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Shirley S Yu, OD

Optometry · Palo Alto

NPI 1689872624

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1 location · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group

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Original Medicare doctor bills

$33,155

Medicare paid this office $33,155 for 277 people.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Established patient complete exam of visual system156$16,639$107
New patient complete exam of visual system50$6,472$129
Short return visit (20+ min)41$3,365$73
Return visit (30+ min)23$2,655$111
Imaging of optic nerve31$1,074$35
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Every Original Medicare service billed
Established patient complete exam of visual system156$16,639$107
New patient complete exam of visual system50$6,472$129
Short return visit (20+ min)41$3,365$73
Return visit (30+ min)23$2,655$111
Imaging of optic nerve31$1,074$35
Imaging of retina29$1,024$34
New patient visit (30+ min)14$1,000$71
Photography of the retina11$378$34

Who their Medicare patients are

277 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 77 · Women 61% · Also on Medicaid 4% · Health risk score 0.82. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical optometry clinician is at 0.97.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 50% · Coronary heart disease 18% · Diabetes 17% · Atrial fibrillation 17% · Chronic kidney disease 15% · Cancer 12% · Depression 11% · Heart failure 9% · COPD 5% · Dementia 5%.

The office billed $143,340, Medicare allowed $49,620 and paid $33,155; for 367 services of 10 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
2024277367770.82$143,340$33,155
2023258319760.81$120,354$29,793
2022284356760.72$131,499$32,722
2021175196770.79$73,480$18,148
2020213241760.74$88,570$20,863
2019268304760.90$108,999$27,320
2018247268760.84$96,267$23,242
2017214231760.99$83,196$21,619
2016182205750.85$69,975$17,813
2015210229740.92$82,389$22,381
2014175194740.79$62,055$15,409
2013133145750.84$42,607$10,057

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: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Established patient complete exam of visual system131$13,546$103
New patient complete exam of visual system44$5,830$133
Short return visit (20+ min)39$3,666$75
New patient visit (30+ min)26$2,494$96
Return visit (30+ min)23$2,322$97
Imaging of retina23$930$39
Imaging of optic nerve14$530$35

2022: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Established patient complete exam of visual system138$12,786$93
New patient complete exam of visual system73$9,398$129
Short return visit (20+ min)46$5,349$81
New patient visit (30+ min)21$1,969$94
Return visit (30+ min)16$1,525$95
Imaging of retina26$955$37

2021: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Established patient complete exam of visual system98$9,744$99
New patient complete exam of visual system33$3,470$105
Short return visit (20+ min)26$2,181$75

2020: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Established patient complete exam of visual system124$11,715$94
New patient complete exam of visual system40$4,474$112
Short return visit (20+ min)26$2,318$61
New patient visit (30+ min)13$1,217$94

2019: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Established patient complete exam of visual system134$13,427$100
New patient complete exam of visual system51$6,637$130
Short return visit (20+ min)60$4,076$63
New patient visit (30+ min)17$1,333$78
Imaging of retina15$558$37

2018: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Established patient complete exam of visual system115$10,886$95
New patient complete exam of visual system49$5,164$105
Short return visit (20+ min)48$3,564$58
New patient visit (30+ min)27$2,352$87

2017: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Established patient complete exam of visual system92$9,354$102
New patient complete exam of visual system49$5,886$120
Short return visit (20+ min)47$3,308$62
New patient visit (30+ min)20$1,564$78

2016: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Established patient complete exam of visual system73$6,842$94
New patient complete exam of visual system38$4,745$125
Short return visit (20+ min)52$3,711$62
New patient visit (30+ min)26$2,085$80

2015: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
New patient complete exam of visual system60$7,916$132
Established patient complete exam of visual system68$7,172$105
Short return visit (20+ min)66$4,814$64
New patient visit (30+ min)24$2,344$98

2014: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Established patient complete exam of visual system53$5,401$102
Short return visit (20+ min)61$4,253$57
New patient complete exam of visual system32$3,417$107
New patient visit (30+ min)19$1,564$82

2013: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Established patient complete exam of visual system49$4,754$97
New patient complete exam of visual system20$2,366$118
Short return visit43$1,492$33
Short return visit (20+ min)20$1,045$52

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$13,793

Pharmacies billed $13,793 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 53) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical optometry clinician is at 0%.

28 generic and 25 brand-name prescriptions · $13,793 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
Restasis11$7,992$727

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
202453390% (0)47%$13,793
202371400% (0)37%$24,888
202262360% (0)35%$16,786
202144220% (0)52%$17,343
202064300% (0)42%$15,016
201964370% (0)52%$15,140
201854340% (0)48%$4,911
201767500% (0)19%$2,948
201666430% (0)21%$2,780
201564430% (0)27%$5,344
201464500% (0)20%$2,256
201359380% (0)27%$6,841

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

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Restasis16$20,833$1,302
Erythromycin13$110$8

2022: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Restasis12$11,086$924
Erythromycin17$193$11
Ciprofloxacin13$116$9

2020: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Xiidra13$7,086$545
Erythromycin12$138$12

2019: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Xiidra11$5,573$507

2018: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Polymyxin B Sul-Trimethoprim14$111$8

2017: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Erythromycin23$239$10
Ciprofloxacin16$126$8

2016: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Erythromycin26$317$12
Ciprofloxacin11$103$9

2015: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Ciprofloxacin13$180$14

2014: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Polymyxin B Sul-Trimethoprim18$180$10
Erythromycin11$165$15

2013: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Polymyxin B Sul-Trimethoprim17$191$11
Omeprazole11$161$15

Professional record

NPI
1689872624
Licence
CA OPT13221
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 152W00000X (152W00000X)
Mailing address
325 Distel Cir, Los Altos, CA, 94022
NPI first listed
2007-07-10
NPI last updated
2020-05-27
NPI record certified
2020-05-27

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