Aimee Shu, MD
Endocrinology · Stanford
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 16
- 2 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group
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Plans that list them
16 plans · 2 carriers
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16 of 16 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 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A121914 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2012 · expires 2027-11-30 · Harvard Medical School.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
State licence records
1 licence
- Texas N8242Physician License · since 2010 · expires 2024-11-30Canc Non-RenewalNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state
We check Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, plus California above. A state that is not in this list has not been checked, which is not the same as clear.
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
$3,425
Medicare paid this office $3,425 for 29 people. Most of that is long return visits and Botox.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 19 | $1,890 | $99 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 11 | $1,535 | $140 |
Who their Medicare patients are
29 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 77 · Health risk score 1.13. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical endocrinology clinician is at 1.46.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 52%.
The office billed $14,097, Medicare allowed $5,493 and paid $3,425; for 30 services of 1 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 | 29 | 30 | 77 | 1.13 | $14,097 | $3,425 |
| 2023 | 32 | 37 | 78 | 1.00 | $15,601 | $4,541 |
| 2022 | 29 | 32 | 76 | 0.97 | $12,266 | $3,358 |
| 2021 | 39 | 44 | 75 | 1.21 | $34,825 | $4,487 |
| 2020 | 33 | 36 | 75 | 1.25 | $17,523 | $2,257 |
| 2019 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 1.15 | $6,316 | $4,415 |
| 2018 | 67 | 78 | 72 | 1.26 | $8,148 | $4,823 |
| 2017 | 188 | 227 | 71 | 1.39 | $56,505 | $15,726 |
| 2016 | 209 | 383 | 70 | 1.29 | $94,170 | $29,918 |
| 2015 | 169 | 322 | 71 | 1.55 | $78,421 | $25,566 |
| 2014 | 146 | 328 | 70 | 1.39 | $85,592 | $27,902 |
| 2013 | 98 | 209 | 70 | 1.40 | $54,983 | $17,283 |
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: 1 service
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 31 | $4,342 | $124 |
2022: 2 services
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 19 | $2,644 | $132 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 11 | $547 | $50 |
2021: 2 services
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 23 | $3,471 | $139 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 14 | $863 | $62 |
2020: 1 service
| Return visit (30+ min) | 30 | $2,114 | $64 |
2019: 1 service
| Return visit (30+ min) | 56 | $4,146 | $65 |
2018: 1 service
| Return visit (30+ min) | 63 | $4,407 | $60 |
2017: 4 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 103 | $6,771 | $59 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 34 | $3,969 | $117 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 40 | $2,124 | $49 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 15 | $1,458 | $97 |
2016: 4 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 123 | $11,250 | $63 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 59 | $8,109 | $137 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 64 | $6,299 | $64 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 15 | $1,387 | $87 |
2015: 3 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 131 | $14,093 | $64 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 56 | $7,825 | $140 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 15 | $1,489 | $99 |
2014: 5 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 99 | $9,805 | $64 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 49 | $7,137 | $146 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 47 | $5,499 | $96 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 40 | $4,081 | $102 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 18 | $864 | $43 |
2013: 4 services
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 40 | $5,428 | $136 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 48 | $5,160 | $67 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 38 | $3,999 | $105 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 24 | $1,492 | $43 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$94,040
Pharmacies billed $94,040 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 101) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical endocrinology clinician is at 0%.
61 generic and 26 brand-name prescriptions · $94,040 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.
