Jesse Kerr Sandberg, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Palo Alto
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 12
- 1 carrier
- Offices
- 4
Offices
4 locations · Lpch Medical Group Div of Lucile · Stanford Health Care
Hospitals listed: Lucile Salter Packard Children'S Hsp at Stanford · Stanford Health Care. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
12 plans · 1 carrier
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| 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 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A150202 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2017 · expires 2027-07-31 · David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Hospitals they work in
2 hospitals
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
- Stanford Health CareStanford, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsHome of Stanford Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 83% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.317, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.446, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.241, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 5 the same, 4 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases | Worse | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.317 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.446 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.241 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases | Better | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.86 (0.72 to 1) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 1.1 · 192 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6.4 · 146 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 9.7 · 253 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 6.3 · 880 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 10.3 · 935 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 8.7 · 501 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.1 · 7,730 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.6 · 416 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.869 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.857 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0.368 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.2 · 247 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.5 · 1,021 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 47.8 · 258 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -1.6 · 990 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.8 · 976 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.5 · 959 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.1 · 425 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 9.6 · 158 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.6 · 183 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 75% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 82% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained | 63% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 89% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 89% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 76% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 80% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 76% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 77% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 79% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 88% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 53% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 83% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 50% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 90% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$9,769
Medicare paid this office $9,769 for 808 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| X-ray of chest, 1 view | 549 | $5,709 | $7 |
| X-ray of abdomen, 1 view | 137 | $1,297 | $8 |
| X-ray of chest, 2 views | 94 | $821 | $9 |
| X-ray of pelvis, 1-2 views | 27 | $206 | $7 |
| X-ray of knee, 4 or more views | 13 | $146 | $10 |
See all 9 services
| X-ray of chest, 1 view | 549 | $5,709 | $7 |
| X-ray of abdomen, 1 view | 137 | $1,297 | $8 |
| X-ray of chest, 2 views | 94 | $821 | $9 |
| X-ray of pelvis, 1-2 views | 27 | $206 | $7 |
| X-ray of knee, 4 or more views | 13 | $146 | $10 |
| X-ray of hip, 2-3 views | 14 | $137 | $10 |
| X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2-3 views | 12 | $117 | $10 |
| X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views | 12 | $102 | $7 |
| X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views | 11 | $75 | $7 |
Who their Medicare patients are
808 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Under 65 13% · 85 and older 17% · Women 48% · Also on Medicaid 35% · Health risk score 2.55. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical diagnostic radiology clinician is at 1.7.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 50% · Coronary heart disease 49% · Heart failure 47% · Atrial fibrillation 47% · Diabetes 41% · Depression 30% · Cancer 27% · COPD 27% · Dementia 24% · Stroke 22%.
The office billed $119,643, Medicare allowed $12,478 and paid $9,769; for 1,234 services of 49 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 | 808 | 1,234 | 73 | 2.55 | $119,643 | $9,769 |
