Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu, MD, PhD

  • Fresno, CA
  • Surgical oncologist
NPI1629227251PAC ID9931265683
Medicare services, 2024
19
Medicare patients, 2024
26
Part D claims, 2024
22
Hospital affiliations
2
Industry payments
$6,845
Practice address
7887 N Cedar Ave, Fresno, CA 93720-2685
Practice phone
Call (559) 437-1000
Professional email
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Primary practice

Fresno Cancer Center & Central Valley Breast Care

Multi-specialty group site · Fresno, California

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Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu is a surgical oncologist in Fresno, California

Dr. Chu practices at Fresno Cancer Center & Central Valley Breast Care in Fresno, California.

Dr. Chu's NPI, 1629227251, was assigned on September 18, 2008. Dr. Chu graduated from WashU Medicine in 2002. Dr. Chu's California license number on file is A86342.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9931265683
NPI enumeration date
September 18, 2008
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(559) 437-1000
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
50
Medical school graduation
2002

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

Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu practices at Fresno Cancer Center & Central Valley Breast Care in Fresno, California

Dr. Chu's primary practice is Fresno Cancer Center & Central Valley Breast Care, at 7887 N Cedar Ave, Fresno, CA 93720-2685. The practice phone is (559) 437-1000.

  • Fresno Cancer Center & Central Valley Breast Care
    7887 N Cedar Ave, Fresno, CA 93720-2685Phone(559) 437-1000

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Chu's primary practice is Fresno Cancer Center & Central Valley Breast Care in Fresno, California. Dr. Chu is also affiliated with Saint Agnes Medical Center. The medical group on file is Cancer Therapy Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chu to 1 more hospital and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Chu practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Fresno Cancer Center & Central Valley Breast CareAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu is one of 243 surgical oncologists in California

Surgical oncology is Dr. Chu's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2086X0206X. Dr. Chu is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Chu has a license on file in California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgical oncology, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A86342 · 2004 to 2025 · taxonomy 2086X0206X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists mastectomy among the conditions Dr. Chu treats.

Surgical oncologists near Dr. Chu

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

243surgical oncologists in California
3surgical oncologists in Fresno

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

Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu billed Medicare for 19 services in 2024

CMS data shows 19 Medicare services from Dr. Chu across 1 procedure code in 2024, all of them office visits, for 26 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $2,067 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 202419
Medicare patients26
Paid by Medicare$2,067
Procedure codes1

Dr. Chu's Medicare services by type, 2022 to 2024

  • 2022
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2022: 1592024: 1988%

Dr. Chu compared with the California median for surgical oncologists, 2024

  • Dr. Chu
  • California median
Medicare services
19vs 17289% below
Medicare patients
26vs 11177% below
Part D claims
36vs 2264% above

Medians across 217 surgical oncologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Chu'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. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu treated 26 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 26 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chu in 2024. 75% of them have cancer, and 75% have high blood pressure. 42% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.92, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Chu's median patient age at 60, with 99% women.

Medicare patients, 202426
Average age72
Average risk score0.92
Also on Medicaid42%

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

  1. Cancer75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol65%
  4. Arthritis50%
  5. Diabetes46%

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

Dr. Chu's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 60

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women99%
  • Men1%

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

Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu wrote 22 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Chu wrote 22 Medicare Part D claims for 11 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. They cover 2 drugs, with $182 in total drug cost. In 2021, CMS named 25 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 202422
Drugs named by CMS2
Total drug cost$182
Part D patients11

Dr. Chu's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2022

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, 2021 to 2022

  • 2021
  • 2022
Claims for drugs CMS names
2021: 252022: 3644%

Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2022, 1 in 2021.

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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. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu ranks in the 84th percentile for mastectomy in Medicare

Dr. Chu accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 27 procedures of mastectomy by Dr. Chu, more than 84% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Chu ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Mastectomy
84th percentile27 procedures
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
75th percentile21 procedures

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Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu received $6,845 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 112 general payments to Dr. Chu from 40 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 93% of the total. Amgen Inc. paid the most, $1,500.

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

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

$6.8Kin total
  • Food and beverage$6,33293%
  • Travel and lodging$3485%
  • Education$1001%
  • Entertainment$661%

Companies that paid Dr. Chu 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. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Chu.

Awards and honors for Dr. Chu

  1. Undated
    • ACS Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu graduated from WashU Medicine

Dr. Chu graduated from WashU Medicine in 2002.

  1. Medical schoolWashU Medicine
  2. Board certified in surgeryAmerican Board of Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu accepts plans from 9 insurance carriers

Dr. Chu is in network with 9 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • HCSC
  • LA Care
  • Regence Health Plans
  • CMS Medicare
  • Humana
  • +1 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Chu accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare7
  2. PPO5
  3. HMO3
  4. EPO1
  5. Medicaid1
  6. POS1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu'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 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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (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. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu's NPI number?

Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu's NPI number is 1629227251. It was assigned on September 18, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu?

Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu is a surgical oncologist in Fresno, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgical Oncology Physician (taxonomy code 2086X0206X).

Where does Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu practice?

Dr. Chu practices at 7887 N Cedar Ave, Fresno, CA 93720-2685. Dr. Chu's primary practice is Fresno Cancer Center & Central Valley Breast Care in Fresno, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chu to 1 hospital and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Chu is (559) 437-1000.

What is Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu's medical license number?

Dr. Chu's California license number on file is A86342.

Which hospitals is Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu affiliated with?

Dr. Chu is affiliated with Saint Agnes Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Chu to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu part of?

Dr. Chu is linked to Cancer Therapy Medical Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Chu to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Chu billed Medicare for 19 services in 2024, and Dr. Chu accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu see?

CMS counts 26 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chu in 2024, with an average age of 72.

Is Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu board certified?

Yes. Dr. Chu is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery.

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What services does Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Chu's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214).

Where did Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu go to medical school?

Dr. Chu graduated from WashU Medicine in 2002.

What drugs does Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu prescribe most?

In 2022 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Chu's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen and Promethazine HCl.

Has Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $6,845 in general payments to Dr. Chu from 40 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Amgen Inc.

How long has Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu been practicing?

Dr. Chu graduated from medical school in 2002, 24 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Dortha Tao-Yi Chu accept?

Dr. Chu is in network with 9 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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