Alexandra Kovar, MD
General Surgery · Aspen
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 4
- 1 carrier
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Aspen Valley Hospital Clinics, PLLC · 23 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Aspen Valley Hospital District. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
4 plans · 1 carrier
A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Kovar’s office at (970) 544-1120 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
| SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Classic (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN MyChoice (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A187141 · Delinquent
Licence status: Delinquent · since 2023 · expires 2025-08-29 · Florida International University Herbert Wertheim 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.
- Aspen Valley Hospital DistrictAspen, COCritical Access Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 81% would definitely recommend itNo overall ratingNo measure marked better or worse than the national rate
See every measure and the patient survey for Aspen Valley Hospital District
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 2 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 4 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 13.9 · 26 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.8 · 193 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 0.9 · 32 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.7 (9.4 to 17.4) · 187 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.5) · 310 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (151 patients answered, 25% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 4 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 73% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 83% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 83% |
| Staff "always" explained | 61% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 86% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 88% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 76% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 84% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 89% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 82% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 78% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 79% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 80% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 89% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 66% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 44% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 84% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$12,450
Medicare paid this office $12,450 for 84 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Repair of hernia of muscle at esophagus and stomach using an endoscope | 21 | $4,032 | $183 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 12 | $594 | $40 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Hernia repair (minimally invasive) | 1-10 | None |
| Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
84 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 74 · Women 54% · Also on Medicaid 20% · Health risk score 1.34. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical general surgery clinician is at 1.69.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 73% · Coronary heart disease 37% · Atrial fibrillation 30% · Heart failure 26% · Depression 23% · Cancer 21% · Diabetes 20% · COPD 19% · Chronic kidney disease 17%.
The office billed $164,039, Medicare allowed $16,272 and paid $12,450; for 108 services of 26 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 | 84 | 108 | 74 | 1.34 | $164,039 | $12,450 |
| 2023 | 24 | 28 | 67 | 2.52 | $52,246 | $4,239 |
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.
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$4,241
Pharmacies billed $4,241 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 32% of their Part D prescriptions (31 of 97) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical general surgery clinician is at 34%.
93 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $4,241 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 | 18 | $1,344 | $75 |
| Oxycodone | 26 | $154 | $6 |
| Pantoprazole | 14 | $57 | $4 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 97 | 55 | 32% (31) | None | $4,241 |
| 2023 | 28 | 22 | 57% (16) | None | $846 |
| 2017 | 19 | 15 | 68% (13) | None | $143 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 1 drug
| Oxycodone | 14 | $48 | $3 |
2017: 1 drug
| Oxycodone | 12 | $109 | $9 |
Money from drug and device companies
$1,824 in 2025
| 2025 | 3 | 11 | None | $1,824 |
| 2024 | 4 | 13 | $500 | $1,907 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | None | $126 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | None | $76 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| W. L. Gore & Associates | Gore Synecor Preperitoneal Biomaterial | $1,113 | 5 payments
|
| Medical Device Business Services | Matrixrib | $695 | 5 payments
|
| Medtronic | Endoflip | $16 | 1 payment
|
See all 11 published payments
| W. L. Gore & Associates | Meals · 2025-12-08 | Gore Synecor Preperitoneal Biomaterial | $176 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates | Travel · 2025-12-08 | Gore Synecor Preperitoneal Biomaterial | $230 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates | Meals · 2025-12-08 | Gore Synecor Preperitoneal Biomaterial | $7 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates | Meals · 2025-12-08 | Gore Synecor Preperitoneal Biomaterial | $28 |
| Medical Device Business Services | Meals · 2025-11-08 | Matrixrib | $66 |
| Medical Device Business Services | Meals · 2025-11-08 | Matrixrib | $4 |
| Medical Device Business Services | Meals · 2025-11-08 | Matrixrib | $50 |
| Medical Device Business Services | Travel · 2025-11-07 | Matrixrib | $115 |
| Medical Device Business Services | Travel · 2025-11-07 | Matrixrib | $461 |
| W. L. Gore & Associates | Travel · 2025-09-30 | Gore Synecor Preperitoneal Biomaterial | $671 |
| Medtronic | Meals · 2025-04-17 | Endoflip | $16 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022)
2024: $1,907
| W. L. Gore & Associates | Gore Bio-A Tissue Reinforcement | $1,132 | 10 payments
|
| Moon Surgical | Maestro System | $500 | 1 payment
|
| Ethicon | Stratafix | $146 | 1 payment
|
| Intuitive Surgical | Da Vinci Surgical System | $129 | 1 payment
|
2023: $126
| Intuitive Surgical | Da Vinci Surgical System | $126 | 2 payments
|
2022: $76
| Intuitive Surgical | Da Vinci Surgical System | $43 | 1 payment
|
| Conmed | Airseal | $33 | 1 payment
|
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 76.5 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1942663216
- Licence
- CA A187141California A187141: Delinquent · expires 2025-08-29
- Trained
- Florida International Univ, College of Medicine, 2016
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Surgery (208600000X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
- NPI first listed
- 2016-04-03
- NPI last updated
- 2024-04-27
- NPI record certified
- 2024-04-27
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.