Pediatric Hematology-Oncology in California
307 providers, $7,988,004 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $536.
Ranking high here usually means a consulting or royalty arrangement, not wrongdoing. Payments to device inventors and trial investigators are legal, disclosed, and concentrated in a small number of people — which is exactly why a list like this has a steep top and a long flat tail.
What Medicare pays pediatric hematology-oncology clinicians in California
Across 6 pediatric hematology-oncology clinicians in California who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $78,171 in total — an average of $13,028 each, of which $13,028 was for services and the rest for drugs administered in the office.
This is not a salary. The rest is what Medicare allowed for services these clinicians billed — Original Medicare fee-for-service only. It excludes Medicare Advantage, which now covers more than half of Medicare enrollees, along with Medicaid and every commercial insurer, so for most clinicians it is a fraction of their practice. It is also gross revenue: staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums all come out of it before anyone is paid. Anyone quoting a figure like this as physician pay is misreading it.
Ranked by reported payments
- 1Philip PizzoPalo Alto$2,607,898
- 2Vinod BalasaMadera$508,309
- 3Akshat JainRedlands$447,094
- 4Noah FedermanLos Angeles$399,472
- 5Vanessa Salinas-LunaOrange$343,657
- 6Daniel KraftStanford$293,859
- 7Arash MahajerinOrange$248,936
- 8Elysia AlvarezPalo Alto$199,999
- 9Christopher DvorakPalo Alto$144,467
- 10Jan van TornoutLos Angeles$136,680
- 11Courtney ThornburgSan Diego$131,730
- 12Caroline HastingsOakland$127,083
- 13Arun PanigrahiSacramento$102,509
- 14Thomas CoatesLos Angeles$99,396
- 15Julie JaffraySan Diego$89,553
- 16Andrew DietzLos Angeles$87,750
- 17Bindu SathiStockton$77,867
- 18Faisal RazzaqiMadera$76,609
- 19Audrey Green-MurphyMadera$76,584
- 20Elliott VichinskyOakland$73,368
- 21Amit SoniOrange$70,079
- 22Jessie AlexanderPalo Alto$69,751
- 23Mark WaltersOakland$68,998
- 24Geetha PuthenveetilLos Angeles$62,221
- 25Esteban GomezOrange$55,508
- 26Diane NugentOrange$54,535
- 27Hisham Abdel AzimLos Angeles$52,037
- 28John CurnuttePalo Alto$49,825
- 29Michelle HermistonSan Francisco$48,636
- 30Michael PulsipherLos Angeles$44,751
- 31Crystal MackallPalo Alto$43,573
- 32Glaivy BatsuliPalo Alto$39,835
- 33Joseph RosenthalDuarte$39,226
- 34Michael LinkPalo Alto$37,233
- 35van HuynhOrange$36,781
- 36Leo MascarenhasLos Angeles$35,295
- 37Tami JohnPalo Alto$32,094
- 38Lindsey MurphyDuarte$31,206
- 39Orly KleinPalo Alto$30,976
- 40Edward GompertsLos Angeles$27,890
- 41Anjali PawarSacramento$27,874
- 42Bertil GladerPalo Alto$26,688
- 43Jonathan DucoreSacramento$22,744
- 44Erlinda GordonMonterey$21,494
- 45Paibel Aguayo-HiraldoLos Angeles$21,307
- 46Paul GaynonLos Angeles$21,296
- 47Mariko SatoOrange$21,208
- 48Ashutosh LalOakland$20,842
- 49Araz MarachelianLos Angeles$20,729
- 50Michael JengPalo Alto$20,232
- 51Sandhya KharbandaSan Francisco$19,345
- 52Jennifer YuSan Diego$19,320
- 53Mignon LohSan Francisco$18,986
- 54Hilda DingSan Diego$16,735
- 55Ashley GrayLos Angeles$16,685
- 56Anurag AgrawalOakland$16,685
- 57Neha BhasinSan Francisco$16,606
- 58Ramamoorthy NagasubramanianPalo Alto$15,915
- 59Jerry ChengLos Angeles$15,086
- 60Brian NaLos Angeles$14,900