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Maria S Govorkova, MD

Ophthalmology · San Jose

NPI 1639511488

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1 carrier
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1 location · El Camino Health Medical Network LLC · 202 clinicians in this group

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Anthem Medicare Advantage (HMO-POS)Anthem Blue CrossListedOct 3, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A138095 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2015 · expires 2028-10-31 · Rostov State Medical University.

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

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.

  • El Camino HealthMountain View, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of El Camino Health, which runs 2 hospitalsPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 80% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.291, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.393, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for El Camino Health

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 9 the same, 1 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 El Camino Health
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.291BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.393BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.96 (0.12 to 1.79) · 2,340 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.02 (0.76 to 1.28)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths167.38 (125.03 to 209.73) · 96 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.6 · 68 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.1 · 185 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths11.8 · 200 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths8.9 · 814 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths13 · 842 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths9.6 · 361 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.6 · 4,633 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.16 (0 to 0.34) · 11,474 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.27 (0.1 to 0.45) · 11,626 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.14 (1.39 to 4.9) · 2,814 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths2 (0.61 to 3.39) · 1,327 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.11 (0.8 to 3.43) · 2,641 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths9.39 (4.18 to 14.6) · 1,287 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths6.57 (3.47 to 9.68) · 1,308 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths2.14 (0.71 to 3.57) · 827 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.6 (0.05 to 1.15) · 9,460 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4.5 · 122 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.993No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.706No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections1.376No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15.5 · 218 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits19.5 · 962 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits3.8 · 200 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-17 · 922 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits18.6 · 860 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits18.7 · 827 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits6.1 (4.5 to 8.2) · 313 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits13.4 (10.6 to 16.5) · 313 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits6.1 · 144 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.3 · 80 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.7 · 237 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.8 (10 to 16.1) · 1,639 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.9 (0.8 to 1.1) · 1,619 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,535 patients answered, 22% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at El Camino Health
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at El Camino Health
Room was "always" clean75%
Nurses "always" communicated well79%
Doctors "always" communicated well81%
Staff "always" explained61%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information86%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge86%
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)76%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand75%
Nurses "always" listened carefully76%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
"Always" quiet at night47%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital80%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects46%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms86%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$103,756

Medicare paid this office $103,756 for 362 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)258$39,667$117
Removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens17$13,938$536
New patient visit (45+ min)100$13,817$138
Exam of visual field with extended testing102$7,831$59
Imaging of retina149$6,278$36
See all 11 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Return visit (30+ min)258$39,667$117
Removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens17$13,938$536
New patient visit (45+ min)100$13,817$138
Exam of visual field with extended testing102$7,831$59
Imaging of retina149$6,278$36
Short return visit (20+ min)51$5,044$81
Photography of the retina121$4,183$35
Imaging of optic nerve105$3,712$33
Imaging of front third of eye64$1,665$24
Measurement of corneal curvature and depth of eye23$1,255$36
Ultrasound scan of cornea to determine thickness73$616$8

Procedures Medicare counted

Procedure volume Medicare published
Cataract surgery58More than 66% of doctors who do this

Who their Medicare patients are

362 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Under 65 3% · 85 and older 16% · Women 60% · Also on Medicaid 16% · Health risk score 1.16. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical ophthalmology clinician is at 1.16.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 47% · Chronic kidney disease 31% · Coronary heart disease 20% · Cancer 15% · Atrial fibrillation 13% · Depression 13% · Heart failure 12% · COPD 10% · Stroke 9% · Dementia 6%.

The office billed $428,482, Medicare allowed $141,334 and paid $103,756; for 1,279 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
20243621,279761.16$428,482$103,756
2023199722741.12$245,102$58,712
2022155706751.20$240,976$57,108
2021148679751.35$207,716$52,871
2020111480741.33$135,161$32,748
20192061,174751.29$208,596$78,640
2018139697731.26$117,362$49,199

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: 11 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Return visit (30+ min)123$20,174$114
New patient visit (45+ min)72$10,520$146
Removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens13$7,476$534
Exam of visual field with extended testing68$5,712$54
Short return visit (20+ min)50$4,359$74
Imaging of retina68$2,829$35
Imaging of optic nerve70$2,605$33
Imaging of front third of eye36$918$26
Photography of the retina23$757$33
Measurement of corneal curvature and depth of eye14$571$38
Ultrasound scan of cornea to determine thickness38$311$8

2022: 12 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Return visit (30+ min)92$15,279$112
Removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens12$8,556$535
New patient visit (45+ min)62$8,398$135
Exam of visual field with extended testing65$5,652$56
Short return visit (20+ min)54$5,245$78
Imaging of optic nerve73$2,617$32
Imaging of retina50$2,513$36
Photography of the retina44$1,299$29
Imaging of front third of eye37$967$24
Measurement of corneal curvature and depth of eye13$600$35
Exam of the internal drainage system of eye11$311$24
Ultrasound scan of cornea to determine thickness37$288$8

