James Arthur Stinson, MD

Offices

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

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Plans that list them

4 plans · 1 carrier

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician

Kaiser Permanente Dual Complete North P2 (HMO D-SNP)	Kaiser Permanente	Listed	Sep 1, 2026
Kaiser Permanente Dual Complete North P23 (HMO D-SNP)	Kaiser Permanente	Listed	Sep 1, 2026
Kaiser Permanente Sr Adv Basic Santa Clara (HMO)	Kaiser Permanente	Listed	Sep 1, 2026
Kaiser Permanente Sr Adv Enhanced Santa Clara (HMO)	Kaiser Permanente	Listed	Sep 1, 2026

Original Medicare doctor bills

$6,790

Medicare paid this office $6,790 for 56 people.

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

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Largest Original Medicare bills

New patient visit (60+ min)	12	$1,955	$163

Who their Medicare patients are

56 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 74 · Also on Medicaid 21% · Health risk score 1.29. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical urology clinician is at 1.36.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 57% · Diabetes 34% · Cancer 27% · Coronary heart disease 25% · Chronic kidney disease 25% · Atrial fibrillation 21%.

The office billed $39,229, Medicare allowed $8,522 and paid $6,790; for 63 services of 15 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.

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$12,822

Pharmacies billed $12,822 in 2024.

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

138 generic and 14 brand-name prescriptions · $12,822 in drug cost · 14 antibiotic prescriptions to 13 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.

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Largest Part D drug costs

Tamsulosin	51	$891	$17
Solifenacin	13	$426	$33
Finasteride	16	$206	$13

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Part D prescribing by year

2024	152	67	None	9%	$12,822
2023	148	54	0% (0)	22%	$24,841
2022	133	53	0% (0)	23%	$19,588
2021	90	57	0% (0)	None	$2,423
2020	65	41	0% (0)	None	$5,649
2019	22	16	0% (0)	None	$1,544

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

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2023

Myrbetriq	32	$20,135	$629
Solifenacin	15	$2,218	$148
Tamsulosin	71	$1,675	$24
Finasteride	16	$208	$13

2022: 4 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2022

Myrbetriq	24	$13,389	$558
Solifenacin	15	$1,857	$124
Tamsulosin	49	$845	$17
Finasteride	16	$394	$25

2021: 1 drug

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2021

Tamsulosin	27	$382	$14

2020: 2 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2020

Finasteride	11	$288	$26
Tamsulosin	15	$271	$18

Money from drug and device companies

$3,941 in 2025

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Industry payments by year

2025	2	22	None	$3,941
2024	4	9	None	$760
2023	5	19	None	$2,501
2022	2	7	None	$545
2021	2	2	None	$221
2020	1	2	None	$128
2019	2	3	None	$113

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

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Payments by company

Boston Scientific	General - Erectile Dysfunction	$3,637	20 payments Travel for Advance Xp · 2025-08-21 · $270 Meals for Advance Xp · 2025-08-21 · $48 Travel for Advance Xp · 2025-08-21 · $258 Meals for Ams 700 · 2025-07-23 · $16 Meals for Ams 700 · 2025-07-23 · $6 Meals for Ams 700 · 2025-07-22 · $142 Meals for Ams 700 · 2025-07-22 · $31 Travel for Ams 700 Cxr Rte Kit · 2025-07-22 · $554 Travel for Advance Xp · 2025-06-12 · $8 Meals for Advance Xp · 2025-06-12 · $85 Travel for Advance Xp · 2025-06-12 · $122 Meals for Ams 700 · 2025-05-28 · $137 Meals for Ams 700 · 2025-03-22 · $24 Meals for General - Erectile Dysfunction · 2025-03-22 · $110 Travel for General - Erectile Dysfunction · 2025-03-22 · $167 Travel for General - Erectile Dysfunction · 2025-03-22 · $41 Travel for General - Erectile Dysfunction · 2025-03-22 · $183 Meals for General - Erectile Dysfunction · 2025-03-21 · $351 Travel for General - Erectile Dysfunction · 2025-03-21 · $375 Travel for General - Erectile Dysfunction · 2025-03-21 · $710
Coloplast	Titan	$304	2 payments Meals for Titan · 2025-10-15 · $159 Meals for Titan · 2025-02-26 · $145

