Dr. Charles Cho, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 121
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 29
- Part D claims, 2024
- 15,461
- Publications
- 10
- Industry payments
- $71,993
- Practice address
- 201 S Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90057
- Practice phone
- Call (213) 483-0150
- Professional email
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- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
St. Vincent Eye Surgery Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
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Dr. Charles Cho is a nephrologist in Los Angeles, California
Dr. Cho practices at St. Vincent Eye Surgery Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
Dr. Cho's NPI, 1053512566, was assigned on May 30, 2007. Dr. Cho holds Nevada license 13530.
- NPI
- 1053512566NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 9830381821
- NPI enumeration date
- May 30, 2007
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (213) 483-0150
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 49
- Medical school graduation
- 2003
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Charles Cho practices at St. Vincent Eye Surgery Medical Center in Los Angeles, California
Dr. Cho's primary practice is St. Vincent Eye Surgery Medical Center, at 201 S Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90057 in Los Angeles County. The practice phone is (213) 483-0150.
- St. Vincent Eye Surgery Medical Center201 S Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90057 · Los Angeles CountyPhone(213) 483-0150
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Charles Cho is affiliated with 3 sites of care
Dr. Cho's primary practice is St. Vincent Eye Surgery Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cho to 1 dialysis center and 1 physician office, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Charles Cho's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Cho practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| St. Vincent Eye Surgery Medical Center | Available with a free account |
| +2 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Charles Cho is one of 1,401 nephrologists in California
Nephrology is Dr. Cho's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dmand AI has Dr. Cho's licenses on file in 2 states: Nevada and Arizona.
Specialties and state licenses
- Nephrology, NevadaPrimary
- Internal medicine, Arizona
Nephrologists near Dr. Cho
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Charles Cho billed Medicare for 121 services in 2024
CMS data shows 121 Medicare services from Dr. Cho across 1 procedure code in 2024, all of them office visits, for 29 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $9,116 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Cho's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1802024: 12133%
- Surgery
- 2023: 162024: 0100%
Dr. Cho compared with the California median for nephrologists, 2024
- Dr. Cho
- California median
- Medicare services
- 121vs 1,08489% below
- Medicare patients
- 29vs 30791% below
- Part D claims
- 14,829vs 95515.5 times
Medians across 1,355 nephrologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Cho'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. Charles Cho treated 29 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 78
CMS counts 29 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cho in 2024. The largest group is 85 and over, with 11 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 3.26, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Cho's median patient age at 74, with 49% women.
Dr. Cho's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Cho's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women1448%
- Men1552%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Cho's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Chronic kidney disease69%
- Diabetes69%
- Arthritis52%
- Ischemic heart disease45%
- Heart failure41%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Cho's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 74
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women49%
- Men51%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Charles Cho wrote 15,461 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Cho wrote 15,461 Medicare Part D claims for 1,126 patients. 78% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 14,829 of them, across 140 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,394,182 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 13,750 claims across 131 drugs.
Dr. Cho's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic12,007 claims78%
- Brand-name3,216 claims21%
- Other238 claims2%
Dr. Cho'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. Cho's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids0%31 of 15,461 claims
- Antibiotics1%185 of 15,461 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: 13,7502024: 14,8298%
Drugs named by CMS: 140 in 2024, 131 in 2023.
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
How Dr. Charles Cho takes part in Medicare
Dr. Cho accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
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Dr. Charles Cho has 10 publications on record
Dmand AI links 10 papers to Dr. Cho, published from 2010 to 2023. 2011 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Cell Proliferation, Cell Line, Tumor and Mice, Inbred C57BL. Dr. Cho has published most often in ACS Chem Biol. Dr. Cho's most frequent co-authors are James C. Watson, MD, Jonathan Chang, MD and Christine Chen, MD.
Dr. Cho's papers by year, 2010 to 2023
Topics Dr. Cho writes about most
- Cell Proliferation
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Prostatic Neoplasms
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
- Cell Differentiation
- Cells, Cultured
- Cell Survival
Dr. Cho's most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Cho
ACS Chem Biol
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Charles Cho received $71,993 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 914 general payments to Dr. Cho from 46 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 33% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $54,111.
General payments to Dr. Cho by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Cho by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Speaker and faculty fees$23,77033%
- Consulting fees$23,48033%
- Food and beverage$18,98626%
- Travel and lodging$5,5918%
- Education$1660%
Companies that paid Dr. Cho the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Sources for Dr. Charles Cho's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Charles Cho's NPI number?
Dr. Charles Cho's NPI number is 1053512566. It was assigned on May 30, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Charles Cho?
Dr. Charles Cho is a nephrologist in Los Angeles, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).
Where does Dr. Charles Cho practice?
Dr. Cho practices at 201 S Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90057. Dr. Cho's primary practice is St. Vincent Eye Surgery Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cho to 1 dialysis center and 1 physician office.
What is Dr. Charles Cho's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Cho is (213) 483-0150.
What is Dr. Charles Cho's medical license number?
Dr. Cho holds Nevada license 13530, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Charles Cho been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Cho in Nevada and Arizona.
Does Dr. Charles Cho accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Cho billed Medicare for 121 services in 2024, and Dr. Cho accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Charles Cho see?
CMS counts 29 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cho in 2024, with an average age of 78.
What services does Dr. Charles Cho bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Cho's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213).
What drugs does Dr. Charles Cho prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Cho's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Losartan Potassium and Metformin HCl.
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Has Dr. Charles Cho received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $71,993 in general payments to Dr. Cho from 46 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
How long has Dr. Charles Cho been practicing?
Dr. Cho graduated from medical school in 2003, 23 years ago.
Does Dr. Charles Cho do research?
Dmand AI links 10 publications to Dr. Cho, published from 2010 to 2023.
Who does Dr. Charles Cho publish with?
Dr. Cho's most frequent co-authors are James C. Watson, MD (3 shared papers), Jonathan Chang, MD (1 shared paper) and Christine Chen, MD (1 shared paper).
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