Dr. Bobby Tay, MD

  • San Francisco, CA
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1124065164PAC ID4385727445
Medicare services, 2024
445
Medicare patients, 2024
207
Part D claims, 2024
34
Publications
85
Clinical trials
3
Practice address
505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0296, San Francisco, CA 94143
Practice phone
Call (415) 353-2733
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights

Hospital · San Francisco, California

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Dr. Bobby Tay is an orthopedic surgeon in San Francisco, California

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

Dr. Tay's NPI, 1124065164, was assigned on May 31, 2006. Dr. Tay graduated from UCSF School of Medicine in 1993. Dr. Tay holds California license G80047.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
4385727445
NPI enumeration date
May 31, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(415) 353-2733
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
59
Medical school graduation
1993

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

Dr. Bobby Tay practices at UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California

Dr. Tay'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.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Bobby Tay is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Tay's primary practice is UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California, part of University of California Health. The medical group on file is UCSF Pediatrics. Dmand AI also links Dr. Tay to 2 more home health agencies, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Bobby Tay's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Tay practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus HeightsAvailable with a free account
+3 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Bobby Tay is one of 2,056 orthopedic surgeons in California

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Tay's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Tay is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Tay is licensed in California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense G80047 · 1994 to 2026 · taxonomy 207X00000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists back and neck pain treatment without fusion, back pain injection, lower back pain, neck pain and spine problems, scoliosis and spinal fusion among the conditions Dr. Tay treats.

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Tay

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

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

Dr. Bobby Tay billed Medicare for 445 services in 2024

CMS data shows 445 Medicare services from Dr. Tay across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 207 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $102,556 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024445
Medicare patients207
Paid by Medicare$102,556
Procedure codes10

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 02024: 262
Surgery
2023: 862024: 183113%

Dr. Tay compared with the California median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Tay
  • California median
Medicare services
445vs 68335% below
Medicare patients
207vs 215Close to median
Part D claims
11vs 7084% below

Medians across 1,844 orthopedic surgeons in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Tay'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. Bobby Tay treated 207 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 207 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Tay in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 100 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.13, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Tay's median patient age at 69, with 46% women.

Medicare patients, 2024207
Average age74
Average risk score1.13
Also on Medicaid9%

Dr. Tay's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Tay's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women9144%
  • Men11656%

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

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Mood disorders33%
  5. Depression30%
  6. Anxiety29%
  7. Ischemic heart disease28%
  8. Osteoporosis22%

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

Dr. Tay's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 69

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women46%
  • Men51%

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

Dr. Bobby Tay wrote 34 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Tay wrote 34 Medicare Part D claims for 18 patients. 97% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 11 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $413 in total drug cost. In 2020, CMS named 12 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 202434
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$413
Part D patients18

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

  • Generic33 claims97%
  • Brand-name and other1 claims3%

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

  • Opioids38%13 of 34 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, 2020 to 2024

  • 2020
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2020: 122024: 118%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2024, 1 in 2020.

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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. Bobby Tay scored 87 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 87 out of 100 for Dr. Tay for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Tay accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Tay as offering telehealth. CMS counts 77 procedures of laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) by Dr. Tay, more than 89% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Tay's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 87of 100Final score
  • 86.8of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 70of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Tay ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Spinal fusion
84th percentile151 procedures
Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones)
89th percentile77 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Bobby Tay has 85 publications on record

Dmand AI links 85 papers to Dr. Tay, published from 2010 to 2023. 2017 was the busiest year, with 9. The most frequent topics are Spinal Fusion, Postoperative Complications and Cervical Vertebrae. Dr. Tay has published most often in Spine (Phila Pa 1976). Dr. Tay's most frequent co-authors are Shane Burch, MD, Vedat Deviren, MD and Christopher P. Ames, MD.

Papers85
Years published2010 to 2023

Dr. Tay's papers by year, 2014 to 2023

Topics Dr. Tay writes about most

  • Spinal Fusion
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Cervical Vertebrae
  • Lumbar Vertebrae
  • Reoperation
  • Kyphosis
  • Length of Stay
  • Spine

Dr. Tay's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Tay

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Bobby Tay has worked on 3 clinical trials

Dmand AI links Dr. Tay to 3 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Spondylolisthesis and Spondylolysis. Thimble Bioelectronics, Inc. sponsors the most, 2.

Conditions in Dr. Tay's trials

  • Spondylolisthesis
  • Spondylolysis

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Tay

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Tay

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. Bobby Tay received $100,467 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 222 general payments to Dr. Tay from 30 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Royalties and licenses make up the largest share, 73% of the total. Stryker Corporation paid the most, $74,542.

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

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

$100.5Kin total
  • Royalties and licenses$73,42373%
  • Food and beverage$16,09416%
  • Accredited education speaker fees$4,5004%
  • Travel and lodging$4,1994%
  • Other$2,2502%

Companies that paid Dr. Tay 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. Bobby Tay has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Tay, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Tay

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Bobby Tay graduated from UCSF School of Medicine

Dr. Tay graduated from UCSF School of Medicine in 1993.

  1. Medical schoolUCSF School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in orthopaedic surgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Bobby Tay accepts plans from 11 insurance carriers

Dr. Tay is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Elevance
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • HCSC
  • Regence Health Plans
  • +3 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Tay accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare9
  2. PPO8
  3. HMO5
  4. POS5
  5. EPO4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Bobby Tay'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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
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. Bobby Tay's NPI number?

Dr. Bobby Tay's NPI number is 1124065164. It was assigned on May 31, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Bobby Tay?

Dr. Bobby Tay is an orthopedic surgeon in San Francisco, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. Bobby Tay practice?

Dr. Tay practices at 505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0296, San Francisco, CA 94143. Dr. Tay's primary practice is UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California, part of University of California Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Tay to 2 home health agencies, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Bobby Tay's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Tay is (415) 353-2733.

What is Dr. Bobby Tay's medical license number?

Dr. Tay holds California license G80047.

Which hospitals is Dr. Bobby Tay affiliated with?

Dr. Tay practices at UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California.

What medical group is Dr. Bobby Tay part of?

Dr. Tay is linked to UCSF Pediatrics. Dmand AI links Dr. Tay to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Bobby Tay accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Tay billed Medicare for 445 services in 2024, and Dr. Tay accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Bobby Tay offer telehealth?

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

What is Dr. Bobby Tay's MIPS score?

Dr. Tay's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 87 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Bobby Tay see?

CMS counts 207 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Tay in 2024, with an average age of 74.

Is Dr. Bobby Tay board certified?

Yes. Dr. Tay is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

What services does Dr. Bobby Tay bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Tay's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, established patient (99213) and surgery: bones and joints (22614).

Where did Dr. Bobby Tay go to medical school?

Dr. Tay graduated from UCSF School of Medicine in 1993.

What drugs does Dr. Bobby Tay prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Tay's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone-Acetaminophen.

Has Dr. Bobby Tay received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $100,467 in general payments to Dr. Tay from 30 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Stryker Corporation.

How long has Dr. Bobby Tay been practicing?

Dr. Tay graduated from medical school in 1993, 33 years ago.

Does Dr. Bobby Tay do research?

Dmand AI links 85 publications to Dr. Tay, published from 2010 to 2023. Dr. Tay has worked on 3 clinical trials.

Who does Dr. Bobby Tay publish with?

Dr. Tay's most frequent co-authors are Shane Burch, MD (34 shared papers), Vedat Deviren, MD (32 shared papers) and Christopher P. Ames, MD (30 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Bobby Tay accept?

Dr. Tay is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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