Brad A Hinrichs, MD
Otolaryngology · Palo Alto
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 17
- 4 carriers
- Offices
- 5
Offices
5 locations · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group
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Plans that list them
17 plans · 4 carriers
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17 of 17 plans
| Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Harmony (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Sutter Advantage +More (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health the ONE (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Full Dual Advantage Aligned (HMO D-SNP) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Medicare Advantage (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Prime (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross Partnership Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence G75555 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 1992 · expires 2026-11-30 · Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Original Medicare doctor bills
$65,251
Medicare paid this office $65,251 for 350 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 180 | $21,392 | $81 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 102 | $8,871 | $87 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 64 | $8,055 | $113 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 32 | $4,716 | $131 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 17 | $2,343 | $138 |
See all 8 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 180 | $21,392 | $81 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 102 | $8,871 | $87 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 64 | $8,055 | $113 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 32 | $4,716 | $131 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 17 | $2,343 | $138 |
| Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope | 11 | $2,162 | $197 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 11 | $2,078 | $173 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 19 | $860 | $37 |
Who their Medicare patients are
350 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Women 51% · Also on Medicaid 5% · Health risk score 0.97. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical otolaryngology clinician is at 1.19.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 61% · Coronary heart disease 25% · Diabetes 20% · Cancer 17% · Atrial fibrillation 16% · Chronic kidney disease 14% · Heart failure 9% · Depression 9% · COPD 7% · Stroke 5%.
The office billed $242,140, Medicare allowed $89,212 and paid $65,251; for 611 services of 37 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 | 350 | 611 | 76 | 0.97 | $242,140 | $65,251 |
| 2023 | 308 | 508 | 76 | 0.90 | $196,128 | $57,563 |
| 2022 | 307 | 573 | 76 | 0.84 | $219,280 | $63,357 |
| 2021 | 456 | 771 | 76 | 0.91 | $303,910 | $87,211 |
| 2020 | 373 | 629 | 76 | 0.98 | $233,774 | $65,154 |
| 2019 | 452 | 857 | 76 | 1.07 | $329,216 | $88,144 |
| 2018 | 479 | 918 | 76 | 0.94 | $365,618 | $92,558 |
| 2017 | 520 | 949 | 75 | 0.97 | $377,162 | $97,592 |
| 2016 | 472 | 850 | 76 | 0.96 | $313,547 | $84,640 |
| 2015 | 491 | 843 | 75 | 0.93 | $285,154 | $83,730 |
| 2014 | 526 | 991 | 76 | 1.00 | $349,378 | $96,812 |
| 2013 | 377 | 717 | 75 | 0.94 | $244,423 | $71,593 |
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: 7 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 135 | $13,586 | $78 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 99 | $10,080 | $102 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 65 | $9,222 | $123 |
| Biopsy or removal of nasal polyp or tissue using an endoscope | 11 | $6,333 | $317 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 30 | $4,681 | $156 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 30 | $4,241 | $137 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 23 | $986 | $43 |
2022: 9 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 150 | $16,617 | $80 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 97 | $8,378 | $86 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 62 | $7,866 | $117 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 33 | $4,734 | $131 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 17 | $2,699 | $159 |
| Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope | 12 | $2,342 | $195 |
| Exam of ear using a microscope | 22 | $711 | $31 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 14 | $527 | $38 |
| Office for the evaluation and management of established patient that may not require presence of healthcare professional | 13 | $311 | $22 |
2021: 6 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 186 | $20,003 | $81 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 155 | $15,643 | $101 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 76 | $9,758 | $118 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 43 | $6,469 | $150 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 40 | $5,849 | $133 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 72 | $2,865 | $39 |
2020: 7 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 170 | $15,778 | $66 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 134 | $12,899 | $96 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 55 | $7,611 | $125 |
| Biopsy or removal of nasal polyp or tissue using an endoscope | 11 | $6,338 | $288 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 43 | $4,295 | $98 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 12 | $1,756 | $146 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 30 | $1,217 | $39 |
