Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Dr. Joseph Chen, MD

Individual provider Gastroenterology Physician · NPI 1558500603

Dr. Joseph Chen, MD practises Gastroenterology in San Francisco, California. Graduated from Washington University School of Medicine in 2003, 23 years ago. Practices with Permanente Medical Group Inc, a 10,941-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
23
Trained at
Washington University School of Medicine
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2009
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

Department Of Gastroenterology 513 Parnassus Ave Rm S-357 Box 0538
San Francisco, CA 94143-0001
Phone: (415) 443-4692
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Specialties & licences

Gastroenterology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RG0100X · Licence A88094 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1558500603
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedFebruary 12, 2009
Last updated in NPPESFebruary 11, 2022

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyGASTROENTEROLOGY
Medical schoolWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2003 (23 years in practice)
Group practice Permanente Medical Group Inc — 10941 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 13 times · 45th percentile
Colonoscopy 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients18
Services billed 27 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age67

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Permanente Medical Group Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 10941 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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