Physician
Palnitkar, Rachana
Palnitkar, Rachana was paid $39K by Medicaid between Sep 2020 and Oct 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 99233, hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex) — 61% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPALNITKAR, RACHANA
LOS GATOS, CA 95032
LOS GATOS, CA 95032
33aNPI1508050790assigned 08/30/2007
33bProvider typeInfectious Disease Physician
28Total paid$39K
24GClaims2,035
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthSep 2020 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Infectious Disease Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#125 of 222
Median peer was paid$61K
This provider vs. median0.6×
Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 209 | $5K | |
| 2021 | 265 | $5K | |
| 2022 | 608 | $11K | |
| 2023 | 651 | $13K | |
| 2024incomplete | 302 | $5K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 61% | 1,400 | 519 | $24K |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 39% | 635 | 631 | $15K |
Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.