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Every published payment

Coloplast	Meals · 2025-10-15	Titan	$159
Boston Scientific	Travel · 2025-08-21	Advance Xp	$270
Boston Scientific	Meals · 2025-08-21	Advance Xp	$48
Boston Scientific	Travel · 2025-08-21	Advance Xp	$258
Boston Scientific	Meals · 2025-07-23	Ams 700	$16
Boston Scientific	Meals · 2025-07-23	Ams 700	$6
Boston Scientific	Meals · 2025-07-22	Ams 700	$142
Boston Scientific	Meals · 2025-07-22	Ams 700	$31
Boston Scientific	Travel · 2025-07-22	Ams 700 Cxr Rte Kit	$554
Boston Scientific	Travel · 2025-06-12	Advance Xp	$8
Boston Scientific	Meals · 2025-06-12	Advance Xp	$85
Boston Scientific	Travel · 2025-06-12	Advance Xp	$122
Boston Scientific	Meals · 2025-05-28	Ams 700	$137
Boston Scientific	Meals · 2025-03-22	Ams 700	$24
Boston Scientific	Meals · 2025-03-22	General - Erectile Dysfunction	$110
Boston Scientific	Travel · 2025-03-22	General - Erectile Dysfunction	$167
Boston Scientific	Travel · 2025-03-22	General - Erectile Dysfunction	$41
Boston Scientific	Travel · 2025-03-22	General - Erectile Dysfunction	$183
Boston Scientific	Meals · 2025-03-21	General - Erectile Dysfunction	$351
Boston Scientific	Travel · 2025-03-21	General - Erectile Dysfunction	$375
Boston Scientific	Travel · 2025-03-21	General - Erectile Dysfunction	$710
Coloplast	Meals · 2025-02-26	Titan	$145

See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)

2024: $760

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Payments by company in 2024

Boston Scientific	Ams 700	$515	5 payments Meals for Ams 700 · 2024-11-12 · $125 Meals for Ams 700 · 2024-07-30 · $126 Meals · 2024-05-23 · $102 Meals for Ams 700 · 2024-03-26 · $78 Meals for Ams 700 · 2024-01-04 · $83
Coloplast	Titan	$151	1 payment Meals for Titan · 2024-10-18 · $151
Endo USA	Xiaflex	$72	2 payments Meals for Xiaflex · 2024-10-18 · $51 Meals for Xiaflex · 2024-08-26 · $21
Axonics	Bulkamid	$22	1 payment Meals for Bulkamid · 2024-05-02 · $22

2023: $2,501

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Payments by company in 2023

Boston Scientific	Ams 700	$2,261	15 payments Travel · 2023-12-22 · $165 Meals · 2023-12-22 · $92 Meals · 2023-12-14 · $23 Meals for Capio Rp · 2023-12-08 · $14 Meals · 2023-11-19 · $40 Travel for Ams 700 · 2023-09-23 · $157 Meals for Ams 700 · 2023-09-23 · $111 Travel for Ams 700 · 2023-09-22 · $144 Meals for Ams 700 · 2023-09-22 · $110 Meals for Ams 700 · 2023-09-22 · $243 Travel for Ams 700 · 2023-09-21 · $348 Travel for Ams 700 · 2023-09-21 · $418 Travel for Ams 700 · 2023-09-20 · $348 Meals for Lithoclast · 2023-09-08 · $20 Meals for Rezum Generator · 2023-03-23 · $26
Coloplast	Titan	$153	1 payment Meals for Titan · 2023-11-18 · $153
Antares Pharma	Tlando	$50	1 payment Meals for Tlando · 2023-11-17 · $50
Astellas Pharma US	Xtandi	$19	1 payment Meals for Xtandi · 2023-08-22 · $19
Teleflex	Urolift	$18	1 payment Meals for Urolift · 2023-03-30 · $18

2022: $545

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Payments by company in 2022

Boston Scientific	General - Erectile Dysfunction	$400	6 payments Meals for General - Erectile Dysfunction · 2022-11-29 · $23 Meals for General - Erectile Dysfunction · 2022-11-28 · $79 Meals for Lithovue · 2022-07-27 · $23 Meals for Lithovue · 2022-07-01 · $9 Meals for Lithovue · 2022-06-30 · $142 Meals for General - Erectile Dysfunction · 2022-06-02 · $124
Kerecis	Kerecis Omega3 Surgiclose	$145	1 payment Meals for Kerecis Omega3 Surgiclose · 2022-04-07 · $145

2021: $221

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Payments by company in 2021

Myovant Sciences	Orgovyx	$125	1 payment Meals for Orgovyx · 2021-06-02 · $125
Merck Sharp & Dohme	Keytruda	$96	1 payment Meals for Keytruda · 2021-10-06 · $96

2020: $128

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Payments by company in 2020

Olympus America	Olympus Laser Devices	$128	2 payments Meals for Olympus Laser Devices · 2020-03-10 · $121 Meals for Olympus Laser Devices · 2020-03-02 · $6

2019: $113

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Payments by company in 2019

Boston Scientific	General Bph	$68	2 payments Meals for General Pelvic Organ Prolapse · 2019-12-12 · $19 Meals for General Bph · 2019-09-13 · $49
Kerecis	Kerecis Omega3 Wound	$45	1 payment Meals for Kerecis Omega3 Wound · 2019-11-06 · $45

Professional record

NPI: 1770144404
Licence: IL 125.074783
Trained: University of Illinois College of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb), 2019
Group: Permanente Medical Group Inc
Gender: Male

More record details

Sole proprietor: No
Taxonomy: Urology (208800000X)
Mailing address: 700 Lawrence Expy, Santa Clara, CA, 95051
NPI first listed: 2019-06-24
NPI last updated: 2025-07-28
NPI record certified: 2025-07-25

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

Extra NPI addresses: 1901 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL, 60612 · 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305

This office lists an electronic records connection.