2021: 11 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Return visit (30+ min)79$13,245$117
New patient visit (45+ min)78$11,954$153
Exam of visual field with extended testing52$4,721$60
Short return visit (20+ min)45$4,540$78
Imaging of retina47$2,215$38
Imaging of optic nerve50$1,911$32
Photography of the retina48$1,723$36
Imaging of front third of eye49$1,382$27
Exam of the internal drainage system of eye29$701$21
Measurement of corneal curvature and depth of eye12$662$51
Ultrasound scan of cornea to determine thickness51$436$9

2020: 10 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Return visit (30+ min)51$6,149$102
New patient visit (45+ min)42$5,930$141
Short return visit (20+ min)46$4,807$66
Exam of visual field with extended testing34$3,263$65
Imaging of retina37$1,522$34
Photography of the retina33$1,296$39
Imaging of front third of eye27$832$28
Imaging of optic nerve21$822$33
Exam of the internal drainage system of eye23$569$22
Ultrasound scan of cornea to determine thickness36$318$9

2019: 15 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Established patient complete exam of visual system118$22,427$116
Exam of visual field with extended testing85$6,624$62
Established patient problem focused exam of visual system57$6,461$82
Long return visit (40+ min)30$4,400$129
New patient visit (45+ min)26$3,777$145
Examination of eye by ophthalmoscope with retinal drawing68$3,467$25
Imaging of optic nerve87$3,202$32
Exam of the internal drainage system of eye87$2,738$26
Photography of the retina46$2,423$48
Imaging of front third of eye67$2,303$28
Imaging of retina54$2,291$39
Examination of eye by ophthalmoscope with retinal drawing32$1,866$27
Return visit (30+ min)17$1,655$87
Photography of content of eyes21$486$21
Ultrasound scan of cornea to determine thickness13$148$11

2018: 12 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Established patient complete exam of visual system82$12,733$122
Established patient problem focused exam of visual system48$6,152$87
Exam of visual field with extended testing49$3,585$65
New patient visit (45+ min)20$2,883$144
Photography of the retina43$2,550$58
Examination of eye by ophthalmoscope with retinal drawing49$2,506$24
Long return visit (40+ min)14$1,910$136
Imaging of front third of eye47$1,663$29
Imaging of optic nerve40$1,488$35
Exam of the internal drainage system of eye49$1,453$26
Examination of eye by ophthalmoscope with retinal drawing24$1,286$26
Imaging of retina25$1,128$40

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$193,756

Pharmacies billed $193,756 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 1,271) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical ophthalmology clinician is at 0%.

640 generic and 631 brand-name prescriptions · $193,756 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
Restasis78$48,923$627
Lumigan39$23,369$599
Miebo23$17,511$761
Rhopressa32$16,117$504
Rocklatan27$14,484$536
See all 21 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Restasis78$48,923$627
Lumigan39$23,369$599
Miebo23$17,511$761
Rhopressa32$16,117$504
Rocklatan27$14,484$536
Ilevro28$9,877$353
Bromfenac39$7,224$185
Simbrinza29$6,058$209
Prednisolone Acetate119$5,503$46
Prolensa15$5,004$334
Inveltys15$4,270$285
Latanoprost246$3,933$16
Cyclosporine14$3,631$259
Brimonidine90$3,318$37
Travoprost12$1,505$125
Moxifloxacin80$1,398$17
Dorzolamide-Timolol78$1,359$17
Timolol Maleate72$1,171$16
Erythromycin83$1,063$13
Dorzolamide66$479$7
Ofloxacin12$89$7

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
20241,2713530% (0)50%$193,756
20231,0462200% (0)52%$170,398
20228511880% (0)44%$105,149
20216991680% (0)60%$94,544
20203641200% (0)54%$51,785
2019289980% (0)39%$25,466
2018180810% (0)39%$14,691
2017106250% (0)19%$8,049
201628367None24%$17,942

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 16 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Restasis50$36,579$732
Prolensa68$24,726$364
Rhopressa29$18,836$650
Lumigan20$13,701$685
Combigan14$8,582$613
Latanoprost215$6,986$32
Simbrinza22$5,415$246
Prednisolone Acetate101$5,198$51
Moxifloxacin83$5,068$61
Brimonidine100$3,470$35
Travoprost16$2,675$167
Dorzolamide80$2,377$30
Dorzolamide-Timolol40$1,728$43
Timolol Maleate49$639$13
Erythromycin41$487$12
Atropine Sulfate12$436$36

