Dr. Soonmee Cha, MD

Dr. Cha practices at UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California, part of University of California Health.

Dr. Cha's NPI, 1497792873, was assigned on June 2, 2006. Dr. Cha graduated from Georgetown University School Of Medicine in 1991. Dr. Cha holds California license G85328.

Dr. Cha's primary practice is UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights, at 505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0296, San Francisco, CA 94143 in San Francisco County. The practice phone is (415) 353-2733.

Dr. Cha's primary practice is UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California, part of University of California Health. Dr. Cha is also affiliated with MarinHealth Medical Center. The medical group on file is UCSF Pediatrics. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cha to 3 more medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Cha practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neuroradiology is Dr. Cha's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2085N0700X. Dr. Cha is board certified in diagnostic radiology by the American Board of Radiology. Dmand AI has Dr. Cha's licenses on file in 2 states: California and New York.

CMS data shows 1,476 Medicare services from Dr. Cha across 19 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,066 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $98,138 for them.

CMS counts 1,066 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cha in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 455 patients. 73% of them have high blood pressure, and 73% have high cholesterol. 37% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.04, 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. Cha's median patient age at 61, with 55% women.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 86 out of 100 for Dr. Cha for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Cha accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 151 papers to Dr. Cha, published from 2002 to 2025. 2017 was the busiest year, with 8. The most frequent topics are Brain Neoplasms, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Glioma. Dr. Cha has published most often in AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. Dr. Cha's most frequent co-authors are Susan M. Chang, MD, Mitchel S. Berger, MD and Javier Villanueva-Meyer.

CMS Open Payments shows 10 general payments to Dr. Cha from 2 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2019. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 81% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $4,745.

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Cha, most recently America's Top Doctors in 2014.

Dr. Cha graduated from Georgetown University School Of Medicine in 1991.

Dr. Cha is in network with 3 carriers, including Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, CMS Medicare and NV State Medicaid. EPO plans come from the most carriers, 1. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.