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Frank Robert Lin, MD

Otolaryngology · Palo Alto

NPI 1619015229

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)Santa Clara Family Health PlanListedSep 1, 2026

Original Medicare doctor bills

$12,300

Medicare paid this office $12,300 for 70 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

Largest Original Medicare bills
Short return visit (20+ min)31$2,441$66
New patient visit (30+ min)18$1,478$82
Exam of ear using a microscope33$687$20
Removal of impacted ear wax14$598$37

Who their Medicare patients are

70 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Women 50% · Health risk score 1.02. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical otolaryngology clinician is at 1.19.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 73% · Coronary heart disease 29% · Depression 21% · COPD 20% · Diabetes 16%.

The office billed $55,369, Medicare allowed $17,065 and paid $12,300; for 128 services of 10 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

Original Medicare by year
202470128761.02$55,369$12,300
2023109220771.00$68,508$15,926
2022119286750.97$90,335$20,176
2021122274750.89$73,696$17,851
2020102319740.97$104,048$19,628
2019109240741.05$65,842$14,461
2018181423721.14$152,872$30,841
2017210563741.18$188,883$34,990
2016149335731.49$128,566$21,712
2015157399721.17$171,693$27,667
2014145331731.21$124,993$23,193
2013134329721.27$139,598$23,612

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

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Short return visit (20+ min)42$3,026$69
New patient visit (30+ min)25$2,208$88
Exam of ear using a microscope59$1,433$23
Removal of impacted ear wax31$1,281$33
Short return visit12$457$35

2022: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
New patient visit (30+ min)32$2,617$82
Short return visit (20+ min)29$2,503$68
Exam of ear using a microscope69$1,879$24
New patient visit (45+ min)12$1,701$142
Removal of impacted ear wax37$1,316$29
Short return visit18$837$42

2021: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Short return visit (20+ min)38$2,902$66
New patient visit (30+ min)27$2,475$92
Removal of impacted ear wax42$1,987$37
Exam of ear using a microscope69$1,759$24
Short return visit15$793$47

2020: 7 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Short return visit (20+ min)27$2,185$56
New patient visit (45+ min)12$1,450$121
Exam of ear using a microscope51$1,252$21
New patient visit (30+ min)19$1,142$60
Removal of impacted ear wax28$1,116$35
Simple removal of skin debris and drainage of mastoid cavity12$920$61
Short return visit11$422$32

2019: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
New patient visit (30+ min)28$2,263$81
Short return visit (20+ min)34$2,093$52
Exam of ear using a microscope79$1,894$23
New patient visit (45+ min)16$1,705$107
Removal of impacted ear wax20$889$34
Short return visit18$707$34

2018: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Short return visit (20+ min)49$3,384$52
New patient visit (45+ min)24$3,079$128
New patient visit (30+ min)23$2,009$87
Short return visit (20+ min)48$1,840$37
Exam of ear using a microscope72$1,745$23
Removal of impacted ear wax30$1,234$35
New patient visit (30+ min)11$585$53
Removal of impacted ear wax23$564$24
Exam of ear using a microscope46$332$7

2017: 9 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
New patient visit (45+ min)60$5,338$89
Short return visit (20+ min)75$4,039$36
New patient visit (45+ min)18$2,384$132
Short return visit (20+ min)25$2,163$62
Exam of ear using a microscope38$1,100$26
Exam of ear using a microscope128$1,064$7
Removal of impacted ear wax35$823$21
New patient visit (30+ min)15$646$43
Removal of impacted ear wax11$503$39

2016: 5 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2016
New patient visit (45+ min)49$4,878$100
Short return visit (20+ min)56$2,762$38
New patient visit (30+ min)18$1,028$57
Removal of impacted ear wax30$891$23
Exam of ear using a microscope103$827$7

2015: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2015
New patient visit (45+ min)42$4,189$100
Short return visit (20+ min)66$3,433$36
Tissue graft11$2,040$185
Removal of impacted ear wax46$1,422$24
New patient visit (30+ min)18$1,029$57
Exam of ear using a microscope106$774$6

2014: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2014
New patient visit (45+ min)59$5,874$100
Short return visit (20+ min)47$2,624$38
Removal of impacted ear wax42$1,273$27
Exam of ear using a microscope89$806$7

2013: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2013
New patient visit (45+ min)59$5,194$88
Short return visit (20+ min)42$2,311$34
Removal of impacted ear wax32$1,009$25
Exam of ear using a microscope90$732$7

Money from drug and device companies

$96 in 2023

Industry payments by year
202311None$96
202212None$258
202012None$206
201911None$8,978

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
CochlearCochlear Nucleus Ci632 Cochlear Implant With Slim Modiolar Electrode$96
1 payment
  • Meals for Cochlear Nucleus Ci632 Cochlear Implant With Slim Modiolar Electrode · 2023-10-18 · $96
See the published payment
Every published payment
CochlearMeals · 2023-10-18Cochlear Nucleus Ci632 Cochlear Implant With Slim Modiolar Electrode$96
See earlier years (2022, 2020, 2019)

2022: $258

Payments by company in 2022
CochlearCochlear$258
2 payments
  • Meals for Cochlear · 2022-08-08 · $136
  • Meals for Cochlear · 2022-08-08 · $122

2020: $206

Payments by company in 2020
Advanced BionicsHiresolution Bionic Ear System$206
2 payments
  • Meals for Hiresolution Bionic Ear System · 2020-02-19 · $103
  • Meals for Hiresolution Bionic Ear System · 2020-02-19 · $103

2019: $8,978

Payments by company in 2019
CochlearNucleus$8,978
1 payment
  • Travel for Nucleus · 2019-05-06 · $8,978

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score
74.4 / 100
Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI
1619015229
Licence
MD D69781
Trained
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2003
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Medicaid ID
MD 027659600
Taxonomy
Otolaryngology (207Y00000X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2007-02-03
NPI last updated
2026-02-18
NPI record certified
2026-02-18

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.

Extra NPI addresses: 601 N Caroline St, Baltimore, MD, 21287