2022: 14 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Restasis28$21,322$762
Rhopressa27$15,309$567
Simbrinza56$14,624$261
Lumigan22$10,720$487
Prolensa21$7,072$337
Latanoprost238$6,701$28
Brimonidine117$4,886$42
Travoprost11$2,795$254
Prednisolone Acetate53$2,583$49
Moxifloxacin39$1,885$48
Dorzolamide-Timolol41$1,348$33
Dorzolamide53$1,123$21
Timolol Maleate57$968$17
Erythromycin37$324$9

2021: 14 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Restasis37$26,214$708
Rhopressa29$12,454$429
Lumigan18$9,740$541
Prolensa24$7,366$307
Brimonidine64$4,266$67
Prednisolone Acetate66$3,861$58
Latanoprost169$3,599$21
Rocklatan12$3,545$295
Alphagan P12$2,770$231
Moxifloxacin52$2,263$44
Dorzolamide44$992$23
Erythromycin48$549$11
Dorzolamide-Timolol26$490$19
Timolol Maleate12$178$15

2020: 10 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Restasis20$14,564$728
Lumigan15$8,954$597
Rhopressa21$7,923$377
Brimonidine50$3,996$80
Latanoprost95$1,504$16
Prednisolone Acetate26$1,345$52
Moxifloxacin25$1,335$53
Dorzolamide-Timolol23$871$38
Dorzolamide18$341$19
Erythromycin14$177$13

2019: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Lumigan11$3,537$322
Latanoprost88$2,377$27
Prednisolone Acetate29$1,312$45
Moxifloxacin13$1,058$81
Dorzolamide29$740$26
Dorzolamide-Timolol15$448$30
Brimonidine16$324$20
Timolol Maleate16$178$11
Erythromycin11$152$14

2018: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Prednisolone Acetate41$2,744$67
Latanoprost24$703$29
Polymyxin B Sul-Trimethoprim26$302$12
Erythromycin11$175$16

2017: 4 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Dorzolamide16$305$19
Latanoprost15$278$19
Brimonidine21$263$13
Timolol Maleate25$244$10

2016: 8 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Methazolamide22$9,691$440
Brimonidine54$1,847$34
Prednisolone Acetate31$1,678$54
Latanoprost45$486$11
Dorzolamide18$420$23
Dorzolamide-Timolol18$396$22
Timolol Maleate43$359$8
Ofloxacin12$183$15

Money from drug and device companies

$48 in 2023

Industry payments by year
202322None$48
202211None$20
202146None$111
202022None$43
201945None$106

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
Alcon VisionRocklatan$24
1 payment
  • Meals for Rocklatan · 2023-07-28 · $24
Thea PharmaNone$24
1 payment
  • Meals · 2023-05-04 · $24
See all 2 published payments
Every published payment
Alcon VisionMeals · 2023-07-28Rocklatan$24
Thea PharmaMeals · 2023-05-04None$24
See earlier years (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)

2022: $20

Payments by company in 2022
Kala PharmaceuticalsInveltys$20
1 payment
  • Meals for Inveltys · 2022-05-11 · $20

2021: $111

Payments by company in 2021
Bausch & Lomb a division of Bausch Health USLotemax Sm$36
2 payments
  • Meals for Lotemax Sm · 2021-05-26 · $24
  • Meals for Lotemax Sm · 2021-02-17 · $12
Kala PharmaceuticalsInveltys$33
2 payments
  • Meals for Inveltys · 2021-09-14 · $15
  • Meals for Inveltys · 2021-06-10 · $18
Alcon VisionArgos$23
1 payment
  • Meals for Argos · 2021-12-01 · $23
AllerganRestasis Multidose$19
1 payment
  • Meals for Restasis Multidose · 2021-07-02 · $19

2020: $43

Payments by company in 2020
AllerganDurysta$23
1 payment
  • Meals for Durysta · 2020-09-24 · $23
Carl Zeiss Meditec AGNone Specified$19
1 payment
  • Gift for None Specified · 2020-05-12 · $19

2019: $106

Payments by company in 2019
Bausch & Lomb a division of Bausch Health USVyzulta$40
2 payments
  • Meals for Vyzulta · 2019-11-12 · $18
  • Meals for Vyzulta · 2019-07-16 · $22
GlaukosIstent Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent System$27
1 payment
  • Meals for Istent Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent System · 2019-06-09 · $27
Aerie PharmaceuticalsRhopressa$22
1 payment
  • Meals for Rhopressa · 2019-04-15 · $22
Novartis PharmaceuticalsXiidra$17
1 payment
  • Meals for Xiidra · 2019-12-12 · $17

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
83.6 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI
1639511488
Licence
CA A138095California A138095: Current · expires 2028-10-31
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
Yes
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207W00000X (207W00000X)
Mailing address
973 University Ave, Los Gatos, CA, 95032
NPI first listed
2013-07-22
NPI last updated
2020-11-30
NPI record certified
2020-11-30

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