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Hueylan Chern, MD

Colorectal Surgery (Proctology) · San Francisco

NPI 1942461645

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
9
1 carrier
Offices
2
Since medical school
24 years
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 2002

Offices

2 locations · UCSF Medical Group Business Services · UCSF Dept of Surgery

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Hospitals listed: UCSF Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plans that list them

9 plans · 1 carrier

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Harmony (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A109836 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2009 · expires 2027-08-31 · Umdnj New Jersey Medical School.

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 Colon and Rectal Surgery - Colon and Rectal Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery - 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.

  • UCSF Medical CenterSan Francisco, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of University of California Health, which runs 12 hospitalsHome of UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 81% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 4.9 (3.79 to 6.02) · 7,590 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 12.8 (11.3 to 14.4) · 2,019 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 139.4 (110.22 to 168.58) · 452 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.622, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.626, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.491, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.8 (0.7 to 1) · 2,336 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for UCSF Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 3 better, 5 the same, 3 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at UCSF Medical Center
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths4.9 (3.79 to 6.02) · 7,590 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits12.8 (11.3 to 14.4) · 2,019 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths139.4 (110.22 to 168.58) · 452 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.622BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.626BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.491BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.8 (0.7 to 1) · 2,336 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.24 (0.58 to 1.9) · 4,689 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.05 (0.89 to 1.2)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.9 · 89 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.5 · 85 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths10.1 · 132 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths6.6 · 454 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 618 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths9.6 · 380 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.7 · 5,000 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.22 (0.06 to 0.38) · 15,965 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.2 (0.05 to 0.35) · 17,859 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths0.85 (0 to 1.83) · 4,184 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2 (1.1 to 2.9) · 6,516 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths7.35 (4.49 to 10.21) · 3,989 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5 (3.22 to 6.77) · 4,087 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.95 (0.74 to 3.15) · 2,034 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.95 (0.63 to 1.28) · 15,431 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4 · 399 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.899No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.689No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections1.224No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16 · 156 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20 · 564 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits60.3 · 160 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-9.7 · 550 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits44.1 · 660 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.8 · 667 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.7 (4.8 to 6.7) · 2,019 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits6 · 421 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.5 · 53 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20 · 107 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.9 (11.3 to 17.1) · 3,247 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (3,181 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at UCSF Medical Center
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at UCSF Medical Center
Room was "always" clean71%
Nurses "always" communicated well80%
Doctors "always" communicated well80%
Staff "always" explained61%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information88%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge87%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand74%
Doctors "always" listened carefully78%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect86%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)76%
Staff "always" explained new medications75%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully78%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect86%
"Always" quiet at night50%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital81%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects46%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$46,352

Medicare paid this office $46,352 for 92 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

Largest Original Medicare bills
New patient visit (30+ min)40$2,915$73
Return visit (30+ min)16$1,400$82
Short return visit (20+ min)21$1,349$59

Procedures Medicare counted

Procedure volume Medicare published
Colonoscopy20More than 48% of doctors who do this

Procedures year by year

Procedures billed to Original Medicare by year
Procedure201920202021202220232024
Diagnostic exam of anus using an endoscope1417–1915–
Diagnostic exam of rectum and lower large bowel using an endoscope––––13–

Times billed to Original Medicare each year. A blank year means fewer than 11 people had it, or none: Medicare does not publish smaller counts. Medicare Advantage patients are not included.

Who their Medicare patients are

92 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 71 · Women 56% · Also on Medicaid 46% · Health risk score 2.23. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical colorectal surgery (proctology) clinician is at 1.44.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Cancer 51% · Diabetes 37% · Chronic kidney disease 34% · Coronary heart disease 30% · Depression 29% · Atrial fibrillation 23% · Heart failure 17% · COPD 16%.

