Dr. Ester C. Kwok, MD

  • Stanford, CA
  • Internist
NPI1790886034PAC ID6901978261
Medicare services, 2024
795
Medicare patients, 2024
307
Part D claims, 2024
3,097
Hospital affiliations
4
Industry payments
$45
Practice address
300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305
Practice phone
Call (650) 723-4000
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Primary practice

Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive

Hospital · Stanford, California

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Dr. Ester C. Kwok is an internist in Stanford, California

Dr. Kwok practices at Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California, part of Stanford University.

Dr. Kwok's NPI, 1790886034, was assigned on September 26, 2006. Dr. Kwok graduated from McGovern Medical School in 1989. Dr. Kwok's California license number on file is A050957.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
6901978261
NPI enumeration date
September 26, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(650) 723-4000
Professional email
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
63
Medical school graduation
1989

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Ester C. Kwok practices at Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California

Dr. Kwok's primary practice is Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive, at 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305 in Santa Clara County. The practice phone is (650) 723-4000.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Ester C. Kwok is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Kwok's primary practice is Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California, part of Stanford University. Dr. Kwok is also affiliated with El Camino Health - Mountain View Hospital. The medical group on file is El Camino Health Medical Network. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kwok to 2 more hospitals, 1 physician office, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Ester C. Kwok's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kwok practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur DriveAvailable with a free account
+6 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Ester C. Kwok is one of 16,751 internists in California

Internal medicine is Dr. Kwok's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Kwok is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Kwok has a license on file in California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Internal medicine, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A050957 · 1992 to 2025 · taxonomy 207R00000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acid reflux, acute gallbladder or bile duct inflammation, acute kidney failure, acute sinusitis, acute skin infection, adjustment disease, aneurysm and aortic atherosclerois among the conditions Dr. Kwok treats.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Ester C. Kwok billed Medicare for 795 services in 2024

CMS data shows 795 Medicare services from Dr. Kwok across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 307 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $99,308 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024795
Medicare patients307
Paid by Medicare$99,308
Procedure codes9

Dr. Kwok's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 7442024: 60019%
Other services
2023: 2242024: 15630%
Tests and treatments
2023: 982024: 3960%

Dr. Kwok compared with the California median for internists, 2024

  • Dr. Kwok
  • California median
Medicare services
795vs 3612.2 times
Medicare patients
307vs 1512.0 times
Part D claims
2,550vs 4216.1 times

Medians across 15,815 internists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Kwok's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Ester C. Kwok treated 307 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 307 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kwok in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 170 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 74% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 0.99, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Kwok's median patient age at 64, with 68% women.

Medicare patients, 2024307
Average age74
Average risk score0.99

Dr. Kwok's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Kwok's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women22373%
  • Men8427%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Kwok's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure74%
  3. Arthritis36%
  4. Osteoporosis36%
  5. Diabetes23%
  6. Ischemic heart disease21%
  7. Chronic kidney disease19%
  8. Cancer16%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Kwok's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 64

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women68%
  • Men30%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Ester C. Kwok wrote 3,097 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Kwok wrote 3,097 Medicare Part D claims for 348 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,550 of them, across 50 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $147,918 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,819 claims across 52 drugs.

Part D claims, 20243,097
Drugs named by CMS50
Total drug cost$147,918
Part D patients348

Dr. Kwok's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic2,803 claims91%
  • Brand-name and other294 claims9%

Dr. Kwok's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Kwok's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics4%131 of 3,097 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 2,8192024: 2,55010%

Drugs named by CMS: 50 in 2024, 52 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Ester C. Kwok offers telehealth to Medicare patients

Dr. Kwok accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Kwok as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Ester C. Kwok received $45 in industry payments in 2023

CMS Open Payments shows 2 general payments to Dr. Kwok from 1 drug or device company in 2023. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Exact Sciences Corporation paid the most, $45.

Companies that paid Dr. Kwok the most, 2023 to 2023

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Ester C. Kwok graduated from McGovern Medical School

Dr. Kwok graduated from McGovern Medical School in 1989. Dr. Kwok is a member of ACP.

  1. Medical schoolMcGovern Medical School
  2. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Ester C. Kwok accepts plans from 14 insurance carriers

Dr. Kwok is in network with 14 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Elevance
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • HCSC
  • Regence Health Plans
  • Alliant Health Plans
  • +6 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Kwok accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO9
  2. Medicare7
  3. HMO5
  4. EPO4
  5. POS4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Ester C. Kwok's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Ester C. Kwok's NPI number?

Dr. Ester C. Kwok's NPI number is 1790886034. It was assigned on September 26, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Ester C. Kwok?

Dr. Ester C. Kwok is an internist in Stanford, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).

Where does Dr. Ester C. Kwok practice?

Dr. Kwok practices at 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305. Dr. Kwok's primary practice is Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California, part of Stanford University. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kwok to 2 hospitals, 1 physician office, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency.

What is Dr. Ester C. Kwok's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Kwok is (650) 723-4000.

What is Dr. Ester C. Kwok's medical license number?

Dr. Kwok's California license number on file is A050957.

Which hospitals is Dr. Ester C. Kwok affiliated with?

Dr. Kwok practices at Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California. Dr. Kwok is also affiliated with El Camino Health - Mountain View Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Kwok to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Ester C. Kwok part of?

Dr. Kwok is linked to El Camino Health Medical Network.

Does Dr. Ester C. Kwok accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Kwok billed Medicare for 795 services in 2024, and Dr. Kwok accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Ester C. Kwok offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Kwok as offering telehealth services.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Ester C. Kwok see?

CMS counts 307 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kwok in 2024, with an average age of 74.

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Is Dr. Ester C. Kwok board certified?

Yes. Dr. Kwok is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Ester C. Kwok bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Kwok's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, established patient (99215) and medicare service (G0439).

Where did Dr. Ester C. Kwok go to medical school?

Dr. Kwok graduated from McGovern Medical School in 1989.

What drugs does Dr. Ester C. Kwok prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Kwok's most prescribed drugs by claims were Rosuvastatin Calcium, Losartan Potassium and Amlodipine Besylate.

Has Dr. Ester C. Kwok received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $45 in general payments to Dr. Kwok from 1 company from 2023 to 2023. The largest total came from Exact Sciences Corporation.

How long has Dr. Ester C. Kwok been practicing?

Dr. Kwok graduated from medical school in 1989, 37 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Ester C. Kwok accept?

Dr. Kwok is in network with 14 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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