Dr. David J. Dalstrom, MD

  • San Diego, CA
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1942333075PAC ID3779638143
Medicare services, 2024
65
Medicare patients, 2024
78
Part D claims, 2018
71
Publications
7
MIPS score, 2024
94
Practice address
200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103
Practice phone
Call (619) 543-6222
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Primary practice

UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center

San Diego, California

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Dr. David J. Dalstrom is an orthopedic surgeon in San Diego, California

Dr. Dalstrom practices at UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California.

Dr. Dalstrom's NPI, 1942333075, was assigned on March 14, 2007. Dr. Dalstrom graduated from Ohio State College of Medicine in 2003. Dr. Dalstrom holds Washington license MD60088043.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
3779638143
NPI enumeration date
March 14, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(619) 543-6222
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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. David J. Dalstrom practices at UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California

Dr. Dalstrom's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center, at 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103 in San Diego County. The practice phone is (619) 543-6222.

  • UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center
    200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103 · San Diego CountyPhone(619) 543-6222

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

Dr. David J. Dalstrom is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Dalstrom's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California. Dr. Dalstrom is also affiliated with Harborview Medical Center. The medical group on file is UW Physicians.

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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. David J. Dalstrom's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
UCSD Hillcrest Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. David J. Dalstrom is one of 2,056 orthopedic surgeons in California

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Dalstrom's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Dalstrom is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Dalstrom's licenses on file in 3 states: Washington, California and Ohio.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, WashingtonPrimaryLicense MD60088043 · 2009 to 2027 · taxonomy 207X00000X
  • California license2010 to 2024
  • Ohio license2003 to 2011

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists ankle or foot injury, ankle replacement, arthritis, broken or dislocated ankle/ or foot, bursitis, enthesopathy in foot or ankle, joint pain and leg, ankle or foot fracture among the conditions Dr. Dalstrom treats.

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Dalstrom

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Dr. David J. Dalstrom billed Medicare for 65 services in 2024

CMS data shows 65 Medicare services from Dr. Dalstrom across 3 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 78 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $5,061 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 202465
Medicare patients78
Paid by Medicare$5,061
Procedure codes3

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1882024: 6565%

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

  • Dr. Dalstrom
  • California median
Medicare services
65vs 68390% below
Medicare patients
78vs 21564% below
Part D claims
71vs 70Close to median

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

Dr. Dalstrom'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. David J. Dalstrom treated 78 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 71

CMS counts 78 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Dalstrom in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 42 patients. 68% of them have arthritis, and 54% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 0.97, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Dalstrom's median patient age at 55, with 50% women.

Medicare patients, 202478
Average age71
Average risk score0.97

Dr. Dalstrom's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Dalstrom's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women4558%
  • Men3342%

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

  1. Arthritis68%
  2. High blood pressure54%
  3. High cholesterol54%
  4. Anxiety26%
  5. Osteoporosis23%
  6. Mood disorders22%
  7. Atrial fibrillation21%
  8. Depression19%

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

Dr. Dalstrom's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 55

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women50%
  • Men50%

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

Dr. David J. Dalstrom wrote 71 Medicare Part D claims in 2018

In 2018, Dr. Dalstrom wrote 71 Medicare Part D claims. They cover 3 drugs, with $3,486 in total drug cost. In 2017, CMS named 109 claims across 5 drugs.

Part D claims, 201871
Drugs named by CMS3
Total drug cost$3,486

Dr. Dalstrom's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2018

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

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2017 to 2018

  • 2017
  • 2018
Claims for drugs CMS names
2017: 1092018: 7135%

Drugs named by CMS: 3 in 2018, 5 in 2017.

