Hubert B Shih, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · San Mateo
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Office
- 1
- Since medical school
- 15 years
- University of California, Geffen School of Medicine, 2011
Offices
1 location · County of San Mateo · 316 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: San Mateo Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
We could not verify current plan participation for this doctor. This does not mean they are out of network. Call Dr. Shih’s office at (650) 573-2222 to ask if they take your plan before you enroll.
California Medical Board record
Licence A122103 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2012 · expires 2027-10-31 · David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
School, training and certification
What this clinician told their state board, medical school and everything before it. Only some states publish this, so nothing here means the state does not say, not that there was no training or certification.
Specialty certification
- American Board of Plastic Surgery - Plastic Surgery
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.
- San Mateo Medical CenterSan Mateo, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency departmentPart of San Mateo County HealthPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 68% would definitely recommend itNo overall ratingNo measure marked better or worse than the national rate
See every measure and the patient survey for San Mateo Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 2 measures. Safety: 0 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 2 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 3 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.34 (0.25 to 2.43) · 45 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.97 (0.48 to 1.47) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 13.9 · 25 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.6 · 258 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.21 (0 to 0.44) · 379 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.26 (0.05 to 0.48) · 381 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.44 (0.82 to 6.05) · 57 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.64 (0.92 to 4.37) · 57 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.53 (0 to 1.76) · 296 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.661 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 21.8 · 47 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -2.3 · 25 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.6 · 76 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 14 (10.4 to 18.9) · 167 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (208 patients answered, 15% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 3 |
| Room was "always" clean | 78% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 76% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained | 62% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 87% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 88% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 74% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 77% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 84% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 70% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 72% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 72% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 73% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 47% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 68% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 51% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 86% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$11,488
Medicare paid this office $11,488 for 20 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Procedures Medicare counted
| Removal of tissue | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
20 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 67 · Health risk score 1.10. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical plastic and reconstructive surgery clinician is at 1.21.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75%.
The office billed $72,267, Medicare allowed $14,893 and paid $11,488; for 120 services of 16 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 | 20 | 120 | 67 | 1.10 | $72,267 | $11,488 |
| 2023 | 21 | 36 | 68 | 1.48 | $33,116 | $6,898 |
| 2022 | 18 | 35 | 67 | 1.26 | $29,198 | $7,198 |
| 2021 | 11 | 15 | 70 | 0.72 | $5,994 | $1,625 |
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.
Medicaid work
$88,053 in 2024
Medicaid paid $88,053 for 1,189 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 50 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.
| Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive | 300 | $49,300 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 344 | $23,265 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 96 | $10,403 |
| Short return visit | 449 | $5,086 |
| 2024 | 1,189 | 4 | 50 | $88,053 |
| 2023 | 1,310 | 6 | 59 | $73,441 |
| 2022 | 1,472 | 7 | 53 | $89,262 |
| 2021 | 514 | 6 | 50 | $32,237 |
| 2020 | 86 | 1 | 21 | $2,005 |
| 2019 | 354 | 2 | 37 | $8,612 |
| 2018 | 59 | 2 | 21 | $1,411 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive | 450 | $67,917 |
| Short return visit | 698 | $2,567 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 43 | $1,575 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 25 | $1,382 |
| Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); subcutaneous or intramuscular | 47 | $0 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 47 | $0 |
2022
| Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive | 479 | $84,793 |
| Short return visit | 788 | $4,385 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 73 | $41 |
| Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); subcutaneous or intramuscular | 40 | $32 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 63 | $11 |
| Most recent systolic blood pressure less than 130 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD) | 13 | $0 |
| Most recent diastolic blood pressure less than 80 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM) | 16 | $0 |
2021
| Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive | 143 | $30,805 |
| Short return visit | 152 | $1,411 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 36 | $21 |
| Most recent systolic blood pressure less than 130 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD) | 47 | $0 |
| Most recent diastolic blood pressure less than 80 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM) | 68 | $0 |
| OFFICE/OUTPATIENT NEW SF MDM 15 MINUTES | 68 | $0 |
2020
| Short return visit | 86 | $2,005 |
2019
| Short return visit | 280 | $5,634 |
| OFFICE/OUTPATIENT NEW SF MDM 15 MINUTES | 74 | $2,978 |
2018
| Short return visit | 42 | $794 |
| OFFICE/OUTPATIENT NEW SF MDM 15 MINUTES | 17 | $617 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 94% of their 18 Part D prescriptions in 2017. Too few prescriptions to judge: with under about 50 a year, a handful of patients can swing this share.
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
Year by year
| 2023 | 12 | None | None | None | $8,129 |
| 2022 | 26 | 11 | None | None | $9,818 |
| 2017 | 18 | 17 | 94% (17) | 0% | $190 |
| 2016 | 29 | 16 | None | None | $2,613 |
| 2015 | 29 | 16 | 55% (16) | None | $3,223 |
| 2014 | 66 | 41 | 52% (34) | None | $2,688 |
| 2013 | 26 | 18 | 73% (19) | 0% | $225 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2017: 1 drug
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 11 | $119 | $11 |
2015: 1 drug
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 14 | $209 | $15 |
2014: 1 drug
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 20 | $225 | $11 |
2013: 1 drug
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 17 | $151 | $9 |
Money from drug and device companies
$27 in 2022
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Checkpoint Surgical | Checkpoint Stimulators | $27 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Checkpoint Surgical | Meals · 2022-08-28 | Checkpoint Stimulators | $27 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1770873606
- Licence
- CA A122103California A122103: Current · expires 2027-10-31
- Trained
- University of California, Geffen School of Medicine, 2011 · 15 years ago
- Group
- County of San Mateo
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 208200000X (208200000X)
- Mailing address
- 10430 S De Anza Blvd Ste 170, Cupertino, CA, 95014
- NPI first listed
- 2011-04-12
- NPI last updated
- 2021-09-08
- NPI record certified
- 2021-08-22
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: Surgical Specialty Clinic, San Mateo Medical Center, San Mateo, CA, 94403