Lidia Schapira, MD
Medical Oncology · Stanford
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 17
- 3 carriers
- Office
- 1
- Since medical school
- 44 years
- Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, 1982
Offices
1 location · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group
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Plans that list them
17 plans · 3 carriers
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17 of 17 plans
| Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Harmony (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health the ONE (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Classic (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN MyChoice (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence G146222 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2016 · expires 2028-06-30 · Dartmouth Medical School.
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 Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology
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.
- 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 itOverall 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 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.
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases | Worse | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.317 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.446 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.241 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases | Better | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.86 (0.72 to 1) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.1 · 192 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.4 · 146 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 9.7 · 253 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 6.3 · 880 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 10.3 · 935 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 8.7 · 501 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.1 · 7,730 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.6 · 416 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.869 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.857 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.368 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.2 · 247 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.5 · 1,021 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 47.8 · 258 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -1.6 · 990 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.8 · 976 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.5 · 959 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.1 · 425 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 9.6 · 158 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.6 · 183 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 75% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 82% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained | 63% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 89% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 89% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 76% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 80% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 76% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 77% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 79% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 88% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 53% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 83% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 50% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 90% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$16,811
Medicare paid this office $16,811 for 126 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 75 | $5,996 | $78 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 20 | $2,982 | $130 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 14 | $2,129 | $152 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 12 | $1,773 | $118 |
| Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes | 11 | $1,286 | $117 |
Who their Medicare patients are
126 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Women 91% · Also on Medicaid 21% · Health risk score 1.14. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical medical oncology clinician is at 2.11.
Conditions among them: Cancer 75% · High blood pressure 60% · Diabetes 28% · Coronary heart disease 23% · Chronic kidney disease 17% · Depression 14% · Atrial fibrillation 13% · COPD 11% · Heart failure 10%.
The office billed $49,600, Medicare allowed $22,478 and paid $16,811; for 171 services of 14 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 | 126 | 171 | 75 | 1.14 | $49,600 | $16,811 |
| 2023 | 139 | 195 | 74 | 1.09 | $54,571 | $19,916 |
| 2022 | 121 | 145 | 74 | 1.11 | $35,932 | $12,741 |
| 2021 | 108 | 150 | 73 | 1.01 | $38,705 | $13,035 |
| 2020 | 61 | 73 | 71 | 0.94 | $29,567 | $4,315 |
| 2019 | 102 | 120 | 74 | 1.04 | $13,776 | $9,049 |
| 2018 | 80 | 104 | 72 | 0.89 | $13,939 | $8,740 |
| 2017 | 70 | 135 | 70 | 1.32 | $40,973 | $13,637 |
| 2016 | 202 | 290 | 73 | 1.38 | $91,496 | $15,725 |
| 2015 | 340 | 571 | 73 | 1.53 | $186,048 | $40,133 |
| 2014 | 310 | 514 | 72 | 1.45 | $178,165 | $37,657 |
| 2013 | 257 | 493 | 71 | 1.34 | $141,648 | $30,822 |
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: 3 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 79 | $7,523 | $82 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 28 | $4,422 | $158 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 29 | $4,214 | $124 |
2022: 2 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 92 | $8,099 | $79 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 17 | $2,418 | $142 |
2021: 3 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 80 | $7,429 | $76 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 17 | $2,836 | $167 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 12 | $699 | $47 |
2020: 2 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 29 | $1,339 | $43 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 15 | $1,255 | $70 |
2019: 2 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 79 | $5,920 | $62 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 12 | $1,828 | $152 |
2018: 3 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 43 | $3,328 | $63 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 30 | $2,694 | $90 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 18 | $2,422 | $135 |
2017: 5 services
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 19 | $2,856 | $150 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 17 | $2,804 | $93 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 24 | $2,391 | $96 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 11 | $1,994 | $181 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 15 | $988 | $66 |
2016: 3 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 89 | $6,047 | $48 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 93 | $5,469 | $51 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 13 | $1,318 | $78 |
2015: 6 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 240 | $20,215 | $61 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 51 | $6,238 | $90 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 28 | $3,567 | $59 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 21 | $2,993 | $86 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 22 | $2,199 | $81 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 15 | $1,427 | $89 |
2014: 6 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 210 | $16,838 | $59 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 58 | $6,280 | $90 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 24 | $5,283 | $85 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 21 | $3,096 | $84 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 15 | $2,380 | $159 |
| Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 14 | $840 | $60 |
2013: 3 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 206 | $18,519 | $57 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 19 | $4,139 | $57 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 31 | $3,035 | $84 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$195,231
Pharmacies billed $195,231 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 127) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical medical oncology clinician is at 6%.