The office billed $379,834, Medicare allowed $58,599 and paid $46,352; for 185 services of 59 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
202492185712.23$379,834$46,352
2023123223711.75$444,502$62,719
2022112223711.87$356,073$51,637
202185171731.62$331,399$49,786
202076185712.04$364,037$54,024
201993162711.84$341,957$53,089
2018110234681.72$393,136$59,955
2017135293711.66$405,435$66,584
2016127241691.64$362,068$62,182
2015147317681.45$385,839$61,905
2014142300681.44$364,155$58,741
2013162349671.56$337,069$56,468

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: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
New patient visit (30+ min)49$3,377$69
Short return visit (20+ min)37$2,246$56
New patient visit (45+ min)12$1,339$112
Return visit (30+ min)12$1,137$81
Diagnostic exam of rectum and lower large bowel using an endoscope13$542$42
Diagnostic exam of anus using an endoscope15$500$33

2022: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Short return visit (20+ min)46$3,068$58
New patient visit (30+ min)38$2,834$75
Return visit (30+ min)19$1,430$72
New patient visit (45+ min)11$1,131$103
Diagnostic exam of anus using an endoscope17$604$32

2021: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
New patient visit (45+ min)26$3,068$118
Return visit (30+ min)17$1,685$94
Short return visit (20+ min)21$1,431$60
New patient visit (30+ min)20$1,403$70

2020: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
New patient visit (45+ min)16$1,625$102
Short return visit (20+ min)32$1,554$40
New patient visit (30+ min)20$1,224$61
Return visit (30+ min)14$1,090$73
Diagnostic exam of anus using an endoscope15$429$25

2019: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
New patient visit (45+ min)27$3,004$111
New patient visit (30+ min)19$1,288$68
Short return visit (20+ min)16$771$43
Diagnostic exam of anus using an endoscope14$462$33

2018: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
New patient visit (45+ min)35$3,668$105
Partial release of large bowel and partial removal of large bowel using an endoscope12$1,805$150
New patient visit (30+ min)28$1,760$63
Short return visit (20+ min)27$1,510$43
Study of rectum sensitivity and function14$1,133$81
Diagnostic exam of anus using an endoscope14$508$36

2017: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
New patient visit (45+ min)39$4,360$112
New patient visit (30+ min)39$2,537$65
Study of rectum sensitivity and function31$2,341$76
Short return visit (20+ min)27$1,385$40
Diagnostic exam of anus using an endoscope22$738$31
Ultrasound scan of pelvic region through rectum23$590$26
Short return visit12$272$21

2016: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
New patient visit (45+ min)36$4,060$113
New patient visit (30+ min)41$2,605$64
Study of rectum sensitivity and function19$1,546$81
Short return visit (20+ min)25$1,376$46

2015: 8 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
New patient visit (30+ min)69$4,520$66
Study of rectum sensitivity and function43$3,331$77
New patient visit (45+ min)19$2,190$115
Short return visit (20+ min)28$1,406$40
Ultrasound scan of pelvic region through rectum31$938$30
Nerve test14$682$49
Diagnostic exam of anus using an endoscope18$657$36
Short return visit12$272$21

2014: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
New patient visit (30+ min)56$3,536$63
Study of rectum sensitivity and function43$3,288$76
New patient visit (45+ min)21$2,440$116
Short return visit (20+ min)30$1,332$42
Ultrasound scan of pelvic region through rectum29$858$30
Diagnostic exam of anus using an endoscope17$655$36
Short return visit14$291$17

2013: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Study of rectum sensitivity and function56$4,127$74
New patient visit (45+ min)32$3,517$110
New patient visit (30+ min)57$3,435$60
Short return visit (20+ min)32$1,370$39
Ultrasound scan of pelvic region through rectum43$1,254$29
Diagnostic exam of anus using an endoscope22$862$37
Short return visit19$390$19

Medicaid work

$81 in 2019

Medicaid paid $81 for 16 billed services this clinician did in 2019, up to 16 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 2019
Short return visit16$81
Medicaid work by year
201916116$81

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

Opioids were 0% of their 26 Part D prescriptions in 2022. 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
202226120% (0)None$654
202026110% (0)None$479
20195017NoneNone$1,441
201811330None14%$2,250
20178427None27%$3,435
20169532NoneNone$4,916
20158032NoneNone$6,579
2014742728% (21)None$4,083
2013693036% (25)26%$2,860

