Yilin Chu, MD
Ophthalmology · Santa Clara
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- Clear
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- Plans that list them
- 4
- 1 carrier
- Offices
- 2
Offices
2 locations · Permanente Medical Group Inc · 10,928 clinicians in this group
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| Kaiser Permanente Dual Complete North P2 (HMO D-SNP) | Kaiser Permanente | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Kaiser Permanente Dual Complete North P23 (HMO D-SNP) | Kaiser Permanente | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Kaiser Permanente Sr Adv Basic Santa Clara (HMO) | Kaiser Permanente | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
| Kaiser Permanente Sr Adv Enhanced Santa Clara (HMO) | Kaiser Permanente | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A91432 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2005 · expires 2027-04-30 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Original Medicare doctor bills
$1,627
Medicare paid this office $1,627 for 12 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Procedures Medicare counted
| Cataract surgery | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
12 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 66 · Health risk score 1.40. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical ophthalmology clinician is at 1.16.
The office billed $5,940, Medicare allowed $2,451 and paid $1,627; for 22 services of 13 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 | 12 | 22 | 66 | 1.40 | $5,940 | $1,627 |
| 2022 | 11 | 13 | 70 | 0.60 | $9,573 | $1,434 |
| 2021 | 25 | 41 | 69 | 1.77 | $12,864 | $4,028 |
| 2020 | 11 | 19 | 64 | 2.24 | $13,149 | $3,154 |
| 2019 | 26 | 58 | 69 | 1.64 | $27,833 | $7,523 |
| 2018 | 22 | 38 | 69 | 1.77 | $18,647 | $4,632 |
| 2017 | 15 | 28 | 72 | 1.38 | $11,675 | $2,642 |
| 2016 | 21 | 40 | 74 | 1.40 | $15,270 | $5,032 |
| 2014 | 242 | 467 | 74 | 1.02 | $227,697 | $45,122 |
| 2013 | 377 | 944 | 74 | 1.01 | $502,640 | $100,055 |
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
2019: 1 service
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 13 | $1,656 | $92 |
2016: 1 service
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 11 | $932 | $78 |
2014: 8 services
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 122 | $10,678 | $82 |
| Established patient problem focused exam of visual system | 104 | $7,052 | $57 |
| Removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens | 12 | $7,022 | $540 |
| New patient complete exam of visual system | 37 | $3,852 | $104 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 36 | $1,919 | $49 |
| Ultrasound scan to determine eye length and lens power | 14 | $999 | $71 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 31 | $983 | $32 |
| Imaging of retina | 22 | $884 | $37 |
2013: 10 services
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 246 | $24,646 | $89 |
| Removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens | 30 | $19,263 | $535 |
| Established patient problem focused exam of visual system | 154 | $15,362 | $62 |
| New patient complete exam of visual system | 46 | $4,849 | $105 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 70 | $4,621 | $51 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 62 | $2,182 | $34 |
| Ultrasound scan to determine eye length and lens power | 28 | $2,068 | $69 |
| New patient problem focused exam of visual system | 18 | $1,010 | $56 |
| Imaging of retina | 13 | $492 | $38 |
| Ultrasound scan to determine eye length and lens power | 12 | $309 | $26 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$88,567
Pharmacies billed $88,567 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 2,131) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical ophthalmology clinician is at 0%.
1,700 generic and 431 brand-name prescriptions · $88,567 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.
