Melanie Lock, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Los Gatos
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location
Plan participation
Not verified
We could not verify current plan participation for this doctor. This does not mean they are out of network. Call Melanie Lock’s office at (408) 412-8100 to ask if they take your plan before you enroll.
Original Medicare doctor bills
$41,523
Medicare paid this office $41,523 for 189 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 148 | $16,257 | $69 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | 48 | $5,234 | $52 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 48 | $4,701 | $96 |
| Hyaluronan or derivative, gelsyn-3, for intra-articular injection, 0.1 mg | 16 | $3,392 | None |
| Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope | 12 | $1,612 | $134 |
See all 10 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 148 | $16,257 | $69 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | 48 | $5,234 | $52 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 48 | $4,701 | $96 |
| Hyaluronan or derivative, gelsyn-3, for intra-articular injection, 0.1 mg | 16 | $3,392 | None |
| Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope | 12 | $1,612 | $134 |
| X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views | 33 | $1,608 | $31 |
| X-ray of knee, 4 or more views | 21 | $814 | $37 |
| X-ray of hip, 1 view | 11 | $413 | $28 |
| Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 1 mg | 25 | $132 | None |
| Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg | 13 | $56 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
189 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Under 65 0% · 85 and older 12% · Women 63% · Health risk score 0.91. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical physician assistant clinician is at 1.31.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 74% · Diabetes 31% · Coronary heart disease 28% · Depression 16% · Atrial fibrillation 14% · Cancer 13% · Chronic kidney disease 12% · COPD 10% · Heart failure 8% · Stroke 7%.
The office billed $208,649, Medicare allowed $55,092 and paid $41,523; for 10,864 services of 39 kinds; $6,635 of it was for drugs given in the office and $34,889 for care.
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 | 189 | 10,864 | 76 | 0.91 | $208,649 | $41,523 |
| 2023 | 266 | 7,752 | 75 | 0.94 | $305,658 | $67,159 |
| 2022 | 70 | 359 | 76 | 0.74 | $51,418 | $12,233 |
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: 13 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 194 | $22,942 | $72 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | 85 | $7,843 | $53 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 74 | $7,818 | $98 |
| Hyaluronan or derivative, gelsyn-3, for intra-articular injection, 0.1 mg | 15 | $3,368 | None |
| Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope | 20 | $2,697 | $135 |
| X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views | 61 | $2,368 | $30 |
| Hyaluronan or derivative, hyalgan, supartz or visco-3, for intra-articular injection, per dose | 11 | $2,131 | None |
| X-ray of knee, 4 or more views | 34 | $1,519 | $40 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 13 | $934 | $72 |
| Release of tendon connecting biceps muscle and shoulder using an endoscope | 13 | $836 | $64 |
| X-ray of hip, 1 view | 17 | $553 | $26 |
| Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg | 55 | $364 | None |
| Removal of extensive shoulder joint tissue using an endoscope | 12 | $245 | $20 |
2022: 3 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 51 | $4,220 | $73 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | 25 | $1,813 | $57 |
| Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg | 12 | $87 | None |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$1,483
Pharmacies billed $1,483 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 59% of their Part D prescriptions (57 of 96) in 2024. A higher opioid share than 9 in 10 peers; the typical physician assistant clinician is at 1%.
94 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $1,483 in drug cost · 11 antibiotic prescriptions.
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.
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 23 | $332 | $11 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 11 | $75 | $5 |
| Tramadol | 13 | $18 | $1 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 96 | 55 | 59% (57) | None | $1,483 |
| 2023 | 109 | 73 | 64% (70) | 0% | $1,412 |
| 2022 | 44 | 28 | 89% (39) | 0% | $532 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 3 drugs
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 44 | $501 | $11 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 19 | $170 | $9 |
| Diazepam | 11 | $8 | $1 |
2022: 1 drug
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen | 22 | $341 | $15 |
Money from drug and device companies
$79 in 2024
| 2024 | 1 | 5 | None | $79 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | None | $69 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Electronic Waveform Lab | None | $79 | 5 payments
|
See all 5 published payments
| Electronic Waveform Lab | Meals · 2024-08-07 | None | $27 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab | Meals · 2024-05-07 | None | $8 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab | Meals · 2024-04-08 | None | $7 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab | Meals · 2024-03-25 | None | $15 |
| Electronic Waveform Lab | Meals · 2024-03-20 | None | $22 |
See earlier years (2023)
2023: $69
| Heron Therapeutics | Zynrelef | $53 | 1 payment
|
| Relievant Medsystems | Intracept | $16 | 1 payment
|
Professional record
- NPI
- 1659000180
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Physician assistant (363A00000X)
- Mailing address
- 2120 Missouri St, San Diego, CA, 92109
- NPI first listed
- 2022-06-09
- NPI last updated
- 2022-06-09
- NPI record certified
- 2022-06-09
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.