Francis G Blankenberg, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Palo Alto
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 13
- 2 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Lpch Medical Group Div of Lucile · 332 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Lucile Salter Packard Children'S Hsp at Stanford. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
13 plans · 2 carriers
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13 of 13 plans
| Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Harmony (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Alignment Health the ONE (HMO) | Alignment Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence G60767 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 1987 · expires 2027-05-31 · University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Hospitals they work in
1 hospital
These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.
- Lucile Salter Packard Children'S Hsp at StanfordPalo Alto, CAChildren · Voluntary non-profit - Private · No emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsNo overall ratingNo measure marked better or worse than the national rate
Original Medicare doctor bills
$661
Medicare paid this office $661 for 14 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Who their Medicare patients are
14 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 24 · Health risk score 5.28. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical diagnostic radiology clinician is at 1.7.
The office billed $3,178, Medicare allowed $829 and paid $661; for 36 services of 15 kinds.
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 | 14 | 36 | 24 | 5.28 | $3,178 | $661 |
| 2023 | 17 | 47 | 26 | 3.45 | $4,799 | $865 |
| 2022 | 18 | 30 | 25 | 4.36 | $1,453 | $317 |
| 2021 | 14 | 29 | 28 | 3.65 | $3,219 | $623 |
| 2020 | 12 | 40 | 18 | 3.44 | $5,342 | $1,187 |
| 2019 | 14 | 33 | 22 | 3.47 | $3,720 | $800 |
| 2018 | 22 | 61 | 21 | 3.39 | $4,499 | $901 |
| 2017 | 23 | 42 | 19 | 5.75 | $4,499 | $878 |
| 2016 | 21 | 29 | 23 | 4.65 | $3,245 | $713 |
| 2015 | 20 | 40 | 18 | 5.13 | $4,008 | $943 |
| 2014 | 18 | 27 | 18 | 2.82 | $2,662 | $602 |
| 2013 | 12 | 33 | 24 | 4.30 | $3,321 | $510 |
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.
Medicaid work
$58,502 in 2024
Medicaid paid $58,502 for 3,398 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 99 people in a month for one service.
Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.
| Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 1,611 | $16,111 |
| VASCULAR STUDY | 99 | $8,930 |
| Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 509 | $6,887 |
| US RETROPERITONEAL REAL TIME W/IMAGE COMPLETE | 77 | $5,737 |
| Radiologic examination, spine, entire thoracic and lumbar, including skull, cervical and sacral spine if performed (eg, scoliosis evaluation); 2 or 3 views | 147 | $5,613 |
| X-ray of abdomen, 1 view | 507 | $5,533 |
| ECHO EXAM OF ABDOMEN | 107 | $3,024 |
| X-RAY EXAM OF PELVIS | 126 | $2,152 |
| Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; complete | 29 | $1,251 |
| X-RAY EXAM OF WRIST | 45 | $658 |
| Echoencephalography, real time with image documentation (gray scale) (for determination of ventricular size, delineation of cerebral contents, and detection of fluid masses or other intracranial abnormalities), including A-mode encephalography as secondary component where indicated | 21 | $523 |
| Radiologic examination, single plane body section (eg, tomography), other than with urography | 18 | $381 |
| 2024 | 3,398 | 19 | 99 | $58,502 |
| 2023 | 3,278 | 10 | 95 | $38,250 |
| 2022 | 3,000 | 11 | 94 | $35,437 |
| 2021 | 2,562 | 14 | 85 | $30,252 |
| 2020 | 1,587 | 8 | 51 | $28,248 |
| 2019 | 2,213 | 12 | 75 | $25,011 |
| 2018 | 2,010 | 10 | 70 | $27,846 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 1,923 | $17,341 |
| X-ray of abdomen, 1 view | 556 | $5,515 |
| Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 439 | $5,261 |
| ECHO EXAM OF ABDOMEN | 115 | $2,929 |
| US RETROPERITONEAL REAL TIME W/IMAGE COMPLETE | 45 | $2,557 |
| X-RAY EXAM OF PELVIS | 110 | $1,541 |
| VASCULAR STUDY | 25 | $1,245 |
| Radiologic examination, spine, entire thoracic and lumbar, including skull, cervical and sacral spine if performed (eg, scoliosis evaluation); 2 or 3 views | 26 | $1,213 |
| Radiologic examination, single plane body section (eg, tomography), other than with urography | 25 | $539 |
| X-RAY EXAM OF ANKLE | 14 | $109 |
2022
| Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 1,795 | $16,637 |
| X-ray of abdomen, 1 view | 444 | $4,745 |
| Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 381 | $4,450 |
| US RETROPERITONEAL REAL TIME W/IMAGE COMPLETE | 46 | $3,064 |
| X-RAY EXAM OF PELVIS | 112 | $1,788 |
| ECHO EXAM OF ABDOMEN | 70 | $1,506 |
| X-RAY EXAM OF WRIST | 61 | $942 |
| Radiologic examination, spine, entire thoracic and lumbar, including skull, cervical and sacral spine if performed (eg, scoliosis evaluation); 2 or 3 views | 25 | $927 |
| Echoencephalography, real time with image documentation (gray scale) (for determination of ventricular size, delineation of cerebral contents, and detection of fluid masses or other intracranial abnormalities), including A-mode encephalography as secondary component where indicated | 34 | $895 |