| Prednisolone Acetate | 296 | $14,928 | $50 |
| Rhopressa | 25 | $10,273 | $411 |
| Latanoprost | 620 | $9,459 | $15 |
| Dorzolamide-Timolol | 355 | $9,024 | $25 |
| Brinzolamide | 24 | $5,767 | $240 |
See all 18 drugs
| Prednisolone Acetate | 296 | $14,928 | $50 |
| Rhopressa | 25 | $10,273 | $411 |
| Latanoprost | 620 | $9,459 | $15 |
| Dorzolamide-Timolol | 355 | $9,024 | $25 |
| Brinzolamide | 24 | $5,767 | $240 |
| Cyclosporine | 38 | $4,169 | $110 |
| Tafluprost | 19 | $3,651 | $192 |
| Brimonidine | 194 | $3,396 | $18 |
| Bimatoprost | 20 | $2,907 | $145 |
| Polymyxin B Sul-Trimethoprim | 201 | $2,547 | $13 |
| Fluorometholone | 15 | $1,902 | $127 |
| Timolol Maleate | 91 | $1,782 | $20 |
| Levobunolol | 20 | $1,285 | $64 |
| Dorzolamide | 45 | $982 | $22 |
| Diclofenac | 31 | $564 | $18 |
| Erythromycin | 24 | $397 | $17 |
| Acyclovir | 12 | $380 | $32 |
| Diazepam | 11 | $56 | $5 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 2,131 | 537 | 0% (0) | 20% | $88,567 |
| 2023 | 2,097 | 651 | None | 22% | $80,182 |
| 2022 | 2,005 | 654 | None | 22% | $86,308 |
| 2021 | 1,866 | 558 | 0% (0) | 17% | $92,292 |
| 2020 | 1,747 | 521 | 0% (0) | 15% | $87,603 |
| 2019 | 2,061 | 580 | 0% (0) | 16% | $101,273 |
| 2018 | 2,811 | 696 | 0% (0) | 21% | $126,678 |
| 2017 | 2,692 | 689 | 0% (0) | 24% | $114,360 |
| 2016 | 2,409 | 666 | 0% (0) | 23% | $100,975 |
| 2015 | 1,826 | 532 | None | None | $72,996 |
| 2014 | 1,343 | 373 | None | None | $98,098 |
| 2013 | 1,198 | 267 | None | 60% | $89,152 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 22 drugs
| Prednisolone Acetate | 341 | $16,844 | $49 |
| Latanoprost | 583 | $8,824 | $15 |
| Dorzolamide-Timolol | 333 | $8,513 | $26 |
| Cyclosporine | 35 | $4,304 | $123 |
| Bimatoprost | 21 | $3,512 | $167 |
| Tafluprost | 14 | $2,830 | $202 |
| Brimonidine | 164 | $2,406 | $15 |
| Polymyxin B Sul-Trimethoprim | 163 | $1,914 | $12 |
| Fluorometholone | 16 | $1,727 | $108 |
| Timolol Maleate | 76 | $1,608 | $21 |
| Diclofenac | 67 | $972 | $15 |
| Levobunolol | 20 | $903 | $45 |
| Dorzolamide | 34 | $824 | $24 |
| Olopatadine | 27 | $592 | $22 |
| Acyclovir | 11 | $499 | $45 |
| Ofloxacin | 13 | $298 | $23 |
| Erythromycin | 18 | $268 | $15 |
| Moxifloxacin | 20 | $239 | $12 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 17 | $227 | $13 |
| Doxycycline Monohydrate | 11 | $214 | $19 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth | 12 | $142 | $12 |
| Diazepam | 12 | $61 | $5 |
2022: 16 drugs
| Cequa | 34 | $13,061 | $384 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 266 | $12,218 | $46 |
| Latanoprost | 598 | $10,992 | $18 |
| Dorzolamide-Timolol | 415 | $10,932 | $26 |
| Zioptan | 13 | $8,403 | $646 |
| Methazolamide | 21 | $5,273 | $251 |
| Bimatoprost | 21 | $2,627 | $125 |
| Timolol Maleate | 91 | $2,376 | $26 |
| Brimonidine | 127 | $1,910 | $15 |
| Polymyxin B Sul-Trimethoprim | 151 | $1,699 | $11 |
| Dorzolamide | 42 | $1,192 | $28 |
| Valacyclovir | 17 | $1,061 | $62 |
| Olopatadine | 52 | $1,050 | $20 |
| Diclofenac | 23 | $315 | $14 |
| Erythromycin | 14 | $198 | $14 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth | 16 | $189 | $12 |
2021: 17 drugs
| Cequa | 40 | $17,897 | $447 |
| Dorzolamide-Timolol | 393 | $12,060 | $31 |
| Latanoprost | 599 | $10,995 | $18 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 210 | $10,193 | $49 |
| Rhopressa | 12 | $8,484 | $707 |
| Zioptan | 16 | $7,289 | $456 |
