Francis Blankenberg, MD
Pediatric Radiology · Palo Alto, CANPI 1578653317
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $162,201 of the $162,201 with a category attached, or 100.0%. Every reported general payment came from a single manufacturer, Genentech, Inc.. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $63,325 and has fallen 85.2% since, to $9,400 in 2023. Among pediatric radiology clinicians in CA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 31 payments — averaging $5232.29 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Genentech, Inc.$162K
Across 3 payments — averaging $3966.67 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Genentech, Inc.$12K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$162,201100%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Genentech, Inc. | 31 | $162,201 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Non-Covered Product$98,601
How this compares
$162,201 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 46 pediatric radiology providers in California.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other pediatric radiology in Palo Alto
- Avnesh ThakorPalo Alto$25K
- Shreyas VasanawalaPalo Alto$15K
- David LarsonPalo Alto$11K
- Heike Daldrup LinkPalo Alto$9K
- Richard BarthPalo Alto$7K
- Beverley NewmanPalo Alto$5K
- Jayne SeekinsPalo Alto$3K
- Andrew LiuPalo Alto$1K
- Crystal NorgrenPalo Alto$1K
- Fred LaninghamPalo Alto$1K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.