| Radiologic examination, abdomen; 2 views | 20 | $255 |
| Imaging for evaluation of swallowing function | 12 | $229 |
2021
| Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 1,577 | $13,572 |
| US RETROPERITONEAL REAL TIME W/IMAGE COMPLETE | 58 | $4,589 |
| X-ray of abdomen, 1 view | 417 | $4,216 |
| Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 245 | $3,087 |
| X-RAY EXAM OF PELVIS | 73 | $1,110 |
| Radiologic examination, spine, entire thoracic and lumbar, including skull, cervical and sacral spine if performed (eg, scoliosis evaluation); 2 or 3 views | 26 | $734 |
| Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; complete | 14 | $727 |
| ECHO EXAM OF ABDOMEN | 23 | $596 |
| Imaging for evaluation of swallowing function | 26 | $437 |
| X-RAY EXAM OF WRIST | 31 | $334 |
| Radiologic examination, abdomen; 2 views | 26 | $308 |
| X-RAY EXAM OF ANKLE | 13 | $206 |
2020
| US RETROPERITONEAL REAL TIME W/IMAGE COMPLETE | 144 | $9,931 |
| Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 926 | $8,791 |
| X-ray of abdomen, 1 view | 267 | $2,605 |
| Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; complete | 55 | $2,211 |
| VASCULAR STUDY | 27 | $1,895 |
| Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 97 | $1,062 |
| ECHO EXAM OF ABDOMEN | 34 | $886 |
| Echoencephalography, real time with image documentation (gray scale) (for determination of ventricular size, delineation of cerebral contents, and detection of fluid masses or other intracranial abnormalities), including A-mode encephalography as secondary component where indicated | 37 | $868 |
2019
| Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 1,333 | $12,062 |
| Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 348 | $3,832 |
| X-ray of abdomen, 1 view | 393 | $3,719 |
| US RETROPERITONEAL REAL TIME W/IMAGE COMPLETE | 26 | $1,725 |
| Radiologic examination, spine, entire thoracic and lumbar, including skull, cervical and sacral spine if performed (eg, scoliosis evaluation); 2 or 3 views | 19 | $1,032 |
| VASCULAR STUDY | 12 | $807 |
| ECHO EXAM OF ABDOMEN | 17 | $467 |
| Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; complete | 12 | $435 |
| Ultrasound, retroperitoneal (eg, renal, aorta, nodes), real time with image documentation; limited | 14 | $363 |
| X-RAY EXAM OF PELVIS | 13 | $229 |
| Imaging for evaluation of swallowing function | 12 | $174 |
| X-ray of elbow, anteroposterior and lateral views | 14 | $165 |
2018
| Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 1,239 | $13,379 |
| Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 239 | $3,896 |
| X-ray of abdomen, 1 view | 270 | $3,659 |
| Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; complete | 53 | $1,939 |
| US RETROPERITONEAL REAL TIME W/IMAGE COMPLETE | 20 | $1,091 |
| X-RAY EXAM OF PELVIS | 76 | $1,087 |
| Ultrasound, retroperitoneal (eg, renal, aorta, nodes), real time with image documentation; limited | 28 | $1,075 |
| ECHO EXAM OF ABDOMEN | 27 | $721 |
| Radiologic examination, spine, entire thoracic and lumbar, including skull, cervical and sacral spine if performed (eg, scoliosis evaluation); 2 or 3 views | 12 | $586 |
| Service | 46 | $415 |
Money from drug and device companies
$9,400 in 2023
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | $9,400 | $9,400 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 | $38,475 | $38,475 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | $10,625 | $10,625 |
| 2020 | 1 | 10 | $63,325 | $63,325 |
| 2019 | 1 | 14 | $40,376 | $40,376 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Genentech | None | $9,400 | 2 payments
|
See all 2 published payments
| Genentech | Consulting · 2023-11-13 | None | $5,640 |
| Genentech | Consulting · 2023-04-12 | None | $3,760 |
See earlier years (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)
2022: $38,475
| Genentech | None | $38,475 | 3 payments
|
2021: $10,625
| Genentech | None | $10,625 | 2 payments
|
2020: $63,325
| Genentech | Non-Covered Product | $63,325 | 10 payments
|
2019: $40,376
| Genentech | Non-Covered Product | $40,376 | 14 payments
|
Research money
Money a company paid to run a study. Where it went to their institution, the clinician is named as an investigator and did not receive it; the amount covers the whole study, often across many sites.
| Genentech, Inc. · Ph1 Dose Finding of Cd20 Cd3 Tdb in B Cell Nhl · 2019 | This clinician | $11,900 |
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 76.5 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1578653317
- Licence
- CA G60767California G60767: Current · expires 2027-05-31
- Trained
- University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, 1986
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Medicaid ID
- CA 00G607670
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 2085P0229X (2085P0229X); Diagnostic radiology (2085R0202X)
- Mailing address
- 1804 Embarcadero Rd, Ste 100, Palo Alto, CA, 94303
- NPI first listed
- 2006-10-13
- NPI last updated
- 2024-04-05
- NPI record certified
- 2024-04-05
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.