| Methazolamide | 18 | $3,228 | $179 |
| Brimonidine | 184 | $2,685 | $15 |
| Timolol Maleate | 78 | $2,204 | $28 |
| Acetazolamide Er | 27 | $1,260 | $47 |
| Dorzolamide | 42 | $1,218 | $29 |
| Valacyclovir | 16 | $789 | $49 |
| Olopatadine | 49 | $708 | $14 |
| Diclofenac | 33 | $582 | $18 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth | 38 | $490 | $13 |
| Erythromycin | 16 | $216 | $14 |
| Polymyxin B Sul-Trimethoprim | 11 | $126 | $11 |
2020: 17 drugs
| Latanoprost | 614 | $12,618 | $21 |
| Restasis | 19 | $11,826 | $622 |
| Dorzolamide-Timolol | 334 | $11,417 | $34 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 177 | $8,031 | $45 |
| Methazolamide | 13 | $6,388 | $491 |
| Zioptan | 14 | $4,417 | $316 |
| Olopatadine | 53 | $3,049 | $58 |
| Brimonidine | 171 | $2,364 | $14 |
| Timolol Maleate | 72 | $1,956 | $27 |
| Acetazolamide Er | 31 | $1,555 | $50 |
| Dorzolamide | 50 | $1,440 | $29 |
| Fluorometholone | 16 | $1,310 | $82 |
| Valacyclovir | 22 | $1,026 | $47 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth | 34 | $481 | $14 |
| Diclofenac | 18 | $345 | $19 |
| Erythromycin | 12 | $228 | $19 |
| Polymyxin B Sul-Trimethoprim | 17 | $203 | $12 |
2019: 16 drugs
| Latanoprost | 824 | $15,415 | $19 |
| Dorzolamide-Timolol | 428 | $14,052 | $33 |
| Nevanac | 26 | $11,398 | $438 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 197 | $10,778 | $55 |
| Restasis | 16 | $9,361 | $585 |
| Brimonidine | 199 | $5,514 | $28 |
| Methazolamide | 11 | $5,118 | $465 |
| Durezol | 11 | $2,221 | $202 |
| Timolol Maleate | 71 | $1,659 | $23 |
| Dorzolamide | 50 | $1,650 | $33 |
| Fluorometholone | 13 | $1,645 | $127 |
| Olopatadine | 37 | $1,052 | $28 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth | 42 | $746 | $18 |
| Valacyclovir | 13 | $624 | $48 |
| Polymyxin B Sul-Trimethoprim | 18 | $217 | $12 |
| Levobunolol | 12 | $161 | $13 |
2018: 15 drugs
| Prednisolone Acetate | 427 | $31,562 | $74 |
| Latanoprost | 787 | $19,192 | $24 |
| Dorzolamide-Timolol | 574 | $11,985 | $21 |
| Restasis | 22 | $11,721 | $533 |
| Brimonidine | 312 | $8,118 | $26 |
| Nevanac | 26 | $7,683 | $295 |
| Zioptan | 18 | $5,666 | $315 |
| Cosopt Pf | 15 | $2,913 | $194 |
| Polymyxin B Sul-Trimethoprim | 237 | $2,791 | $12 |
| Dorzolamide | 71 | $2,002 | $28 |
| Timolol Maleate | 97 | $1,529 | $16 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth | 54 | $1,021 | $19 |
| Levobunolol | 23 | $277 | $12 |
| Diclofenac | 14 | $272 | $19 |
| Olopatadine | 21 | $226 | $11 |
2017: 15 drugs
| Prednisolone Acetate | 420 | $27,960 | $67 |
| Latanoprost | 735 | $17,451 | $24 |
| Restasis | 27 | $13,264 | $491 |
| Dorzolamide-Timolol | 503 | $11,841 | $24 |
| Brimonidine | 294 | $9,177 | $31 |
| Nevanac | 27 | $7,796 | $289 |
| Zioptan | 18 | $5,025 | $279 |
| Polymyxin B Sul-Trimethoprim | 238 | $2,358 | $10 |
| Dorzolamide | 94 | $2,264 | $24 |
| Valacyclovir | 27 | $2,202 | $82 |
| Cosopt Pf | 12 | $2,115 | $176 |
| Timolol Maleate | 110 | $1,692 | $15 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth | 53 | $993 | $19 |
| Levobunolol | 24 | $278 | $12 |
| Diclofenac | 12 | $185 | $15 |
2016: 16 drugs
| Prednisolone Acetate | 407 | $26,996 | $66 |
| Latanoprost | 617 | $13,789 | $22 |
| Restasis | 30 | $12,947 | $432 |
| Dorzolamide-Timolol | 416 | $10,039 | $24 |
| Brimonidine | 214 | $6,704 | $31 |
| Methazolamide | 17 | $5,571 | $328 |
