Alan Cheng, MD
Otolaryngology · Palo Alto
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 5
- 2 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Lpch Medical Group Div of Lucile · 332 clinicians in this group
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Plans that list them
5 plans · 2 carriers
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5 of 5 plans
| SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Classic (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN MyChoice (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) | Santa Clara Family Health Plan | Listed | Sep 1, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A99949 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2007 · expires 2028-07-31 · Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Medicaid work
$97,431 in 2024
Medicaid paid $97,431 for 1,665 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 59 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.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 158 | $21,288 |
| Service | 592 | $19,474 |
| Comprehensive audiometry threshold evaluation and speech recognition | 266 | $17,448 |
| Assessment for hearing aid | 148 | $11,199 |
| Service | 145 | $6,855 |
| OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 40 | 42 | $6,489 |
| VISUAL REINFORCEMENT AUDIOMETRY | 125 | $4,936 |
| Distortion product evoked otoacoustic emissions; limited evaluation (to confirm the presence or absence of hearing disorder, 3-6 frequencies) or transient evoked otoacoustic emissions, with interpretation and report | 55 | $4,075 |
| Ear mold/insert, not disposable, any type | 76 | $2,553 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 21 | $1,930 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 24 | $893 |
| Evaluation of auditory function for surgically implanted device(s) candidacy or postoperative status of a surgically implanted device(s); first hour | 13 | $291 |
| 2024 | 1,665 | 12 | 59 | $97,431 |
| 2023 | 1,787 | 13 | 68 | $94,511 |
| 2022 | 1,422 | 15 | 55 | $74,576 |
| 2021 | 1,863 | 18 | 49 | $102,276 |
| 2020 | 940 | 12 | 40 | $58,758 |
| 2019 | 454 | 4 | 30 | $33,330 |
| 2018 | 222 | 3 | 22 | $20,510 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| Comprehensive audiometry threshold evaluation and speech recognition | 300 | $18,707 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 189 | $17,907 |
| Service | 518 | $16,990 |
| Distortion product evoked otoacoustic emissions; limited evaluation (to confirm the presence or absence of hearing disorder, 3-6 frequencies) or transient evoked otoacoustic emissions, with interpretation and report | 160 | $11,664 |
| Service | 205 | $9,673 |
| OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 40 | 29 | $4,072 |
| VISUAL REINFORCEMENT AUDIOMETRY | 88 | $3,326 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 58 | $2,996 |
| Ear mold/insert, not disposable, any type | 58 | $2,543 |
| Assessment for hearing aid | 25 | $1,890 |
| TYMPANOMETRY | 90 | $1,617 |
| CONDITIONING PLAY AUDIOMETRY | 27 | $1,578 |
2022
| Return visit (30+ min) | 153 | $14,311 |
| Service | 145 | $9,977 |
| Service | 188 | $8,625 |
| Service | 148 | $7,563 |
| Distortion product evoked otoacoustic emissions; limited evaluation (to confirm the presence or absence of hearing disorder, 3-6 frequencies) or transient evoked otoacoustic emissions, with interpretation and report | 76 | $5,393 |
| TYMPANOMETRY | 212 | $4,085 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 58 | $3,975 |
| OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 40 | 27 | $3,831 |
| Service | 46 | $3,686 |
| Comprehensive audiometry threshold evaluation and speech recognition | 65 | $3,663 |
| Service | 141 | $3,016 |
| Service | 29 | $2,747 |
2021
| Return visit (30+ min) | 215 | $19,696 |
| Service | 232 | $16,141 |
| Service | 248 | $12,824 |
| Distortion product evoked otoacoustic emissions; limited evaluation (to confirm the presence or absence of hearing disorder, 3-6 frequencies) or transient evoked otoacoustic emissions, with interpretation and report | 163 | $10,967 |
| Service | 215 | $10,012 |
| Service | 72 | $5,881 |
| Service | 229 | $4,991 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 70 | $3,988 |
| OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 40 | 61 | $3,041 |
| Service | 15 | $2,739 |
| Service | 119 | $2,582 |
| Tympanometry and reflex threshold measurements | 42 | $2,436 |
2020
| Return visit (30+ min) | 212 | $19,063 |
| Service | 103 | $7,139 |
| OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 40 | 42 | $6,332 |
| Service | 112 | $5,766 |
| Service | 101 | $4,685 |
| Service | 54 | $4,350 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 69 | $3,553 |
| Distortion product evoked otoacoustic emissions; limited evaluation (to confirm the presence or absence of hearing disorder, 3-6 frequencies) or transient evoked otoacoustic emissions, with interpretation and report | 36 | $2,450 |
| Service | 111 | $2,398 |
| Service | 64 | $1,378 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 21 | $861 |
| Service | 15 | $783 |
2019
| Return visit (30+ min) | 191 | $15,697 |
| OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 40 | 58 | $8,703 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 100 | $5,044 |
| Removal of impacted ear wax | 105 | $3,887 |
2018
| Return visit (30+ min) | 128 | $10,353 |
| OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 40 | 58 | $8,471 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 36 | $1,686 |
Money from drug and device companies
$1,087 in 2025
| 2025 | 4 | 5 | $750 | $1,087 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5 | $750 | $914 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | $500 | $574 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | None | $26 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Merck Sharp & Dohme | None | $750 | 1 payment
|
| Cochlear Americas | Cochlear Nucleus Ci632 Cochlear Implant With Slim Modiolar Electrode | $144 | 1 payment
|
| Integra LifeSciences | Acclarent Aera | $134 | 1 payment
|
| Smith+Nephew | Tula | $60 | 2 payments
|
See all 5 published payments
| Integra LifeSciences | Meals · 2025-08-07 | Acclarent Aera | $134 |
| Cochlear Americas | Meals · 2025-08-06 | Cochlear Nucleus Ci632 Cochlear Implant With Slim Modiolar Electrode | $144 |
| Smith+Nephew | Meals · 2025-08-01 | Tula | $36 |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme | Consulting · 2025-05-19 | None | $750 |
| Smith+Nephew | Meals · 2025-01-27 | Tula | $24 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2019)
2024: $914
| Merck Sharp & Dohme | None | $750 | 2 payments
|
| Cochlear Americas | Cochlear Nucleus Ci632 Cochlear Implant With Slim Modiolar Electrode | $96 | 1 payment
|
| Integra LifeSciences | Acclarent Aera | $68 | 2 payments
|
2023: $574
| Merck Sharp & Dohme | None | $500 | 1 payment
|
| Cochlear Americas | Cochlear Nucleus Ci632 Cochlear Implant With Slim Modiolar Electrode | $74 | 1 payment
|
2022: $1,000
| Merck Sharp & Dohme | None | $1,000 | 2 payments
|
2019: $26
| DePuy Synthes Sales | Vivigen | $26 | 1 payment
|
Professional record
- NPI
- 1760473128
- Licence
- CA A99949California A99949: Current · expires 2028-07-31
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207YP0228X (207YP0228X); Otolaryngology (207Y00000X)
- Mailing address
- 725 Welch Rd, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
- NPI first listed
- 2005-11-03
- NPI last updated
- 2024-04-28
- NPI record certified
- 2024-04-28
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.