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

Dr. David J. Dalstrom scored 94 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 94 out of 100 for Dr. Dalstrom for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Dalstrom accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Dalstrom's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 94of 100Final score
  • 74.6of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

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

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

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Dr. David J. Dalstrom has 7 publications on record

Dmand AI links 7 papers to Dr. Dalstrom, published from 2019 to 2025. Dr. Dalstrom's most frequent co-authors are Brian Michael Ilfeld, MD, Wendy B. Abramson, MD and Stephen K. Benirschke, MD.

Papers7
Years published2019 to 2025

Dr. Dalstrom's papers by year, 2019 to 2025

Dr. Dalstrom's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Dalstrom

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Dr. David J. Dalstrom received $507,529 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 586 general payments to Dr. Dalstrom from 26 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 76% of the total. Stryker Corporation paid the most, $464,687. It also lists 30 research payments totaling $19,917 from 2018 to 2019.

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

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

$507.5Kin total
  • Consulting fees$387,89676%
  • Travel and lodging$70,26414%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$23,9005%
  • Food and beverage$16,1343%
  • Education$9,3352%

Companies that paid Dr. Dalstrom 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. David J. Dalstrom graduated from Ohio State College of Medicine

Dr. Dalstrom graduated from Ohio State College of Medicine in 2003.

  1. Medical schoolOhio State College of Medicine
  2. Board certified in orthopaedic surgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. David J. Dalstrom accepts plans from 18 insurance carriers

Dr. Dalstrom is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Dalstrom accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO11
  2. Medicare10
  3. HMO9
  4. EPO5
  5. POS4
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. David J. Dalstrom'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)
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)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
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. David J. Dalstrom's NPI number?

Dr. David J. Dalstrom's NPI number is 1942333075. It was assigned on March 14, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. David J. Dalstrom?

Dr. David J. Dalstrom is an orthopedic surgeon in San Diego, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. David J. Dalstrom practice?

Dr. Dalstrom practices at 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103. Dr. Dalstrom's primary practice is UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center in San Diego, California.

What is Dr. David J. Dalstrom's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Dalstrom is (619) 543-6222.

What is Dr. David J. Dalstrom's medical license number?

Dr. Dalstrom holds Washington license MD60088043, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. David J. Dalstrom been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Dalstrom in Washington (2009 to 2027), California (2010 to 2024) and Ohio (2003 to 2011).

Which hospitals is Dr. David J. Dalstrom affiliated with?

Dr. Dalstrom is affiliated with Harborview Medical Center.

What medical group is Dr. David J. Dalstrom part of?

Dr. Dalstrom is linked to UW Physicians.

Does Dr. David J. Dalstrom accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Dalstrom billed Medicare for 65 services in 2024, and Dr. Dalstrom accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. David J. Dalstrom's MIPS score?

Dr. Dalstrom's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 94 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. David J. Dalstrom see?

CMS counts 78 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Dalstrom in 2024, with an average age of 71.

Is Dr. David J. Dalstrom board certified?

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

What services does Dr. David J. Dalstrom bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Dalstrom's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, new patient (99204) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. David J. Dalstrom go to medical school?

Dr. Dalstrom graduated from Ohio State College of Medicine in 2003.

What drugs does Dr. David J. Dalstrom prescribe most?

In 2018 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Dalstrom's most prescribed drugs by claims were Diclofenac Sodium, Voltaren and Oxycodone HCl.

Has Dr. David J. Dalstrom received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $507,529 in general payments to Dr. Dalstrom from 26 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Stryker Corporation.

How long has Dr. David J. Dalstrom been practicing?

Dr. Dalstrom graduated from medical school in 2003, 23 years ago.

Does Dr. David J. Dalstrom do research?

Dmand AI links 7 publications to Dr. Dalstrom, published from 2019 to 2025.

Who does Dr. David J. Dalstrom publish with?

Dr. Dalstrom's most frequent co-authors are Brian Michael Ilfeld, MD (2 shared papers), Wendy B. Abramson, MD (1 shared paper) and Stephen K. Benirschke, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. David J. Dalstrom accept?

Dr. Dalstrom is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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