| 2023 | 490 | 774 | 73 | 2.73 | $73,009 | $6,429 |
| 2022 | 285 | 388 | 72 | 2.73 | $33,829 | $3,337 |
| 2021 | 119 | 158 | 66 | 2.88 | $14,356 | $1,700 |
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
| X-ray of chest, 1 view | 368 | $4,185 | $8 |
| X-ray of abdomen, 1 view | 62 | $620 | $8 |
| X-ray of chest, 2 views | 48 | $429 | $9 |
| X-ray of pelvis, 1-2 views | 17 | $126 | $7 |
| X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views | 11 | $86 | $8 |
2022: 3 services
| X-ray of chest, 1 view | 229 | $2,197 | $8 |
| X-ray of abdomen, 1 view | 32 | $317 | $8 |
| X-ray of chest, 2 views | 18 | $175 | $9 |
2021: 2 services
| X-ray of chest, 1 view | 83 | $741 | $8 |
| X-ray of abdomen, 1 view | 20 | $175 | $8 |
Medicaid work
$32,460 in 2024
Medicaid paid $32,460 for 2,215 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 107 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 | 1,475 | $12,462 |
| US RETROPERITONEAL REAL TIME W/IMAGE COMPLETE | 144 | $11,611 |
| X-ray of abdomen, 1 view | 309 | $2,758 |
| Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 183 | $1,935 |
| VASCULAR STUDY | 17 | $1,508 |
| ECHO EXAM OF ABDOMEN | 49 | $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 | $769 |
| Radiologic examination, single plane body section (eg, tomography), other than with urography | 12 | $306 |
| 2024 | 2,215 | 8 | 107 | $32,460 |
| 2023 | 1,787 | 9 | 70 | $32,912 |
| 2022 | 1,365 | 7 | 68 | $22,482 |
| 2021 | 1,421 | 6 | 62 | $19,200 |
| 2020 | 581 | 6 | 63 | $7,091 |
| 2019 | 103 | 2 | 31 | $1,005 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| US RETROPERITONEAL REAL TIME W/IMAGE COMPLETE | 149 | $12,155 |
| Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 1,186 | $8,937 |
| VASCULAR STUDY | 47 | $4,514 |
| X-ray of abdomen, 1 view | 236 | $2,142 |
| Radiologic examination, spine, entire thoracic and lumbar, including skull, cervical and sacral spine if performed (eg, scoliosis evaluation); 2 or 3 views | 70 | $1,777 |
| Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, abdomen; without contrast material(s), followed by with contrast material(s) and further sequences | 13 | $1,177 |
| ECHO EXAM OF ABDOMEN | 47 | $1,166 |
| Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; complete | 13 | $808 |
| Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 26 | $236 |
2022
| Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 1,044 | $8,761 |
| US RETROPERITONEAL REAL TIME W/IMAGE COMPLETE | 83 | $7,432 |
| Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, abdomen; without contrast material(s), followed by with contrast material(s) and further sequences | 25 | $2,420 |
| X-ray of abdomen, 1 view | 153 | $1,408 |
| Magnetic resonance (eg, proton) imaging, pelvis; without contrast material(s), followed by contrast material(s) and further sequences | 12 | $1,353 |
| Radiologic examination, spine, entire thoracic and lumbar, including skull, cervical and sacral spine if performed (eg, scoliosis evaluation); 2 or 3 views | 16 | $749 |
| Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 32 | $359 |
2021
| Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 990 | $8,330 |
| US RETROPERITONEAL REAL TIME W/IMAGE COMPLETE | 82 | $6,255 |
| X-ray of abdomen, 1 view | 219 | $2,169 |
| Radiologic examination, spine, entire thoracic and lumbar, including skull, cervical and sacral spine if performed (eg, scoliosis evaluation); 2 or 3 views | 42 | $1,513 |
| Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 71 | $781 |
| Radiologic examination, abdomen; 2 views | 17 | $152 |
2020
| Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 356 | $3,160 |
| Radiologic examination, spine, entire thoracic and lumbar, including skull, cervical and sacral spine if performed (eg, scoliosis evaluation); 2 or 3 views | 50 | $1,894 |
| X-ray of abdomen, 1 view | 110 | $1,124 |
| Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 40 | $602 |
| X-RAY EXAM OF PELVIS | 12 | $159 |
| Imaging for evaluation of swallowing function | 13 | $152 |
2019
| Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 88 | $854 |
| X-ray of abdomen, 1 view | 15 | $151 |
Money from drug and device companies
$22 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | None | $22 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $68 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Ge Healthcare | None | $22 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Ge Healthcare | Meals · 2025-04-17 | None | $22 |
See earlier years (2023)
2023: $68
| GE HealthCare | None | $68 | 1 payment
|
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
- 1639514490
- Licence
- CA A150202California A150202: Current · expires 2027-07-31
- Trained
- University of California, Geffen School of Medicine, 2013
- Group
- Lpch Medical Group Div of Lucile · Stanford Health Care
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 2085P0229X (2085P0229X); Diagnostic radiology (2085R0202X)
- Mailing address
- 725 Welch Rd, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
- NPI first listed
- 2013-05-07
- NPI last updated
- 2024-04-07
- NPI record certified
- 2024-04-07
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.