Steven Sungmin Hong, MD
Otolaryngology · Charlotte
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Offices
- 2
Offices
2 locations · Carolinas Medical Center · The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority
Hospitals listed: Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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California Medical Board record
Licence A142924 · Delinquent
Licence status: Delinquent · since 2016 · expires 2022-03-31 · University of Toledo College of Medicine.
License renewal fee has not been paid. No practice is permitted.
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.
- Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte, NCAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Advocate Health, which runs 58 hospitals in 6 statesPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 71% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Postoperative sepsis rate: 3.16 (1.09 to 5.23) · 3,662 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.339, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.326, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.324, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 9 the same, 1 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 3.16 (1.09 to 5.23) · 3,662 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.339 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.326 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.324 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.1 (0.38 to 1.82) · 3,736 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.88 (0.7 to 1.06) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 180.59 (151.25 to 209.92) · 340 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.8 · 69 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.8 · 99 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 8.7 · 160 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 9.4 · 385 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 13.2 · 529 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 13.2 · 698 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.3 · 7,580 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.2 (0.03 to 0.36) · 14,609 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.26 (0.09 to 0.42) · 15,273 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.07 (1.8 to 4.34) · 6,259 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.16 (0.1 to 2.22) · 3,788 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.89 (1.93 to 3.85) · 5,917 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 7.61 (4.58 to 10.64) · 3,685 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.49 (0.21 to 2.78) · 1,563 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.76 (0.37 to 1.16) · 12,904 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.1 · 304 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 1.01 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.797 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.039 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.3 · 374 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.8 · 909 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 7.7 · 223 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 16.5 · 452 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -0.7 · 538 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.9 · 929 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.1 (4.4 to 6.1) · 1,952 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 10.6 (9.5 to 12) · 1,952 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.4 · 284 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 9.6 · 111 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.8 · 369 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.9 (10.8 to 17.9) · 1,280 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.9 to 1.2) · 1,810 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (1,371 patients answered, 17% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 65% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 75% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 77% |
| Staff "always" explained | 57% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 86% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 87% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 76% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 83% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 69% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 70% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 72% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 72% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 52% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 71% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 43% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 85% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$26,345
Medicare paid this office $26,345 for 59 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 33 | $4,022 | $66 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 25 | $2,079 | $83 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 13 | $650 | $43 |
| Ultrasound scan of head and neck soft tissue | 18 | $386 | $18 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Melanoma (skin cancer) excision | 1-10 | None |
| Skin biopsy | 1-10 | None |
| Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
59 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Women 44% · Health risk score 1.75. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical otolaryngology clinician is at 1.19.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 32% · Chronic kidney disease 31% · Diabetes 27% · Atrial fibrillation 24% · Depression 24% · COPD 19%.
The office billed $150,514, Medicare allowed $33,950 and paid $26,345; for 188 services of 49 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 | 59 | 188 | 75 | 1.75 | $150,514 | $26,345 |
| 2023 | 39 | 116 | 74 | 1.45 | $191,317 | $31,215 |
| 2022 | 25 | 71 | 73 | 1.20 | $103,435 | $18,765 |
| 2017 | 14 | 40 | 73 | 2.20 | $26,596 | $5,516 |
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: 2 services
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 19 | $1,833 | $96 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 13 | $1,183 | $74 |
2022: 1 service
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 12 | $1,246 | $104 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$363
Pharmacies billed $363 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 46% of their Part D prescriptions (15 of 33) in 2024. Too few prescriptions to compare fairly with other clinicians.
31 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $363 in drug cost.
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.
| Oxycodone | 13 | $45 | $3 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 33 | 28 | 46% (15) | None | $363 |
| 2023 | 46 | 20 | None | None | $628 |
| 2022 | 13 | None | None | None | $134 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
Money from drug and device companies
$147 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | None | $147 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 | None | $158 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Axogen | None | $147 | 1 payment
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See the published payment
| Axogen | Meals · 2025-07-22 | None | $147 |
See earlier years (2024)
2024: $158
| Axogen | Avance Nerve Graft | $144 | 2 payments
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| Siemens Medical Solutions USA | Rapidpoint 400/405/500 Wash/Waste Cartridge | $15 | 1 payment
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Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 100.0 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1790912780
- Licence
- CA A142924, HI 16072California A142924: Delinquent · expires 2022-03-31
- Trained
- Toledo Medical College, 2009
- Group
- Carolinas Medical Center · The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Otolaryngology (207Y00000X); General practice (208D00000X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
- NPI first listed
- 2009-06-17
- NPI last updated
- 2016-08-04
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.