 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 8.14 (6.5 to 9.78) · 2,240 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.676, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.647, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
  • Stanford Health CareStanford, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsHome of Stanford Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 83% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.317, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.446, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.241, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for Harborview Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 6 the same, 1 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 1 better, 4 the same, 1 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.

Every scored measure at Harborview Medical Center
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths225.01 (194.95 to 255.07) · 267 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths8.14 (6.5 to 9.78) · 2,240 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.676BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.647BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.08 (0.1 to 2.06) · 898 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.14 (0.84 to 1.43)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths12.6 · 47 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths9 · 77 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths14 · 101 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths11.4 · 347 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.1 · 2,142 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.21 (0.01 to 0.42) · 4,788 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.24 (0.05 to 0.43) · 4,303 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.49 (0 to 3.13) · 768 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.05 (0.76 to 3.35) · 2,214 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths7.94 (1.21 to 14.67) · 754 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.96 (2.44 to 9.48) · 738 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths2.19 (0.75 to 3.64) · 289 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.5 (0 to 1.07) · 4,588 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.961No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections1.447No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections1.071No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.8 · 55 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits21.7 · 132 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits28.5 · 88 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits-29.1 · 97 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits17.6 · 164 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.7 · 83 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits11.5 (8.7 to 15.4) · 567 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.9 (0.7 to 1.3) · 307 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,963 patients answered, 18% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Harborview Medical Center
Cleanliness2
Nurse communication2
Doctor communication2
Communication about medicines2
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness1
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Harborview Medical Center
Room was "always" clean59%
Nurses "always" communicated well74%
Doctors "always" communicated well74%
Staff "always" explained55%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information86%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge86%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand69%
Doctors "always" listened carefully72%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect82%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)65%
Staff "always" explained new medications68%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand69%
Nurses "always" listened carefully70%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect82%
"Always" quiet at night33%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital71%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects43%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms86%
See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care

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: 2 better, 5 the same, 4 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 Stanford Health Care
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.317BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.446BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.241BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.86 (0.72 to 1)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.1 · 192 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.4 · 146 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths9.7 · 253 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths6.3 · 880 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 935 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths8.7 · 501 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.1 · 7,730 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.6 · 416 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.869No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.857No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.368No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.2 · 247 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.5 · 1,021 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits47.8 · 258 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-1.6 · 990 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits20.8 · 976 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.5 · 959 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.1 · 425 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits9.6 · 158 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.6 · 183 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care
Room was "always" clean75%
Nurses "always" communicated well82%
Doctors "always" communicated well81%
Staff "always" explained63%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge89%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)79%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects50%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$4,902

Medicare paid this office $4,902 for 64 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less21$1,259$60
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making20$1,240$62

Who their Medicare patients are

64 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 71 · Women 42% · Also on Medicaid 31% · Health risk score 1.80. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical nurse practitioner clinician is at 1.42.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 66% · Depression 30% · Diabetes 28% · Chronic kidney disease 28% · Coronary heart disease 23% · Heart failure 20% · COPD 20% · Cancer 17% · Atrial fibrillation 17%.

The office billed $30,528, Medicare allowed $6,921 and paid $4,902; for 65 services of 7 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
20246465711.80$30,528$4,902
20235659641.54$28,987$4,979
20224650601.14$21,171$3,049
20212835571.85$15,285$2,609
20205255572.22$22,878$4,266
20195355622.63$21,265$4,955
2014152192651.55$56,902$9,441
2013162205601.33$76,398$10,715

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
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making21$1,722$78
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making13$1,656$127

2022: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making23$1,081$45
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making11$768$70

2021: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making11$926$77

2020: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making25$1,849$71
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making15$1,769$118

2019: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making33$2,775$84
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making11$1,361$124

2014: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making23$2,574$112
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making28$1,959$70
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making41$1,420$34
Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report only41$252$6

2013: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making53$3,871$72
Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making89$3,870$38

Medicaid work

$17,040 in 2024

Medicaid paid $17,040 for 227 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 25 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
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM213$15,626
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM14$1,414
Medicaid work by year
2024227225$17,040
2023232130$15,468
2022185225$8,434
2021117317$7,840
2020168127$10,408
2019169128$9,861
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM232$15,468

2022

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM147$5,781
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM38$2,653

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM41$3,854
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM42$2,540
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM34$1,447

2020

Largest Medicaid services in 2020
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM168$10,408

2019

Largest Medicaid services in 2019
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM169$9,861

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$2,728

Pharmacies billed $2,728 in 2024.

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

120 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $2,728 in drug cost · 37 antibiotic prescriptions to 31 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.

Largest Part D drug costs
Cephalexin11$74$7
Ibuprofen14$26$2

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
202412783NoneNone$2,728
20231197611% (13)None$2,673
20221428210% (14)11%$2,171
20211247814% (17)None$2,465
20201086614% (15)None$2,140
201910562NoneNone$1,340
2018825815% (12)None$2,065
20174034NoneNone$1,647
20164027NoneNone$1,710
20155035NoneNone$917
201426514923% (61)None$2,371
201318510424% (44)None$2,780

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

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Ibuprofen14$70$5
Oxycodone11$28$3

2022: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Ibuprofen17$50$3
Oxycodone14$39$3

2021: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Cephalexin16$106$7
Oxycodone16$47$3
Ibuprofen12$25$2

2020: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Ibuprofen17$51$3
Oxycodone11$38$3

2019: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Cephalexin14$121$9
Ibuprofen12$37$3

2018: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Cephalexin11$56$5

2014: 6 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen31$156$5
Cephalexin18$131$7
Ibuprofen35$129$4
Acetaminophen-Codeine19$92$5
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim15$78$5
Naproxen16$76$5

2013: 5 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Azithromycin12$110$9
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen27$104$4
Ibuprofen24$90$4
Prednisone14$60$4
Tramadol11$37$3

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
93.1 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI
1639416142
Licence
CA 21980, WA AP60806834California G21980: DeceasedWashington ARNP.AP.60806834-NP: Active
Group
Stanford Health Care · The Association of University Physicians
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Nurse practitioner (363L00000X); Federal specialty code 363LF0000X (363LF0000X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2013-01-04
NPI last updated
2023-03-01
NPI record certified
2023-03-01

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

Extra NPI addresses: 1303 E Herndon Ave, Fresno, CA, 93720 · 325 9th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98104