110 generic and 17 brand-name prescriptions · $195,231 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.
| Ibrance | 12 | $188,946 | $15,746 |
| Anastrozole | 41 | $4,939 | $120 |
| Letrozole | 19 | $526 | $28 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 23 | $432 | $19 |
| Alendronate | 21 | $106 | $5 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 127 | 40 | 0% (0) | 13% | $195,231 |
| 2023 | 182 | 58 | 0% (0) | None | $8,379 |
| 2022 | 130 | 49 | 0% (0) | None | $10,870 |
| 2021 | 111 | 43 | 0% (0) | None | $62,232 |
| 2020 | 120 | 36 | 0% (0) | None | $9,522 |
| 2019 | 127 | 38 | 0% (0) | None | $18,017 |
| 2018 | 109 | 40 | None | None | $13,444 |
| 2017 | 98 | 50 | None | 21% | $15,887 |
| 2016 | 533 | 149 | 3% (14) | 13% | $78,613 |
| 2015 | 385 | 132 | 3% (13) | 8% | $56,950 |
| 2014 | 327 | 96 | None | 16% | $91,448 |
| 2013 | 326 | 88 | 6% (20) | 14% | $45,570 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 4 drugs
| Anastrozole | 85 | $3,633 | $43 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 46 | $1,505 | $33 |
| Letrozole | 21 | $1,332 | $63 |
| Alendronate | 13 | $261 | $20 |
2022: 4 drugs
| Anastrozole | 48 | $2,283 | $48 |
| Letrozole | 15 | $1,143 | $76 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 40 | $903 | $23 |
| Alendronate | 13 | $133 | $10 |
2021: 4 drugs
| Anastrozole | 45 | $1,687 | $37 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 27 | $698 | $26 |
| Letrozole | 13 | $513 | $39 |
| Alendronate | 13 | $117 | $9 |
2020: 5 drugs
| Exemestane | 15 | $6,396 | $426 |
| Anastrozole | 42 | $1,434 | $34 |
| Letrozole | 23 | $631 | $27 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 16 | $438 | $27 |
| Alendronate | 20 | $147 | $7 |
2019: 4 drugs
| Exemestane | 26 | $15,342 | $590 |
| Anastrozole | 53 | $1,512 | $29 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 18 | $697 | $39 |
| Letrozole | 21 | $394 | $19 |
2018: 4 drugs
| Exemestane | 14 | $10,450 | $746 |
| Anastrozole | 49 | $899 | $18 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 15 | $554 | $37 |
| Letrozole | 12 | $164 | $14 |
2017: 3 drugs
| Exemestane | 17 | $8,484 | $499 |
| Anastrozole | 35 | $723 | $21 |
| Letrozole | 12 | $275 | $23 |
2016: 5 drugs
| Exemestane | 89 | $36,803 | $414 |
| Femara | 16 | $11,435 | $715 |
| Anastrozole | 222 | $4,468 | $20 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 69 | $2,263 | $33 |
| Letrozole | 68 | $1,676 | $25 |
2015: 4 drugs
| Exemestane | 52 | $25,412 | $489 |
| Anastrozole | 137 | $2,884 | $21 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 59 | $2,517 | $43 |
| Letrozole | 42 | $1,410 | $34 |
2014: 5 drugs
| Exemestane | 57 | $23,421 | $411 |
| Femara | 22 | $17,393 | $791 |
| Anastrozole | 108 | $5,275 | $49 |
| Letrozole | 34 | $1,977 | $58 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 37 | $1,652 | $45 |
2013: 7 drugs
| Femara | 27 | $15,207 | $563 |
| Exemestane | 29 | $13,194 | $455 |
| Anastrozole | 103 | $6,037 | $59 |
| Letrozole | 27 | $2,079 | $77 |
| Tamoxifen Citrate | 38 | $993 | $26 |
| Oxycodone | 12 | $576 | $48 |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | 18 | $110 | $6 |
Money from drug and device companies
$147 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | None | $147 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $20 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | None | $25 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Abbvie | Natrelle Saline-Filled Breast Implants | $147 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Abbvie | Meals · 2025-12-16 | Natrelle Saline-Filled Breast Implants | $147 |
See earlier years (2023, 2019)
2023: $20
| Pfizer | Ibrance | $20 | 1 payment
|
2019: $25
| E.R. Squibb & Sons L.L.C. | None | $25 | 1 payment
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Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 76.5 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1669463709
- Licence
- CA G146222, MA 54574California G146222: Current · expires 2028-06-30
- Trained
- Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, 1982 · 44 years ago
- Group
- Stanford Health Care
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Medicaid ID
- MA 6198546
- Taxonomy
- Medical oncology (207RX0202X); Internal medicine (207R00000X); Federal specialty code 207RH0000X (207RH0000X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
- NPI first listed
- 2005-10-28
- NPI last updated
- 2024-04-16
- NPI record certified
- 2024-04-16
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.