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

See the drugs prescribed each year

2018: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Neomycin Sulfate23$142$6
Metronidazole28$127$5

2017: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Neomycin Sulfate12$71$6
Metronidazole12$44$4

2016: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Enoxaparin18$3,383$188
Gabapentin19$97$5

2015: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Gabapentin14$50$4

2014: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Oxycodone12$165$14

Money from drug and device companies

$2,669 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202525None$2,669
2024111None$11,660
2023110None$312
202212None$450
202122None$77
202014None$1,126
201916None$496

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
Intuitive SurgicalDa Vinci Sp$2,578
4 payments
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2025-06-18 · $28
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2025-06-17 · $34
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2025-06-17 · $16
  • Education for Da Vinci Sp · 2025-06-17 · $2,500
MedtronicProgrip$91
1 payment
  • Meals for Progrip · 2025-06-12 · $91
See all 5 published payments
Every published payment
Intuitive SurgicalMeals · 2025-06-18Da Vinci Surgical System$28
Intuitive SurgicalMeals · 2025-06-17Da Vinci Surgical System$34
Intuitive SurgicalMeals · 2025-06-17Da Vinci Surgical System$16
Intuitive SurgicalEducation · 2025-06-17Da Vinci Sp$2,500
MedtronicMeals · 2025-06-12Progrip$91
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)

2024: $11,660

Payments by company in 2024
Intuitive SurgicalDa Vinci Surgical System$11,660
11 payments
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2024-12-17 · $11
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2024-11-12 · $4
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2024-07-12 · $50
  • Education for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2024-07-10 · $2,000
  • Education for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2024-07-03 · $4,250
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2024-07-02 · $30
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2024-07-02 · $33
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2024-06-11 · $8
  • Education for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2024-04-24 · $1,250
  • Education for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2024-02-28 · $4,000
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2024-02-26 · $26

2023: $312

Payments by company in 2023
Intuitive SurgicalDa Vinci Surgical System$312
10 payments
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2023-09-19 · $89
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2023-08-02 · $27
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2023-06-22 · $33
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2023-06-21 · $33
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2023-06-07 · $19
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2023-06-07 · $5
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2023-05-01 · $19
  • Education for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2023-01-10 · $26
  • Education for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2023-01-10 · $34
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2023-01-09 · $29

2022: $450

Payments by company in 2022
Intuitive SurgicalDa Vinci Surgical System$450
2 payments
  • Education for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2022-01-04 · $197
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2022-01-04 · $253

2021: $77

Payments by company in 2021
Intuitive SurgicalDa Vinci Surgical System$57
1 payment
  • Education for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2021-12-07 · $57
Ethicon USEnseal X1$19
1 payment
  • Meals for Enseal X1 · 2021-09-08 · $19

2020: $1,126

Payments by company in 2020
Intuitive SurgicalDa Vinci Surgical System$1,126
4 payments
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2020-10-30 · $30
  • Education for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2020-09-25 · $1,000
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2020-09-25 · $26
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2020-02-28 · $70

2019: $496

Payments by company in 2019
Intuitive SurgicalDa Vinci Surgical System$496
6 payments
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2019-12-24 · $21
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2019-12-24 · $27
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2019-11-14 · $159
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2019-11-14 · $8
  • Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2019-11-14 · $24
  • Travel for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2019-10-01 · $258

Research money

Money a company paid to run a study. Where it went to their institution, the clinician is named as an investigator and did not receive it; the amount covers the whole study, often across many sites.

Research payments by company and study
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · UCSF Intuitive Surgical Simulation-Based Education Research Fellowship · 2025Their institution$233,136
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · UCSF Intuitive Surgical Simulation-Based Education Research Fellowship · 2022Their institution$77,712

Professional record

NPI
1942461645
Licence
CA A109836California A109836: Current · expires 2027-08-31
Trained
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 2002 · 24 years ago
Group
UCSF Medical Group Business Services · UCSF Dept of Surgery
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 208C00000X (208C00000X)
Mailing address
2330 Post St, Suite 260, San Francisco, CA, 94115
NPI first listed
2008-06-24
NPI last updated
2009-12-10

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.