Christopher Allen Viale, MD
Anesthesiology · Daly City
- 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
Offices
1 location · Anesthesia Care Consultants Inc · 18 clinicians in this group
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. Viale’s office at (408) 354-9254 to ask if they take your plan before you enroll.
California Medical Board record
Licence G77628 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 1993 · expires 2027-08-31 · Northwestern University Medical School.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Original Medicare doctor bills
$5,581
Medicare paid this office $5,581 for 40 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Anesthesia for lens surgery | 14 | $1,507 | $108 |
Who their Medicare patients are
40 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 74 · Women 48% · Health risk score 1.47. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical anesthesiology clinician is at 1.54.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 73% · Coronary heart disease 38% · Chronic kidney disease 33% · Diabetes 30% · Depression 28%.
The office billed $79,632, Medicare allowed $6,924 and paid $5,581; for 40 services of 14 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 | 40 | 40 | 74 | 1.47 | $79,632 | $5,581 |
| 2023 | 15 | 19 | 74 | 1.06 | $40,344 | $2,760 |
| 2022 | 35 | 47 | 72 | 0.88 | $95,280 | $6,517 |
| 2021 | 44 | 68 | 76 | 0.77 | $130,224 | $8,920 |
| 2020 | 15 | 24 | 78 | 0.90 | $30,926 | $2,684 |
| 2019 | 39 | 66 | 70 | 0.78 | $71,500 | $9,017 |
| 2018 | 46 | 86 | 72 | 0.71 | $92,690 | $11,209 |
| 2017 | 53 | 98 | 72 | 0.62 | $96,200 | $10,964 |
| 2016 | 106 | 169 | 73 | 0.92 | $170,170 | $21,199 |
| 2015 | 110 | 173 | 72 | 0.94 | $179,530 | $22,401 |
| 2014 | 110 | 181 | 71 | 0.69 | $181,961 | $23,426 |
| 2013 | 109 | 161 | 72 | 0.76 | $171,496 | $21,383 |
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
2021: 2 services
| Anesthesia for lens surgery | 13 | $1,538 | $118 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 11 | $314 | $29 |
2019: 2 services
| Anesthesia for other procedure or exam of knee joint using an endoscope | 18 | $3,865 | $215 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 14 | $411 | $29 |
2018: 4 services
| Anesthesia for other procedure or exam of knee joint using an endoscope | 20 | $3,517 | $176 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on top of arm bone and shoulder joint | 13 | $3,290 | $253 |
| Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into arm nerve bundle (brachial plexus) | 12 | $679 | $57 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 20 | $582 | $29 |
2017: 4 services
| Anesthesia for other procedure or exam of knee joint using an endoscope | 25 | $4,534 | $174 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on top of arm bone and shoulder joint | 11 | $2,219 | $202 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 19 | $852 | $43 |
| Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into arm nerve bundle (brachial plexus) | 11 | $621 | $56 |
2016: 5 services
| Anesthesia for other procedure on top of arm bone and shoulder joint | 15 | $3,801 | $224 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure or exam of knee joint using an endoscope | 20 | $3,258 | $155 |
| Anesthesia for lens surgery | 21 | $2,743 | $114 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 28 | $1,505 | $50 |
| Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into arm nerve bundle (brachial plexus) | 17 | $1,079 | $57 |
2015: 4 services
| Anesthesia for other procedure or exam of knee joint using an endoscope | 40 | $6,025 | $147 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on top of arm bone and shoulder joint | 15 | $3,230 | $215 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 31 | $1,670 | $54 |
| Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into arm nerve bundle (brachial plexus) | 21 | $1,119 | $53 |
2014: 5 services
| Anesthesia for other procedure or exam of knee joint using an endoscope | 35 | $5,500 | $157 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on top of arm bone and shoulder joint | 19 | $4,153 | $219 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 39 | $2,584 | $65 |
| Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into arm nerve bundle (brachial plexus) | 21 | $1,197 | $57 |
| Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into thigh nerve (femoral nerve) | 12 | $691 | $58 |
2013: 4 services
| Anesthesia for other procedure on top of arm bone and shoulder joint | 27 | $5,459 | $202 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure or exam of knee joint using an endoscope | 38 | $5,062 | $133 |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | 19 | $1,600 | $84 |
| Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into arm nerve bundle (brachial plexus) | 28 | $1,549 | $55 |
Money from drug and device companies
$122 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | None | $122 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $121 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | None | $167 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | None | $223 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals | Journavx | $122 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals | Meals · 2025-07-10 | Journavx | $122 |
See earlier years (2023, 2022, 2019)
2023: $121
| Chiesi USA | Cleviprex | $121 | 1 payment
|
2022: $167
| Masimo | Sedline | $167 | 1 payment
|
2019: $223
| Fisher & Paykel Healthcare | Obstructive Sleep Apnea Device Or Hospital Respiratory Equipment | $134 | 1 payment
|
| Avanos Medical | On-Q* Pump and Accessories | $89 | 1 payment
|
Professional record
- NPI
- 1871550863
- Licence
- CA G77628California G77628: Current · expires 2027-08-31
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Medicaid ID
- CA 00G776280
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207L00000X (207L00000X)
- Mailing address
- Po Box 33285, Los Gatos, CA, 95031
- NPI first listed
- 2006-04-26
- NPI last updated
- 2020-07-23
- NPI record certified
- 2020-07-23
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 2222 Lafayette St, Santa Clara, CA, 95050