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Craig Fischer, MD

Psychiatry · Berkeley

NPI 1669435053

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Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
11
1 carrier
Office
1
Since medical school
54 years
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, 1972

Offices

1 location · Bay Psychiatric Associates · 60 clinicians in this group

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11 plans · 1 carrier

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
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California Medical Board record

Licence G25733 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 1973 · expires 2027-12-31 · University of California San Francisco School of Medicine.

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

School, training and certification

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 Psychiatry and Neurology - Psychiatry

Original Medicare doctor bills

$28,478

Medicare paid this office $28,478 for 19 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)12$13,944$117
Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 45 minutes19$11,369$77

Who their Medicare patients are

19 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 71 · 85 and older 0% · Health risk score 1.02. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical psychiatry clinician is at 1.35.

Conditions among them: Depression 75%.

The office billed $87,240, Medicare allowed $37,765 and paid $28,478; for 366 services of 5 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
202419366711.02$87,240$28,478
202317282700.80$77,720$24,378
202219287690.82$77,850$24,158
202119339680.72$93,430$29,250
202018249670.79$65,190$18,755
201919194681.16$50,330$14,013
201823208681.71$44,955$13,590
201720199661.42$38,870$12,403
201626214611.08$39,300$13,653
201534196551.17$38,075$13,665
201428214591.25$38,675$13,748
201349219561.57$44,250$14,240

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
Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 45 minutes17$10,142$73
Short return visit (20+ min)11$4,126$75

2022: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 45 minutes17$8,697$76
Return visit (30+ min)11$6,427$113
Short return visit (20+ min)13$5,351$81

2021: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 45 minutes16$10,213$76
Short return visit (20+ min)15$5,368$77

2020: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 45 minutes15$8,676$80
Short return visit (20+ min)15$7,061$67

2019: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 45 minutes17$7,110$76
Short return visit (20+ min)17$6,152$66

2018: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 45 minutes17$6,012$65
Short return visit (20+ min)18$5,553$59

2017: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 45 minutes14$5,383$63
Short return visit (20+ min)15$5,087$58

2016: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 45 minutes12$4,926$64
Short return visit (20+ min)14$4,744$58

2014: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Short return visit (20+ min)14$2,928$57

2013: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Long return visit (40+ min)18$4,260$101
Return visit (30+ min)17$2,410$75
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes14$1,739$87
Short return visit (20+ min)17$1,542$48
Psychotherapy with evaluation and management visit, 30 minutes12$583$25

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$18,623

Pharmacies billed $18,623 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 377) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical psychiatry clinician is at 0%.

374 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $18,623 in drug cost · 35 antipsychotic prescriptions to people over 65.

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
Aripiprazole27$5,028$186
Bupropion Xl65$2,444$38
Quetiapine31$1,198$39
Lurasidone11$1,182$107
Venlafaxine Hcl Er36$630$17
See all 13 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Aripiprazole27$5,028$186
Bupropion Xl65$2,444$38
Quetiapine31$1,198$39
Lurasidone11$1,182$107
Venlafaxine Hcl Er36$630$17
Duloxetine11$424$39
Lamotrigine23$359$16
Pregabalin11$255$23
Buspirone12$236$20
Mirtazapine16$215$13
Escitalopram17$175$10
Trazodone15$154$10
Diazepam18$53$3

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024377220% (0)None$18,623
2023358200% (0)None$23,538
2022397250% (0)5%$51,678
2021326230% (0)7%$55,428
2020343310% (0)8%$50,335
2019306370% (0)9%$50,012
2018401300% (0)7%$48,987
2017422320% (0)6%$59,366
2016524330% (0)8%$60,698
201549933None11%$48,485
201455342None14%$63,164
2013651450% (0)20%$102,039

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 9 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Quetiapine41$2,167$53
Bupropion Xl62$2,144$35
Aripiprazole29$2,016$70
Venlafaxine Hcl Er40$947$24
Trazodone16$733$46
Pregabalin13$604$46
Buspirone16$232$15
Lamotrigine24$215$9
Mirtazapine17$197$12

2022: 12 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Latuda12$32,686$2,724
Aripiprazole23$4,355$189
Bupropion Xl63$2,357$37
Quetiapine28$1,326$47
Venlafaxine Hcl Er51$1,245$24
Pregabalin11$883$80
Duloxetine16$660$41
Lamotrigine31$570$18
Trazodone19$395$21
Buspirone14$185$13
Mirtazapine16$174$11
Olanzapine14$116$8

2021: 13 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Latuda14$33,931$2,424
Venlafaxine Hcl Er51$4,113$81
Bupropion Xl40$2,239$56
Pregabalin15$696$46
Aripiprazole11$603$55
Dextroamphetamine-Amphetamine12$573$48
Duloxetine19$557$29
Trazodone12$450$38
Lamotrigine16$304$19
Mirtazapine18$176$10
Buspirone14$133$9
Sertraline12$111$9
Olanzapine20$110$5

