Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse, MD

  • Pasadena, CA
  • Nephrologist
NPI1093730491PAC ID1951491901
Medicare services, 2024
1,540
Medicare patients, 2024
409
Part D claims, 2024
4,741
Hospital affiliations
1
Industry payments
$83,925
Practice address
808 S Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105
Practice phone
Call (626) 564-2818
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Primary practice

Davita Huntington Dialysis

Pasadena, California

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Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse is a nephrologist in Pasadena, California

Dr. Tse practices at Davita Huntington Dialysis in Pasadena, California.

Dr. Tse's NPI, 1093730491, was assigned on July 13, 2006. Dr. Tse graduated from Sidney Kimmel Medical College in 1990.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1951491901
NPI enumeration date
July 13, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(626) 564-2818
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
62
Medical school graduation
1990

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

Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse practices at Davita Huntington Dialysis in Pasadena, California

Dr. Tse's primary practice is Davita Huntington Dialysis, at 808 S Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105 in Los Angeles County. The practice phone is (626) 564-2818.

  • Davita Huntington Dialysis
    808 S Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105 · Los Angeles CountyPhone(626) 564-2818

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Tse's primary practice is Davita Huntington Dialysis in Pasadena, California. Dr. Tse is also affiliated with Huntington Hospital. The medical group on file is Pasadena Nephrology. Dmand AI also links Dr. Tse to 3 more dialysis centers, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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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. Ka-Lok E. Tse's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Tse practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Davita Huntington DialysisAvailable with a free account
+6 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse is one of 1,401 nephrologists in California

Nephrology is Dr. Tse's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Tse is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Tse's licenses on file in 3 states: California, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Nephrology, California1992 to 2025 · taxonomy 207RN0300X
  • New Jersey license1991 to 2003
  • Pennsylvania license1993 to 2002

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acute kidney failure, chronic anemia, chronic kidney disease and fluid and electrolyte imbalances among the conditions Dr. Tse treats.

Nephrologists near Dr. Tse

Counts of nephrologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

1,401nephrologists in California
9nephrologists in Pasadena

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

Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse billed Medicare for 1,540 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,540 Medicare services from Dr. Tse across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 409 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $167,882 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,540
Medicare patients409
Paid by Medicare$167,882
Procedure codes10

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,1352024: 1,1411%
Tests and treatments
2023: 4882024: 39918%

Where Dr. Tse's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office1,01766%
  • In a facility52334%

Dr. Tse compared with the California median for nephrologists, 2024

  • Dr. Tse
  • California median
Medicare services
1,540vs 1,08442% above
Medicare patients
409vs 30733% above
Part D claims
4,409vs 9554.6 times

Medians across 1,355 nephrologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

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

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

Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse treated 409 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 409 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Tse in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 160 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 32% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.09, 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. Tse's median patient age at 74, with 46% women.

Medicare patients, 2024409
Average age76
Average risk score3.09
Also on Medicaid32%

Dr. Tse's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Tse's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women17443%
  • Men23557%

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

  1. Chronic kidney disease75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Diabetes71%
  5. Ischemic heart disease47%
  6. Arthritis46%
  7. Heart failure36%
  8. Atrial fibrillation28%

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

Dr. Tse'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

  • Women46%
  • Men54%

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

Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse wrote 4,741 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Tse wrote 4,741 Medicare Part D claims for 511 patients. 57% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 4,409 of them, across 66 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,859,794 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,416 claims across 60 drugs.

Part D claims, 20244,741
Drugs named by CMS66
Total drug cost$1.9M
Part D patients511

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

  • Generic2,703 claims57%
  • Brand-name and other2,038 claims43%

Dr. Tse'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. Tse's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics2%92 of 4,741 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: 3,4162024: 4,40929%

Drugs named by CMS: 66 in 2024, 60 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. Ka-Lok E. Tse offers telehealth to Medicare patients

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

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse received $83,925 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 400 general payments to Dr. Tse from 29 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 63% of the total. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP paid the most, $32,294.

General payments to Dr. Tse by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Tse by kind, 2016 to 2025

$83.9Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$52,90063%
  • Honoraria$13,75016%
  • Food and beverage$11,84614%
  • Travel and lodging$5,1016%
  • Education$3280%

Companies that paid Dr. Tse the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse graduated from Sidney Kimmel Medical College

Dr. Tse graduated from Sidney Kimmel Medical College in 1990. Dr. Tse is a member of ACCP, ACP, ACPM, ASN and ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, CANADA.

  1. Medical schoolSidney Kimmel Medical College
  2. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in nephrologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse accepts plans from 14 insurance carriers

Dr. Tse is in network with 14 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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

Plan types Dr. Tse accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO10
  2. Medicare9
  3. HMO6
  4. EPO5
  5. POS4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand 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. Ka-Lok E. Tse's NPI number?

Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse's NPI number is 1093730491. It was assigned on July 13, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse?

Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse is a nephrologist in Pasadena, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).

Where does Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse practice?

Dr. Tse practices at 808 S Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105. Dr. Tse's primary practice is Davita Huntington Dialysis in Pasadena, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Tse to 3 dialysis centers, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Tse is (626) 564-2818.

Which states has Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Tse in California (1992 to 2025), New Jersey (1991 to 2003) and Pennsylvania (1993 to 2002).

Which hospitals is Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse affiliated with?

Dr. Tse is affiliated with Huntington Hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse part of?

Dr. Tse is linked to Pasadena Nephrology. Dmand AI links Dr. Tse to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Tse billed Medicare for 1,540 services in 2024, and Dr. Tse accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse offer telehealth?

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

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse see?

CMS counts 409 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Tse in 2024, with an average age of 76.

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Is Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse board certified?

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

What services does Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Tse's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), hospital inpatient care (99232) and dialysis (90960).

Where did Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse go to medical school?

Dr. Tse graduated from Sidney Kimmel Medical College in 1990.

What drugs does Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Tse's most prescribed drugs by claims were Farxiga, Irbesartan and Prosol.

Has Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $83,925 in general payments to Dr. Tse from 29 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP.

How long has Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse been practicing?

Dr. Tse graduated from medical school in 1990, 36 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Ka-Lok E. Tse accept?

Dr. Tse is in network with 14 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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