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Brian Ho-Yin Cheung, MD

Emergency Medicine · Santa Clara

NPI 1730541574

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Plans that list them
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Office
1

Offices

1 location · Permanente Medical Group Inc · 10,928 clinicians in this group

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Hospitals listed: Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

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We could not verify current plan participation for this doctor. This does not mean they are out of network. Call Dr. Cheung’s office at (408) 851-1000 to ask if they take your plan before you enroll.

California Medical Board record

Licence A151857 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2017 · expires 2027-09-30 · Stanford 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.

  • Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa ClaraSanta Clara, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Kaiser Permanente, which runs 41 hospitals in 3 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 75% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 2 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.38, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 3 measures. Safety: 2 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 1 the same, 1 worse of 2 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.38BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.01 (0 to 2.09) · 181 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.02 (0.61 to 1.42)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths10.5 · 312 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.8 · 3,736 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.2 (0 to 0.43) · 910 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.26 (0.05 to 0.48) · 1,036 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths4.53 (2.03 to 7.03) · 235 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.57 (0 to 3.25) · 83 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.5 (0.82 to 4.18) · 178 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths11.73 (3.81 to 19.64) · 74 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.31 (1.3 to 9.32) · 94 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.75 (0.22 to 3.28) · 37 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.34 (0 to 1.34) · 819 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.72No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections1.049No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.598No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.926No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits13 · 589 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.7 · 828 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits107.6 · 27 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits17.9 · 642 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits7.8 · 249 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.6 · 181 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025

What patients said (572 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines2
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness2
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara
Room was "always" clean72%
Nurses "always" communicated well75%
Doctors "always" communicated well80%
Staff "always" explained57%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information88%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge88%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand74%
Doctors "always" listened carefully79%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)70%
Staff "always" explained new medications72%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand72%
Nurses "always" listened carefully71%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect82%
"Always" quiet at night44%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital75%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects42%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms89%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$1,644

Medicare paid this office $1,644 for 11 people.

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

Who their Medicare patients are

11 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 66 · Health risk score 0.89. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 2.01.

The office billed $11,133, Medicare allowed $2,326 and paid $1,644; for 16 services of 7 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
20241116660.89$11,133$1,644
20232832731.83$26,624$3,659
2022122143682.87$203,524$17,518
2021263332702.63$441,875$47,594
2020122137712.65$177,564$21,533

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

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making19$2,500$132

2022: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making67$9,767$146
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes14$2,737$195
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making21$1,852$88

2021: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making149$26,456$170
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes41$9,602$234
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making50$5,041$101
Critical care, each additional 30 minutes11$1,511$116

2020: 3 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making67$12,059$180
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes18$4,364$242
Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making33$3,807$115

Medicaid work

$14,920 in 2024

Medicaid paid $14,920 for 73 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 19 people in a month for one service.

Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.

Largest Medicaid services in 2024
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM26$8,705
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM47$6,216
Medicaid work by year
202473219$14,920
202315115$108
2022258551$10,171
2021745665$29,165
2020222242$17,224
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM15$108

2022

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM116$7,627
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM101$1,848
Long return visit (40+ min)13$307
Return visit (30+ min)16$294
Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count12$95

2021

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM466$20,364
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM196$6,395
Return visit (30+ min)30$776
Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes12$704
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM29$492
Long return visit (40+ min)12$435

2020

Largest Medicaid services in 2020
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM146$13,569
EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM76$3,655

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$8,492

Pharmacies billed $8,492 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

128 generic and 22 brand-name prescriptions · $8,492 in drug cost · 33 antibiotic prescriptions to 30 people.

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
Lidocaine14$176$13

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
2024150101None15%$8,492
20232041609% (18)None$5,512
202215811912% (19)None$2,322
20216346NoneNone$1,111
20203022NoneNone$325
20191612None0%$478

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

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass14$222$16
Ciprofloxacin13$121$9
Ondansetron Odt15$90$6
Oxycodone14$86$6

2022: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Ibuprofen17$104$6
Oxycodone12$73$6

Professional record

NPI
1730541574
Licence
CA A151857California A151857: Current · expires 2027-09-30
Trained
Stanford University School of Medicine, 2016
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207P00000X (207P00000X)
Mailing address
521 Parnassus Ave, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94143
NPI first listed
2016-03-22
NPI last updated
2022-06-03
NPI record certified
2022-06-03

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

This office lists an electronic records connection.