| Forteo | 17 | $69,754 | $4,103 |
| Teriparatide | 12 | $13,159 | $1,097 |
| Ultra-Fine Mini Pen Needle | 14 | $369 | $26 |
| Levothyroxine | 12 | $114 | $10 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 101 | 17 | 0% (0) | 26% | $94,040 |
| 2023 | 95 | 17 | 0% (0) | 45% | $152,511 |
| 2022 | 89 | 19 | 0% (0) | None | $95,301 |
| 2021 | 107 | 23 | 0% (0) | None | $15,284 |
| 2020 | 144 | 28 | 0% (0) | None | $35,744 |
| 2019 | 229 | 42 | 0% (0) | None | $184,818 |
| 2018 | 349 | 63 | 0% (0) | 49% | $361,971 |
| 2017 | 633 | 97 | 0% (0) | 50% | $572,170 |
| 2016 | 546 | 101 | 0% (0) | 43% | $364,874 |
| 2015 | 466 | 71 | 0% (0) | 46% | $245,166 |
| 2014 | 371 | 69 | 0% (0) | 43% | $127,575 |
| 2013 | 209 | 34 | 0% (0) | 46% | $46,829 |
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
| Forteo | 31 | $140,281 | $4,525 |
| Levothyroxine | 15 | $303 | $20 |
2022: 3 drugs
| Forteo | 21 | $89,611 | $4,267 |
| Levothyroxine | 22 | $355 | $16 |
| Alendronate | 13 | $76 | $6 |
2021: 2 drugs
| Levothyroxine | 29 | $365 | $13 |
| Alendronate | 26 | $249 | $10 |
2020: 4 drugs
| Tymlos | 14 | $27,693 | $1,978 |
| Estradiol (Twice Weekly) | 13 | $1,886 | $145 |
| Levothyroxine | 33 | $804 | $24 |
| Alendronate | 20 | $191 | $10 |
2019: 6 drugs
| Forteo | 20 | $84,494 | $4,225 |
| Estradiol | 19 | $3,161 | $166 |
| Levothyroxine | 39 | $979 | $25 |
| Calcitriol | 12 | $537 | $45 |
| Alendronate | 41 | $485 | $12 |
| Medroxyprogesterone Acetate | 12 | $47 | $4 |
2018: 11 drugs
| Forteo | 61 | $224,936 | $3,687 |
| Natpara | 11 | $100,851 | $9,168 |
| Tymlos | 11 | $19,949 | $1,814 |
| Raloxifene | 19 | $2,594 | $137 |
| Estradiol | 15 | $1,622 | $108 |
| Synthroid | 14 | $1,470 | $105 |
| Levothyroxine | 62 | $1,192 | $19 |
| Levoxyl | 16 | $437 | $27 |
| Alendronate | 45 | $412 | $9 |
| Ultra-Fine Mini Pen Needle | 14 | $238 | $17 |
| Medroxyprogesterone Acetate | 12 | $30 | $3 |
2017: 14 drugs
| Forteo | 150 | $453,608 | $3,024 |
| Risedronate | 16 | $3,312 | $207 |
| Raloxifene | 13 | $2,176 | $167 |
| Estradiol | 25 | $1,975 | $79 |
| Levothyroxine | 104 | $1,870 | $18 |
| Synthroid | 20 | $1,628 | $81 |
| Vivelle-Dot | 11 | $1,371 | $125 |
| Levoxyl | 31 | $694 | $22 |
| Ultra-Fine Mini Pen Needle | 30 | $618 | $21 |
| Alendronate | 65 | $486 | $7 |
| Liothyronine | 15 | $356 | $24 |
| Progesterone | 17 | $334 | $20 |
| Metformin Hcl Er | 22 | $95 | $4 |
| Medroxyprogesterone Acetate | 13 | $48 | $4 |
2016: 11 drugs
| Forteo | 104 | $279,473 | $2,687 |
| Premarin | 16 | $3,556 | $222 |
| Synthroid | 21 | $2,291 | $109 |
| Calcitriol | 13 | $1,812 | $139 |
| Levothyroxine | 69 | $1,485 | $22 |
| Estradiol | 23 | $1,401 | $61 |
| Alendronate | 87 | $689 | $8 |
| Bd Ultra-Fine Pen Needle | 30 | $669 | $22 |
| Levoxyl | 24 | $448 | $19 |
| Metformin Hcl Er | 41 | $255 | $6 |
| Methimazole | 12 | $220 | $18 |
2015: 8 drugs
| Forteo | 91 | $179,655 | $1,974 |
| Levothyroxine | 83 | $1,848 | $22 |
| Synthroid | 34 | $1,384 | $41 |
| Bd Ultra-Fine Pen Needle | 49 | $842 | $17 |
| Alendronate | 54 | $428 | $8 |
| Metformin Hcl Er | 30 | $321 | $11 |
| Liothyronine | 11 | $186 | $17 |
| Methimazole | 11 | $153 | $14 |
2014: 9 drugs
| Forteo | 60 | $111,718 | $1,862 |
| Levothyroxine | 93 | $1,626 | $17 |
| Synthroid | 18 | $720 | $40 |
| Bd Ultra-Fine Pen Needle | 39 | $608 | $16 |
| Alendronate | 39 | $432 | $11 |
| Liothyronine | 14 | $331 | $24 |
| Metformin Hcl Er | 22 | $313 | $14 |
| Topiramate | 12 | $92 | $8 |
| Methimazole | 12 | $76 | $6 |
2013: 5 drugs
| Forteo | 28 | $39,709 | $1,418 |
| Calcitriol | 12 | $676 | $56 |
| Synthroid | 22 | $615 | $28 |
| Levothyroxine | 60 | $583 | $10 |
| Methimazole | 14 | $121 | $9 |
Money from drug and device companies
$76 in 2019
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Pfizer | Somavert | $76 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Pfizer | Meals · 2019-03-22 | Somavert | $76 |
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
- 1720209612
- Licence
- CA A121914, TX N8242California A121914: Current · expires 2027-11-30Texas N8242: Canc Non-Renewal
- Trained
- Harvard Medical School, 2003
- Group
- Stanford Health Care
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207RE0101X (207RE0101X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, 94305
- NPI first listed
- 2007-05-01
- 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.