Dr. Yi-Chun Chen, MD

Dr. Chen practices at UW Medical Center - Northwest in Seattle, Washington.

Dr. Chen's NPI, 1679927941, was assigned on April 22, 2016. Dr. Chen holds Washington license MD61136438.

Dr. Chen's primary practice is UW Medical Center - Northwest, at 1550 N 115th St, Seattle, WA 98133 in King County. The practice phone is (206) 364-0500.

Dr. Chen's primary practice is UW Medical Center - Northwest in Seattle, Washington. The medical group on file is Swedish Health Services. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chen to 2 more group practices and clinics, 2 medical groups and 1 ambulatory surgery center, each named with a free account.

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

Dermatology is Dr. Chen's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dr. Chen is licensed in Washington.

CMS data shows 1,427 Medicare services from Dr. Chen across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 412 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $68,907 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 412 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chen in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 189 patients. 64% of them have high cholesterol, and 55% have high blood pressure. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.15, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Chen's median patient age at 70, with 62% women.

In 2024, Dr. Chen wrote 1,008 Medicare Part D claims for 363 patients. 85% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 866 of them, across 21 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $664,394 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 645 claims across 16 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 87 out of 100 for Dr. Chen for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Chen accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 518 procedures of removal of skin lesions by Dr. Chen, more than 87% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Chen in 2012. 2012 was the busiest year, with 2.

CMS Open Payments shows 1 general payment to Dr. Chen from 1 drug or device company in 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Pfizer Inc. paid the most, $42.