| Polymyxin B Sul-Trimethoprim | 247 | $2,306 | $9 |
| Timolol Maleate | 98 | $2,111 | $22 |
| Dorzolamide | 68 | $1,829 | $27 |
| Acetazolamide | 21 | $1,800 | $86 |
| Diclofenac | 88 | $1,671 | $19 |
| Cosopt Pf | 13 | $1,467 | $113 |
| Fluorometholone | 12 | $816 | $68 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth | 42 | $800 | $19 |
| Levobunolol | 24 | $292 | $12 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 11 | $100 | $9 |
2015: 14 drugs
| Prednisolone Acetate | 408 | $28,260 | $69 |
| Latanoprost | 346 | $7,815 | $23 |
| Diclofenac | 318 | $6,851 | $22 |
| Brimonidine | 98 | $2,943 | $30 |
| Dorzolamide-Timolol | 122 | $2,581 | $21 |
| Polymyxin B Sul-Trimethoprim | 269 | $2,515 | $9 |
| Travatan Z | 13 | $2,338 | $180 |
| Acetazolamide | 21 | $2,289 | $109 |
| Cosopt Pf | 12 | $1,251 | $104 |
| Timolol Maleate | 56 | $853 | $15 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth | 41 | $751 | $18 |
| Dorzolamide | 11 | $269 | $24 |
| Ofloxacin | 20 | $177 | $9 |
| Levobunolol | 12 | $127 | $11 |
2014: 17 drugs
| Travatan Z | 224 | $34,128 | $152 |
| Lumigan | 60 | $10,717 | $179 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 139 | $9,964 | $72 |
| Nevanac | 52 | $8,424 | $162 |
| Restasis | 20 | $6,718 | $336 |
| Dorzolamide-Timolol | 120 | $4,692 | $39 |
| Azopt | 27 | $4,685 | $174 |
| Latanoprost | 169 | $3,606 | $21 |
| Brimonidine | 50 | $3,466 | $69 |
| Combigan | 16 | $2,417 | $151 |
| Timolol Maleate | 170 | $1,691 | $10 |
| Diclofenac | 67 | $1,276 | $19 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth | 36 | $689 | $19 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 40 | $587 | $15 |
| Polymyxin B Sul-Trimethoprim | 45 | $421 | $9 |
| Dorzolamide | 15 | $337 | $22 |
| Acetazolamide | 13 | $332 | $26 |
2013: 14 drugs
| Travatan Z | 208 | $30,009 | $144 |
| Lumigan | 85 | $12,402 | $146 |
| Nevanac | 70 | $10,457 | $149 |
| Restasis | 21 | $5,966 | $284 |
| Azopt | 38 | $5,407 | $142 |
| Brimonidine | 44 | $4,640 | $105 |
| Dorzolamide-Timolol | 92 | $4,073 | $44 |
| Prednisolone Acetate | 117 | $3,047 | $26 |
| Latanoprost | 93 | $2,304 | $25 |
| Timolol Maleate | 216 | $2,005 | $9 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 94 | $1,398 | $15 |
| Alphagan P | 11 | $1,225 | $111 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth | 18 | $316 | $18 |
| Fluorometholone | 17 | $196 | $12 |
Money from drug and device companies
$176 in 2023
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $176 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | None | $254 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Dutch Ophthalmic USA | Eva, Combined Machine | $176 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Dutch Ophthalmic USA | Meals · 2023-07-30 | Eva, Combined Machine | $176 |
See earlier years (2019)
2019: $254
| Aerie Pharmaceuticals | Rhopressa | $254 | 1 payment
|
Professional record
- NPI
- 1659394179
- Licence
- CA A91432California A91432: Current · expires 2027-04-30
- Trained
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, 2001
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Medicaid ID
- CA 00A914320
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207W00000X (207W00000X)
- Mailing address
- 1207 Fairchild Ct, Woodland, CA, 95695
- NPI first listed
- 2006-07-25
- NPI last updated
- 2022-01-03
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
This office lists an electronic records connection.