John Bing Sunwoo, MD
Otolaryngology · Stanford
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 17
- 3 carriers
- Office
- 1
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 G88324 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2008 · expires 2028-01-31 · Washington University School of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
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
$40,953
Medicare paid this office $40,953 for 66 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of neck | 11 | $2,823 | $257 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 24 | $2,708 | $113 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 25 | $1,904 | $59 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 13 | $1,136 | $81 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 15 | $1,044 | $65 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Melanoma (skin cancer) excision | 19 | More than 74% of doctors who do this |
Who their Medicare patients are
66 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 78 · Women 36% · Health risk score 1.42. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical otolaryngology clinician is at 1.19.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 70% · Coronary heart disease 39% · Diabetes 24% · Atrial fibrillation 21% · Cancer 18% · COPD 18% · Chronic kidney disease 17%.
The office billed $550,609, Medicare allowed $51,674 and paid $40,953; for 190 services of 37 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 | 66 | 190 | 78 | 1.42 | $550,609 | $40,953 |
| 2023 | 63 | 155 | 75 | 1.89 | $325,345 | $32,518 |
| 2022 | 85 | 220 | 76 | 1.70 | $331,668 | $37,283 |
| 2021 | 87 | 206 | 76 | 1.59 | $407,731 | $46,411 |
| 2020 | 50 | 110 | 76 | 1.69 | $200,836 | $20,828 |
| 2019 | 61 | 138 | 75 | 1.43 | $160,636 | $22,427 |
| 2018 | 76 | 174 | 75 | 1.53 | $223,767 | $32,277 |
| 2017 | 89 | 222 | 74 | 1.48 | $471,418 | $46,408 |
| 2016 | 90 | 233 | 74 | 1.55 | $627,186 | $50,912 |
| 2015 | 104 | 282 | 74 | 1.43 | $630,142 | $55,486 |
| 2014 | 113 | 307 | 74 | 1.31 | $660,864 | $60,489 |
| 2013 | 137 | 361 | 74 | 1.67 | $341,119 | $51,567 |
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) | 25 | $2,832 | $83 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 16 | $1,315 | $57 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 16 | $1,156 | $61 |
2022: 5 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 29 | $3,327 | $85 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 41 | $3,326 | $58 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 16 | $1,860 | $116 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 20 | $1,382 | $53 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 11 | $841 | $76 |
2021: 6 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 38 | $2,971 | $55 |
| Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of neck | 13 | $2,730 | $210 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 24 | $1,779 | $74 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 12 | $1,517 | $126 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 15 | $1,451 | $91 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 18 | $1,065 | $59 |
2020: 1 service
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 29 | $1,443 | $41 |
2019: 3 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 51 | $2,884 | $42 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 11 | $754 | $69 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 12 | $569 | $47 |
2018: 3 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 43 | $2,487 | $40 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 17 | $1,960 | $115 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 15 | $841 | $53 |
2017: 6 services
| Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of neck | 16 | $3,664 | $229 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 53 | $3,105 | $44 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 23 | $2,577 | $112 |
| Imaging of lymph nodes during surgery | 14 | $1,649 | $118 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 13 | $800 | $62 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 11 | $633 | $58 |
2016: 4 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 61 | $3,554 | $44 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 14 | $1,615 | $115 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 16 | $1,182 | $66 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 16 | $1,085 | $68 |
2015: 5 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 70 | $4,332 | $42 |
| Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of neck | 16 | $3,534 | $186 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 31 | $2,322 | $64 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 33 | $2,171 | $66 |
| Imaging of lymph nodes during surgery | 12 | $1,344 | $112 |
2014: 6 services
| Full thickness skin graft to forehead, cheeks, chin, mouth, neck, underarms, genitals, hands, or feet, 20.0 sq cm or less | 11 | $8,572 | $714 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 79 | $4,833 | $42 |
| Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of neck | 18 | $3,865 | $215 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 38 | $2,565 | $68 |
| Imaging of lymph nodes during surgery | 16 | $1,878 | $117 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 27 | $1,786 | $62 |
2013: 3 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 95 | $6,244 | $41 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 57 | $4,923 | $66 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 43 | $2,840 | $66 |
Money from drug and device companies
$183 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | None | $183 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | None | $71 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Merck Sharp & Dohme | None | $183 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Merck Sharp & Dohme | Meals · 2025-04-27 | None | $183 |
See earlier years (2019)
2019: $71
| Smith+Nephew | Stravix | $71 | 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
- 1730107160
- Licence
- CA G88324California G88324: Current · expires 2028-01-31
- Trained
- University of Washington School of Medicine, 1993
- Group
- Stanford Health Care
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Medicaid ID
- MO 207969718
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207YX0905X (207YX0905X); Otolaryngology (207Y00000X)
- Mailing address
- 801 Welch Rd, 2nd Floor, Stanford, CA, 94305
- NPI first listed
- 2006-07-17
- NPI last updated
- 2024-04-29
- NPI record certified
- 2024-04-29
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 801 Welch Rd, Stanford, CA, 94305