Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez, MD

  • San Ysidro, CA
  • Family medicine physician
NPI1285782151PAC ID2466504402
Medicare services, 2018
243
Part D claims, 2024
7,314
Publications
1
Industry payments
$2,058
Affiliated sites
2
Practice address
1666 Precision Park Ln, San Diego, CA 92173
Practice phone
Call (619) 662-4100
Professional email
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

Precision Park Senior Health Center

FQHC - Main Site · San Diego, California

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Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez is a family medicine physician in San Ysidro, California

Dr. Hernandez practices at Precision Park Senior Health Center in San Diego, California.

Dr. Hernandez's NPI, 1285782151, was assigned on January 8, 2007. Dr. Hernandez graduated from Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine in 1979. Dr. Hernandez holds California license C42207.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2466504402
NPI enumeration date
January 8, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(619) 662-4100
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
73
Medical school graduation
1979

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez practices at Precision Park Senior Health Center in San Diego, California

Dr. Hernandez's primary practice is Precision Park Senior Health Center, at 1666 Precision Park Ln, San Diego, CA 92173. The practice phone is (619) 662-4100.

  • Precision Park Senior Health Center
    1666 Precision Park Ln, San Diego, CA 92173Phone(619) 662-4100

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Hernandez's primary practice is Precision Park Senior Health Center in San Diego, California. The medical group on file is San Ysidro Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hernandez to 1 more physician office, named with a free account. Dr. Hernandez's employer is on file too: a community health center (fqhc).

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Hernandez practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Precision Park Senior Health CenterAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez is one of 15,680 family medicine physicians in California

Family medicine is Dr. Hernandez's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Q00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Hernandez's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Utah.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Family medicine, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense C42207 · 1986 to 2026 · taxonomy 207Q00000X
  • Utah license1981 to 1992

Family medicine physicians near Dr. Hernandez

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Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez billed Medicare for 243 services in 2018

CMS data shows 243 Medicare services from Dr. Hernandez across 5 procedure codes in 2018. Medicare paid $1,372 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2018243
Paid by Medicare$1,372
Procedure codes5

Dr. Hernandez's Medicare services by type, 2017 to 2018

  • 2017
  • 2018
Lab and pathology
2017: 2072018: 16122%
Surgery
2017: 1402018: 8241%
Imaging
2017: 262018: 0100%
Tests and treatments
2017: 202018: 0100%

Dr. Hernandez compared with the California median for family medicine physicians, 2018

  • Dr. Hernandez
  • California median
Medicare services
243vs 246Close to median
Part D claims
6,682vs 8338.0 times

Medians across 15,349 family medicine physicians in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Hernandez's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2018

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez's patients have a median age of 72

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Hernandez's median patient age at 72, with 52% women.

Dr. Hernandez's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 72

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women52%
  • Men48%

Source: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data

Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez wrote 7,314 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Hernandez wrote 7,314 Medicare Part D claims for 392 patients. 84% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 6,682 of them, across 110 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $638,270 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 6,182 claims across 122 drugs.

Part D claims, 20247,314
Drugs named by CMS110
Total drug cost$638,270
Part D patients392

Dr. Hernandez's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic6,158 claims84%
  • Brand-name1,096 claims15%
  • Other60 claims1%

Dr. Hernandez's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Hernandez's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics1%69 of 7,314 claims
  • Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over1%57 of 7,314 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 6,1822024: 6,6828%

Drugs named by CMS: 110 in 2024, 122 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

How Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez takes part in Medicare

Dr. Hernandez accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Hernandez in 2021. Dr. Hernandez's most frequent co-author is Lisa R. Hirschhorn, MD.

Papers1

Dr. Hernandez's most frequent co-authors

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez received $2,058 in industry payments from 2017 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 72 general payments to Dr. Hernandez from 15 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 99% of the total. Novo Nordisk Inc paid the most, $454.

General payments to Dr. Hernandez by program year, 2017 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Hernandez by kind, 2017 to 2025

$2.1Kin total
  • Food and beverage$2,04199%
  • Education$90%
  • Travel and lodging$80%

Companies that paid Dr. Hernandez the most, 2017 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez graduated from Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine

Dr. Hernandez graduated from Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine in 1979.

  1. Medical schoolSpencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez accepts plans from 7 insurance carriers

Dr. Hernandez is in network with 7 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 6. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Molina
  • Regence Health Plans

Plan types Dr. Hernandez accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare6
  2. PPO5
  3. HMO4
  4. POS3
  5. EPO1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel Data
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez's NPI number?

Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez's NPI number is 1285782151. It was assigned on January 8, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez?

Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez is a family medicine physician in San Ysidro, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Family Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207Q00000X).

Where does Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez practice?

Dr. Hernandez practices at 1666 Precision Park Ln, San Diego, CA 92173. Dr. Hernandez's primary practice is Precision Park Senior Health Center in San Diego, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hernandez to 1 physician office.

What is Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Hernandez is (619) 662-4100.

What is Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez's medical license number?

Dr. Hernandez holds California license C42207, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Hernandez in California (1986 to 2026) and Utah (1981 to 1992).

What medical group is Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez part of?

Dr. Hernandez is linked to San Ysidro Health.

Does Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Hernandez billed Medicare for 243 services in 2018, and Dr. Hernandez accepts Medicare assignment.

What services does Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez bill to Medicare?

In 2018, Dr. Hernandez's most billed Medicare services were surgery: heart and blood vessels (36415), lab and pathology test (83036) and lab and pathology test (82962).

Where did Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez go to medical school?

Dr. Hernandez graduated from Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine in 1979.

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What drugs does Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Hernandez's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Gabapentin and Amlodipine Besylate.

Has Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $2,058 in general payments to Dr. Hernandez from 15 companies from 2017 to 2025. The largest total came from Novo Nordisk Inc.

How long has Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez been practicing?

Dr. Hernandez graduated from medical school in 1979, 47 years ago.

Does Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Hernandez.

Who does Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez publish with?

Dr. Hernandez's most frequent co-authors are Lisa R. Hirschhorn, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Ralph C. Hernandez accept?

Dr. Hernandez is in network with 7 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 6. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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