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Hubert B Shih, MD

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · San Mateo

NPI 1770873606

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

Looking this up.

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 it
    No 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.

Every scored measure at San Mateo Medical Center
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.34 (0.25 to 2.43) · 45 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.97 (0.48 to 1.47)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths13.9 · 25 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.6 · 258 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.21 (0 to 0.44) · 379 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.26 (0.05 to 0.48) · 381 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.44 (0.82 to 6.05) · 57 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.64 (0.92 to 4.37) · 57 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.53 (0 to 1.76) · 296 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.661No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits21.8 · 47 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits-2.3 · 25 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.6 · 76 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits14 (10.4 to 18.9) · 167 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (208 patients answered, 15% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at San Mateo Medical Center
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness2
Recommend hospital3
Share of patients giving the best answer at San Mateo Medical Center
Room was "always" clean78%
Nurses "always" communicated well76%
Doctors "always" communicated well79%
Staff "always" explained62%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information87%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge88%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand74%
Doctors "always" listened carefully77%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect84%
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 carefully73%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect82%
"Always" quiet at night47%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital68%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects51%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms86%

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

Procedure volume Medicare published
Removal of tissue1-10None

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

Original Medicare by year
202420120671.10$72,267$11,488
20232136681.48$33,116$6,898
20221835671.26$29,198$7,198
20211115700.72$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.

Largest Medicaid services in 2024
Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive300$49,300
Short return visit (20+ min)344$23,265
Return visit (30+ min)96$10,403
Short return visit449$5,086
Medicaid work by year
20241,189450$88,053
20231,310659$73,441
20221,472753$89,262
2021514650$32,237
202086121$2,005
2019354237$8,612
201859221$1,411
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

Largest Medicaid services in 2023
Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive450$67,917
Short return visit698$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 intramuscular47$0
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg47$0

2022

Largest Medicaid services in 2022
Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive479$84,793
Short return visit788$4,385
Short return visit (20+ min)73$41
Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); subcutaneous or intramuscular40$32
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg63$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

Largest Medicaid services in 2021
Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive143$30,805
Short return visit152$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 MINUTES68$0

2020

Largest Medicaid services in 2020
Short return visit86$2,005

2019

Largest Medicaid services in 2019
Short return visit280$5,634
OFFICE/OUTPATIENT NEW SF MDM 15 MINUTES74$2,978

2018

Largest Medicaid services in 2018
Short return visit42$794
OFFICE/OUTPATIENT NEW SF MDM 15 MINUTES17$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

Part D prescribing by year
202312NoneNoneNone$8,129
20222611NoneNone$9,818
2017181794% (17)0%$190
20162916NoneNone$2,613
2015291655% (16)None$3,223
2014664152% (34)None$2,688
2013261873% (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

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen11$119$11

2015: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen14$209$15

2014: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen20$225$11

2013: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen17$151$9

Money from drug and device companies

$27 in 2022

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
Checkpoint SurgicalCheckpoint Stimulators$27
1 payment
  • Meals for Checkpoint Stimulators · 2022-08-28 · $27
See the published payment
Every published payment
Checkpoint SurgicalMeals · 2022-08-28Checkpoint 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
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