2019: 8 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 233 | $22,161 | $68 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 160 | $15,237 | $95 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 74 | $9,031 | $114 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 60 | $6,362 | $104 |
| Biopsy or removal of nasal polyp or tissue using an endoscope | 13 | $6,253 | $261 |
| Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope | 23 | $4,670 | $203 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 17 | $2,556 | $150 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 43 | $2,110 | $45 |
2018: 10 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 230 | $22,104 | $65 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 178 | $15,955 | $90 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 52 | $6,217 | $107 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 58 | $5,711 | $95 |
| Incision of eardrum with insertion of eardrum tube under local or topical anesthesia | 13 | $3,809 | $212 |
| Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope | 16 | $3,643 | $214 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 21 | $3,094 | $147 |
| Complex control of nose bleed | 11 | $2,284 | $208 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 35 | $1,649 | $43 |
| Exam of ear using a microscope | 42 | $1,342 | $29 |
2017: 10 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 261 | $23,785 | $63 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 193 | $16,163 | $84 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 63 | $7,369 | $107 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 72 | $6,728 | $92 |
| Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope | 19 | $6,235 | $208 |
| Incision of eardrum with insertion of eardrum tube under local or topical anesthesia | 15 | $3,688 | $194 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 20 | $2,805 | $140 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 14 | $1,893 | $135 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 20 | $816 | $41 |
| Exam of ear using a microscope | 21 | $576 | $27 |
2016: 7 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 251 | $22,379 | $63 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 162 | $14,797 | $91 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 62 | $7,356 | $110 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 63 | $6,293 | $94 |
| Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope | 22 | $5,619 | $216 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 14 | $1,612 | $115 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 18 | $795 | $44 |
2015: 7 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 266 | $22,216 | $62 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 161 | $15,360 | $95 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 58 | $6,877 | $111 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 67 | $6,386 | $90 |
| Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope | 33 | $6,374 | $136 |
| Incision of eardrum with insertion of eardrum tube under local or topical anesthesia | 11 | $2,568 | $214 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 15 | $737 | $49 |
2014: 10 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 290 | $24,681 | $61 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 203 | $17,509 | $86 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 72 | $8,528 | $107 |
| Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope | 38 | $5,552 | $129 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 58 | $5,407 | $90 |
| Incision of eardrum with insertion of eardrum tube under local or topical anesthesia | 15 | $4,285 | $226 |
| Simple control of nose bleed | 18 | $1,470 | $82 |
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 17 | $911 | $54 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 16 | $786 | $44 |
| Short return visit | 14 | $540 | $39 |
2013: 7 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 187 | $17,475 | $61 |
| New patient visit (30+ min) | 181 | $16,030 | $89 |
| Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope | 31 | $6,765 | $135 |
| Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope | 41 | $5,193 | $113 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 35 | $3,208 | $89 |
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 11 | $533 | $48 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 12 | $505 | $42 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$7,445
Pharmacies billed $7,445 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
309 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $7,445 in drug cost · 44 antibiotic prescriptions to 21 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.
| Ipratropium | 58 | $1,897 | $33 |
| Azelastine-Fluticasone | 14 | $1,404 | $100 |
| Azelastine | 35 | $1,096 | $31 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 30 | $469 | $16 |
| Famotidine | 22 | $232 | $11 |
See all 9 drugs
| Ipratropium | 58 | $1,897 | $33 |
| Azelastine-Fluticasone | 14 | $1,404 | $100 |
| Azelastine | 35 | $1,096 | $31 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 30 | $469 | $16 |
| Famotidine | 22 | $232 | $11 |
| Omeprazole | 11 | $197 | $18 |
| Clindamycin | 14 | $169 | $12 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 15 | $99 | $7 |
| Prednisone | 22 | $50 | $2 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 310 | 112 | None | None | $7,445 |
| 2023 | 265 | 111 | None | None | $13,757 |
| 2022 | 282 | 122 | None | 10% | $14,240 |
| 2021 | 311 | 135 | None | 10% | $24,145 |
| 2020 | 333 | 128 | None | 10% | $24,887 |
| 2019 | 347 | 159 | None | 12% | $19,316 |
| 2018 | 440 | 163 | 5% (20) | 12% | $23,379 |
| 2017 | 459 | 163 | 4% (18) | 14% | $18,708 |
| 2016 | 419 | 152 | None | 25% | $22,227 |
