John C Becker, MD
Orthopedic Surgery · Los Altos
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 1
- 1 carrier
- Offices
- 2
Offices
2 locations · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group
Plans that list them
1 plan · 1 carrier
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| Alignment Health Sutter Advantage +More (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence G17632 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 1969 · expires 2027-10-31 · Stanford University School of Medicine. Board flags: Arbitration Award.
Public record actions
| 1994-10-04 | Arbitration award | $160,922 · Santa clara superior court, santa clara, CA · 714434 |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$5,971
Medicare paid this office $5,971 for 35 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | 15 | $1,648 | $69 |
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 21 | $1,322 | $63 |
| Short return visit | 11 | $1,069 | $56 |
Who their Medicare patients are
35 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 80 · Under 65 0% · Women 63% · Health risk score 0.92. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical orthopedic surgery clinician is at 1.13.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Diabetes 31%.
The office billed $23,914, Medicare allowed $7,652 and paid $5,971; for 118 services of 6 kinds; $1,491 of it was for drugs given in the office and $4,480 for care.
Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.
Year by year
| 2024 | 35 | 118 | 80 | 0.92 | $23,914 | $5,971 |
| 2023 | 39 | 144 | 74 | 0.84 | $26,540 | $6,778 |
| 2022 | 58 | 163 | 77 | 1.00 | $25,314 | $7,135 |
| 2021 | 56 | 349 | 77 | 1.01 | $47,559 | $11,608 |
| 2020 | 73 | 285 | 76 | 0.98 | $45,116 | $10,519 |
| 2019 | 106 | 363 | 76 | 1.11 | $80,895 | $22,580 |
| 2018 | 121 | 294 | 75 | 1.14 | $58,693 | $13,790 |
| 2017 | 118 | 262 | 73 | 1.18 | $49,166 | $12,028 |
| 2016 | 113 | 289 | 73 | 0.83 | $56,553 | $14,448 |
| 2015 | 106 | 283 | 75 | 0.86 | $54,162 | $13,692 |
| 2014 | 121 | 235 | 74 | 1.12 | $54,515 | $13,442 |
| 2013 | 72 | 132 | 74 | 0.85 | $27,721 | $6,771 |
Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.
See the services billed each year
2023: 5 services
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | 14 | $1,696 | $65 |
| Short return visit | 12 | $1,364 | $55 |
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 21 | $1,214 | $58 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 12 | $944 | $79 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 12 | $37 | None |
2022: 4 services
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 29 | $1,894 | $65 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | 24 | $1,756 | $61 |
| Short return visit | 20 | $1,428 | $51 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 18 | $47 | None |
2021: 5 services
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | 25 | $3,438 | $70 |
| Short return visit | 28 | $1,832 | $48 |
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 23 | $1,514 | $66 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 13 | $1,012 | $78 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 16 | $69 | None |
2020: 6 services
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | 34 | $3,465 | $53 |
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 36 | $2,299 | $64 |
| Short return visit | 25 | $1,406 | $41 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 17 | $1,067 | $63 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 21 | $98 | None |
| Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg | 11 | $62 | None |
2019: 7 services
| Hyaluronan or derivative, orthovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose | 11 | $9,308 | None |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | 44 | $5,761 | $61 |
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 44 | $3,029 | $69 |
| Short return visit | 30 | $1,763 | $38 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 23 | $1,539 | $67 |
| Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg | 20 | $115 | None |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 18 | $86 | None |
2018: 6 services
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | 44 | $4,085 | $54 |
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 64 | $3,705 | $58 |
| Short return visit | 45 | $1,944 | $33 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 22 | $1,437 | $65 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 27 | $49 | None |
| Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 20 mg | 12 | $39 | None |
2017: 5 services
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 64 | $3,810 | $60 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | 36 | $2,774 | $50 |
| Short return visit | 46 | $2,126 | $36 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 22 | $1,477 | $67 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 21 | $45 | None |
2016: 5 services
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 66 | $4,091 | $62 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | 42 | $3,744 | $56 |
| Short return visit | 33 | $1,624 | $37 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 19 | $1,211 | $64 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 36 | $71 | None |
2015: 5 services
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 54 | $3,805 | $70 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | 37 | $3,788 | $61 |
| Short return visit | 49 | $2,677 | $40 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 13 | $926 | $71 |
| Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 22 | $49 | None |
2014: 4 services
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 77 | $4,972 | $65 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | 26 | $3,317 | $55 |
| Short return visit | 41 | $2,277 | $36 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 20 | $1,347 | $67 |
2013: 3 services
| New patient visit (15+ min) | 45 | $2,990 | $66 |
| Short return visit | 30 | $1,568 | $33 |
| Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint | 19 | $1,363 | $49 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1356359830
- Licence
- CA G17632California G17632: Current · expires 2027-10-31
- Trained
- Stanford University School of Medicine, 1968
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Orthopedic surgery (207X00000X)
- Mailing address
- 2500 Hospital Dr, #7, Mt View, CA, 94040
- NPI first listed
- 2006-08-03
- NPI last updated
- 2007-07-08
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.