NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Gitakrishna Balakumar, M.D.

Pediatrics Physician · Mountain View, CA

Gitakrishna Balakumar, M.D. is a pediatrics physician with a practice address in Mountain View, California, and NPI 1700941408, issued on Dec 25, 2006. Check the license (California C54690, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1700941408
Name
Gitakrishna Balakumar
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Pediatrics Physician 208000000X
License numbers
C54690 CA
35351 AZ
87645 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
701 E. EL Camino Ral, Mountain View, CA 94040
Phone
(650) 934-7800
Enumerated
Dec 25, 2006
Record last updated
Feb 16, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicaid ID
2755344 OH
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Verify Gitakrishna Balakumar in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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Industry payments in 2024: $44.65

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Cranial Technologies, Inc. The 21,580 providers of this specialty with any payment received $842.05 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Gitakrishna Balakumar$44.65
  2. Specialty average$842.05

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Gitakrishna Balakumar among 9,272 pediatrics physician records in California

Gitakrishna Balakumar, M.D. is one of 9,272 pediatrics physician records with a practice address in California. 31% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 4% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 56% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 31% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 8% of these records are
  • Record last updated2016 · 65% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208000000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

51 pediatrics physician records list a practice address in Mountain View

They are 51 of the 2,467 NPPES records with a practice address in Mountain View, and 9,272 pediatrics physician records in California.

The 8 pediatrics physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Jane Auh, MDMountain View, CA 940401285720243
  2. Charles Brummer, MDMountain View, CA 940401497841407
  3. Juan Garona, MDMountain View, CA 940401760579692
  4. Mary Halpin, MDMountain View, CA 940401306810197
  5. Arti Jain, M.D.Mountain View, CA 940401972558807
  6. Elliot Lepler, MDMountain View, CA 940401922189802
  7. Wen Lin, MDMountain View, CA 940401245260090
  8. Tracy McMahan, MDMountain View, CA 940401659469286

Common questions

What is Gitakrishna Balakumar, M.D.'s NPI number?

Gitakrishna Balakumar, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1700941408, issued on Dec 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Gitakrishna Balakumar, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 701 E. EL Camino Ral, Mountain View, CA, 94040. Phone: (650) 934-7800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Gitakrishna Balakumar, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number C54690, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.