| 2015 | 442 | 153 | 3% (14) | 22% | $20,957 |
| 2014 | 451 | 164 | 3% (14) | None | $17,612 |
| 2013 | 392 | 142 | 4% (14) | 19% | $15,184 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 6 drugs
| Azelastine-Fluticasone | 24 | $3,929 | $164 |
| Ipratropium | 51 | $3,385 | $66 |
| Azelastine | 30 | $834 | $28 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 13 | $495 | $38 |
| Omeprazole | 17 | $207 | $12 |
| Prednisone | 26 | $65 | $3 |
2022: 8 drugs
| Ipratropium | 49 | $4,135 | $84 |
| Azelastine-Fluticasone | 18 | $2,768 | $154 |
| Azelastine | 29 | $1,516 | $52 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 18 | $388 | $22 |
| Omeprazole | 20 | $155 | $8 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 13 | $148 | $11 |
| Prednisone | 31 | $100 | $3 |
| Azithromycin | 11 | $72 | $7 |
2021: 6 drugs
| Ipratropium | 67 | $5,525 | $82 |
| Azelastine-Fluticasone | 13 | $2,165 | $167 |
| Azelastine | 34 | $1,612 | $47 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 44 | $946 | $21 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 14 | $130 | $9 |
| Prednisone | 26 | $105 | $4 |
2020: 8 drugs
| Ipratropium | 50 | $3,965 | $79 |
| Dymista | 14 | $2,785 | $199 |
| Azelastine | 41 | $2,079 | $51 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 28 | $920 | $33 |
| Omeprazole | 15 | $334 | $22 |
| Montelukast | 13 | $288 | $22 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 23 | $264 | $11 |
| Prednisone | 25 | $83 | $3 |
2019: 9 drugs
| Dymista | 30 | $6,160 | $205 |
| Ipratropium | 44 | $2,442 | $56 |
| Azelastine | 23 | $1,157 | $50 |
| Valacyclovir | 15 | $804 | $54 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 32 | $742 | $23 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 12 | $307 | $26 |
| Prednisone | 58 | $206 | $4 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 21 | $203 | $10 |
| Ranitidine | 12 | $187 | $16 |
2018: 8 drugs
| Dymista | 39 | $7,969 | $204 |
| Azelastine | 43 | $2,217 | $52 |
| Ipratropium | 56 | $2,131 | $38 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 77 | $1,478 | $19 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 11 | $308 | $28 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 15 | $169 | $11 |
| Omeprazole | 13 | $120 | $9 |
| Prednisone | 33 | $83 | $3 |
2017: 9 drugs
| Dymista | 43 | $7,705 | $179 |
| Azelastine | 50 | $2,255 | $45 |
| Ipratropium | 45 | $1,691 | $38 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 86 | $1,313 | $15 |
| Clindamycin | 20 | $373 | $19 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 27 | $276 | $10 |
| Prednisone | 46 | $212 | $5 |
| Omeprazole | 11 | $190 | $17 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 15 | $95 | $6 |
2016: 8 drugs
| Dymista | 60 | $10,914 | $182 |
| Ipratropium | 44 | $1,339 | $30 |
| Azelastine | 30 | $1,123 | $37 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 80 | $926 | $12 |
| Clindamycin | 21 | $491 | $23 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 14 | $183 | $13 |
| Prednisone | 29 | $85 | $3 |
| Azithromycin | 12 | $82 | $7 |
2015: 11 drugs
| Dymista | 60 | $11,280 | $188 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 106 | $1,172 | $11 |
| Ipratropium | 34 | $1,135 | $33 |
| Azelastine | 19 | $765 | $40 |
| Omeprazole | 12 | $225 | $19 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass | 13 | $179 | $14 |
| Clindamycin | 14 | $156 | $11 |
| Famotidine | 11 | $145 | $13 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 11 | $125 | $11 |
| Prednisone | 30 | $103 | $3 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 13 | $89 | $7 |
2014: 13 drugs
| Dymista | 23 | $3,458 | $150 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 74 | $1,460 | $20 |
| Azelastine | 26 | $1,248 | $48 |
| Ipratropium | 23 | $782 | $34 |
| Amox Tr-Potassium Clavulanate | 20 | $424 | $21 |
| Clindamycin | 16 | $345 | $22 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hc | 11 | $324 | $29 |
| Clotrimazole | 11 | $213 | $19 |
| Prednisone | 36 | $125 | $3 |
| Azithromycin | 13 | $101 | $8 |
| Ranitidine | 11 | $90 | $8 |
| Zolpidem | 11 | $77 | $7 |
| Diazepam | 12 | $42 | $4 |
2013: 11 drugs
| Azelastine | 39 | $2,549 | $65 |
| Dymista | 12 | $1,745 | $145 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 61 | $1,699 | $28 |
| Ipratropium | 21 | $638 | $30 |
| Montelukast | 12 | $631 | $53 |
| Amox Tr-Potassium Clavulanate | 18 | $430 | $24 |
| Azithromycin | 24 | $246 | $10 |
| Clindamycin | 11 | $217 | $20 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 16 | $187 | $12 |
| Omeprazole | 16 | $150 | $9 |
| Prednisone | 52 | $130 | $2 |
Money from drug and device companies
$23 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | None | $23 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | None | $99 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | None | $47 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Smith+Nephew | Halo | $23 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Smith+Nephew | Meals · 2025-12-05 | Halo | $23 |
See earlier years (2022, 2019)
2022: $99
| GlaxoSmithKline | Nucala | $99 | 1 payment
|
2019: $47
| Smith+Nephew | Coblation - Turbinate Wands | $28 | 1 payment
|
| Hologic | Fluent | $19 | 1 payment
|
Professional record
- NPI
- 1841202033
- Licence
- CA G75555California G75555: Current · expires 2026-11-30
- Trained
- Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, 1991
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Otolaryngology (207Y00000X)
- Mailing address
- 325 Distel Cir, Los Altos, CA, 94022
- NPI first listed
- 2006-08-13
- NPI last updated
- 2020-03-04
- NPI record certified
- 2020-03-04
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.