2020: 11 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Latuda13$26,372$2,029
Venlafaxine Hcl Er42$5,967$142
Bupropion Xl40$2,381$60
Pregabalin17$1,047$62
Aripiprazole18$810$45
Quetiapine23$512$22
Dextroamphetamine-Amphetamine11$478$43
Lamotrigine18$436$24
Sertraline19$234$12
Olanzapine22$173$8
Mirtazapine17$103$6

2019: 10 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Latuda12$21,235$1,770
Venlafaxine Hcl Er57$6,574$115
Bupropion Xl45$3,407$76
Aripiprazole18$1,455$81
Quetiapine16$608$38
Dextroamphetamine-Amphetamine11$431$39
Sertraline11$290$26
Lamotrigine13$246$19
Lorazepam11$200$18
Buspirone12$130$11

2018: 12 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Latuda12$20,926$1,744
Venlafaxine Hcl Er62$9,041$146
Bupropion Xl47$5,681$121
Aripiprazole20$3,259$163
Olanzapine46$2,754$60
Bupropion Hcl Sr22$1,176$53
Divalproex16$794$50
Quetiapine27$535$20
Amitriptyline12$265$22
Mirtazapine16$142$9
Lamotrigine11$142$13
Buspirone11$119$11

2017: 15 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Latuda14$22,766$1,626
Aripiprazole29$16,397$565
Bupropion Xl60$4,981$83
Venlafaxine Hcl Er62$3,380$55
Olanzapine25$1,313$53
Bupropion Hcl Sr19$716$38
Quetiapine21$670$32
Amitriptyline13$427$33
Lamotrigine17$350$21
Propranolol Hcl Er12$336$28
Zolpidem12$266$22
Buspirone11$165$15
Mirtazapine11$135$12
Lorazepam14$109$8
Lithium Carbonate Er17$95$6

2016: 17 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Aripiprazole23$13,741$597
Seroquel23$10,403$452
Bupropion Xl95$5,073$53
Ziprasidone18$1,322$73
Duloxetine15$1,179$79
Venlafaxine Hcl Er42$1,046$25
Dextroamphetamine-Amphetamine14$890$64
Quetiapine17$664$39
Amitriptyline12$579$48
Bupropion Hcl Sr18$564$31
Divalproex11$499$45
Lamotrigine28$457$16
Zolpidem15$322$21
Sertraline15$182$12
Lithium Carbonate Er16$126$8
Clonazepam15$69$5
Guanfacine11$54$5

2015: 20 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Aripiprazole15$9,891$659
Seroquel20$8,999$450
Bupropion Xl86$5,125$60
Dextroamphetamine Sulfate Er12$2,157$180
Venlafaxine Hcl Er42$1,130$27
Ziprasidone14$1,011$72
Duloxetine11$816$74
Quetiapine32$483$15
Divalproex12$471$39
Amitriptyline12$343$29
Lamotrigine21$336$16
Zolpidem21$291$14
Sertraline14$196$14
Olanzapine19$169$9
Lorazepam11$144$13
Clonazepam19$109$6
Guanfacine11$98$9
Lithium Carbonate12$91$8
Citalopram Hbr12$84$7
Topiramate12$65$5

2014: 15 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Abilify17$26,241$1,544
Bupropion Xl96$4,649$48
Olanzapine18$3,917$218
Quetiapine62$3,268$53
Venlafaxine Hcl Er38$1,620$43
Bupropion Hcl Sr22$509$23
Lamotrigine28$361$13
Escitalopram12$306$25
Sertraline27$284$11
Amitriptyline11$269$24
Fluoxetine13$258$20
Zolpidem23$191$8
Lorazepam11$163$15
Zaleplon11$151$14
Clonazepam16$121$8

2013: 21 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Abilify36$33,918$942
Latuda19$15,056$792
Olanzapine24$10,129$422
Cymbalta31$8,549$276
Dextroamphetamine Sulfate21$6,948$331
Bupropion Xl94$6,260$67
Seroquel20$5,996$300
Quetiapine59$5,203$88
Venlafaxine Hcl Er58$2,971$51
Escitalopram12$535$45
Lamotrigine27$308$11
Paroxetine13$303$23
Haloperidol12$296$25
Trazodone30$246$8
Hydroxyzine13$213$16
Sertraline11$162$15
Clonazepam24$149$6
Zolpidem18$104$6
Citalopram Hbr11$89$8
Guanfacine11$80$7
Amitriptyline13$62$5

Professional record

NPI
1669435053
Licence
CA G25733California G25733: Current · expires 2027-12-31
Trained
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, 1972 · 54 years ago
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Psychiatry (2084P0800X)
Mailing address
2020 Milvia St, Suite 300, Berkeley, CA, 94704
NPI first listed
2006-04-08
NPI last updated
2016-02-23

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