Chelsea Xu, MD
Gastroenterology · Palo Alto
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 2
- 2 carriers
- Offices
- 2
Offices
2 locations · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group
Plans that list them
2 plans · 2 carriers
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2 of 2 plans
| Alignment Health Sutter Advantage +More (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$19,026
Medicare paid this office $19,026 for 90 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope with mechanical snare | 30 | $7,180 | $239 |
| New patient visit (45+ min) | 28 | $4,264 | $152 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 12 | $1,494 | $115 |
| Biopsy of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using a flexible endoscope | 14 | $1,365 | $98 |
| Moderate sedation services provided by the same physician or other qualified health care professional performing a gastrointestinal endoscopic service that sedation supports, requiring the presence of an independent trained observer to assist in the monito | 41 | $198 | $5 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Colonoscopy | 37 | More than 58% of doctors who do this |
| Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux | 53 | More than 64% of doctors who do this |
Who their Medicare patients are
90 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 75 · Women 66% · Health risk score 0.86. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical gastroenterology clinician is at 1.42.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 52% · Diabetes 20% · Coronary heart disease 19% · Atrial fibrillation 17% · Chronic kidney disease 16% · Depression 14% · Cancer 12%.
The office billed $157,430, Medicare allowed $23,297 and paid $19,026; for 166 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.
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$5,409
Pharmacies billed $5,409 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 84) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical gastroenterology clinician is at 0%.
66 generic and 18 brand-name prescriptions · $5,409 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.
| Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf | 34 | $2,416 | $71 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 84 | 63 | 0% (0) | 21% | $5,409 |
| 2023 | 64 | 32 | 0% (0) | None | $20,002 |
| 2022 | 46 | 29 | None | None | $11,534 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 2 drugs
| Omeprazole | 15 | $200 | $13 |
| Famotidine | 13 | $189 | $15 |
Money from drug and device companies
$703 in 2025
| 2025 | 6 | 21 | None | $703 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | None | $93 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $150 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | None | $148 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Lilly USA | Omvoh | $309 | 8 payments
|
| Janssen Biotech | Tremfya | $194 | 8 payments
|
| Genzyme | Dupixent | $123 | 1 payment
|
| Abbvie | Rinvoq | $44 | 2 payments
|
| Micro-tech Endoscopy USA | Lockado | $19 | 1 payment
|
| Conmed | Conmed Biliary | $14 | 1 payment
|
See all 21 published payments
| Janssen Biotech | Meals · 2025-10-29 | Tremfya | $37 |
| Lilly USA | Meals · 2025-10-22 | Omvoh | $24 |
| Janssen Biotech | Meals · 2025-10-13 | Tremfya | $19 |
| Micro-tech Endoscopy USA | Meals · 2025-10-04 | Lockado | $19 |
| Conmed | Meals · 2025-10-04 | Conmed Biliary | $14 |
| Lilly USA | Meals · 2025-09-10 | Omvoh | $11 |
| Janssen Biotech | Meals · 2025-09-09 | Tremfya | $32 |
| Genzyme | Meals · 2025-08-20 | Dupixent | $123 |
| Janssen Biotech | Meals · 2025-08-13 | Tremfya | $22 |
| Janssen Biotech | Meals · 2025-07-29 | Tremfya | $22 |
| Janssen Biotech | Meals · 2025-07-01 | Tremfya | $20 |
| Lilly USA | Meals · 2025-06-24 | Omvoh | $33 |
| Lilly USA | Meals · 2025-05-28 | Omvoh | $32 |
| Abbvie | Meals · 2025-05-09 | Rinvoq | $28 |
| Lilly USA | Meals · 2025-05-01 | Omvoh | $125 |
| Lilly USA | Meals · 2025-04-28 | Omvoh | $35 |
| Abbvie | Meals · 2025-04-10 | Rinvoq | $16 |
| Janssen Biotech | Meals · 2025-04-08 | Tremfya | $23 |
| Lilly USA | Meals · 2025-04-01 | Omvoh | $35 |
| Janssen Biotech | Meals · 2025-03-12 | Tremfya | $20 |
| Lilly USA | Meals · 2025-03-06 | Omvoh | $14 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022)
2024: $93
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A. | Eohilia | $93 | 1 payment
|
2023: $150
| Genzyme | None | $150 | 1 payment
|
2022: $148
| AbbVie | Skyrizi | $148 | 1 payment
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Professional record
- NPI
- 1841797149
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207RG0100X (207RG0100X)
- Mailing address
- 795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA, 94301
- NPI first listed
- 2018-04-12
- NPI last updated
- 2025-10-29
- NPI record certified
- 2025-10-29
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.