Very impressed with Dr. Targ's professionalism, bedside manner, quality of care, expertise, and extremely high level of knowledge. I was very nervous about my son having to "go under" to fill a few cavities based on his age. I spoke with him a few times in depth regarding his process for sedation and he was very kind and made the time to speak with me. I never felt rushed. My son only remembers getting to meet buzz lightyear and seeing his favorite dentist. Together they made a great team. Alot of people underestimate the job of an anasthesiologist and really they are the most important person in the room for procedures as they literally keep you or your loved one ALIVE. You cannot place a price tag on that. Thank you Dr. TARG for keeping my son safe and comfortable! read more

Dr. Targ is a trustworthy and knowledgeable anesthesiologist. As a health care provider, I trust him with my own kids! He practices safe anesthesia and stays up to date with the most current anesthesia protocols to ensure children are comfortable read more

Like many other reviewers have said, this doctor will have you pay in full in advance. In our case, the doctor filed the claim with the wrong DOB so the claim got denied. It took us many emails to follow up with the doctor over a year and was finally told that the insurance only allowed $200 out of the $9000 he billed and we will not get any money back. It was the worst experience I ever had with any doctor. read more

It took me years to finally be ready to write this review. The day of operation he came out 10mins before to prep me - and told me when I say go "u just hold her down with all your power". It will happen really fast. He sat her down a chair then manage to shove the gas thing on her nose and say hold her down. I have never heard my daughter wail like that. It will forever haunt me. And I am a strong person. I worked since I was 14. Put myself to college n grad school while working full time. I own a mid size company. I gave birth to two kids while trading stocks n watching Netflix. Pretty much hardly anything phase me. I almost fainted during the process of holding my daughter down while hearing her wail. When she's finally out, I cried endlessly thinking I was the worst mom. When it's nearly done, he asked me to go in and said...ur daughter will probably be traumatized and never want to come back to this dentist again. This whole time I'm looking at my dentist as like is this guy really saying this to me? I trusted you and this "professional" is who u referred me to? Then he brings my daughter in and say hey u should just bring her to ur car n go home. Zero empathy. Like almost just get out of here. I have a thick skin. I worked in startup as an Asian female for 20yrs and I have never felt shittier I get it. U might have a bad day at work. I am fine paying u $5k for 3 hrs but know that ur "bad day at work" has an everlasting experience to someone else's life. Every parent decision I make - I look back at this memory and think to myself wow I was such a bad mom for bringing my kid to u. When my daughter was finally ok after a few days she said to me, mom I thought I was going to die and u were killing me. It was the first time I went into depression. It took me half a year to recover. At the end of the day she was physically safe - but his attitude and process made a traumatizing effect for our family. And top it off - a smirk n say don't eat too much candy now Anytime she sees buzz light year she screams for life. My daughter trusted me and I feel like I totally violated her trust. Nothing can be worse than "mom I thought I was going to die" read more

Dr Targ is very patient and client-centered. I have horrible dental anxiety and they collaborated with my dentist! Thanks Dr Targ! Liz read more

Dr. Targ is the anesthesiologist that my son's dentist works with. We were told to call him in advance to schedule the appointment, discuss billing, and ask any questions we had. I think appointments are only available about once a month through my dentist office, so the wait for the actual procedure was a bit. In the time leading up to the appointment, Dr. Targ spent as much time as we needed talking to us on the phone and over text to answer all of our questions (many). On the day of the procedure, he made our son feel at ease by making things seem fun instead of scary (he dressed up like Buzz Lightyear and his car was painted to look like Buzz Lightyear's space ship). He explained everything that was going to happen and our son doesn't remember us leaving his side. In the end, the cost was what we were told it would be (not cheap), but Dr. Targ worked with our insurance to get us a significant reimbursement that we weren't expecting to see. All in all, things worked out as well as they possibly could: my son is healthy, he's not afraid to go to the dentist, and we didn't pay as much as we thought we were going to. 10/10 would recommend. read more

Thanks to Dr Targ for his diligence today with our son with superior care. This was our first experience with a child going under ( (dental work) and he made it comfortable, calm and we knew he was under the best of care. He communicated with professional and class along with his assistant. The Buzz Lightyear costume he wears is amazing and Kyle came out his procedure sleeping, not sick and recovered well from the medicines used. Thank you again to this exceptional anesthesiologist for being exceptional in his field so families like ours can benefit! Highly recommended! read more

Dr. Targ's bedside manner is atrocious. My child was barely coming out of anesthesia, and as I was sitting there holding her, he kept repeatedly hounding me for payment. He also gave us little warning before hastily clamping the mouthpiece down on her face to sedate her (she was visibly distressed and crying). She is a young child, and I was under the impression that he would at least have a little talk with her first. The result is that she is traumatized over the whole incident and is terrified to go back to the dentist because of the "pink mask" (what he used to begin sedation). If I could, I would give this guy zero stars. And I won't even get into his billing process, which is also a total scam. I would recommend looking elsewhere for an anesthesiologist. I certainly wish I had. This guy is a creep. read more

Dr. Alex administered general anesthesia for my 2.5-year-old kid and I felt so safe.This was for dental treatment. You can rest assured that your child is in the best hands during Anaesthesia, he is a thorough professional and dependable, he did not even leave the operation theatre even for a second for even using restroom during the procedure. God bless him and wish he continues with 100 % success rate. On the billing and other insurance claim process, its in progress and I will update the review on how good it is. read more

I used Dr. Targ's mobile anesthesiology services when I needed a wisdom tooth removed. I'm absolutely terrified of anything dental, but Dr. Targ made me very comfortable and I went under and woke up with nothing but pleasant feelings and thoughts. It was also convenient to have a flat fee for services and I felt the price was very reasonable. I would definitely recommend Dr. Targ's services, especially if you are a nervous Nancy like me. read more

Dr. Targ, was very professional and took the time to answer our questions and address concerns. He was also very patient and took care of our daughter who suffers from severe anxiety. He allowed me to go back with Lizzie while they set up Our daughter and gave her the gas they used. It was unsettling to watch, I must admit but he explained everything as he was doing it, which was reassuring. He gave us an information sheet to read while we were waiting and told us before and after if we had any concerns or questions to call him directly. My daughter came through just fine and her recovery was exactly as he had written in his information sheet would be. He is very kid friendly. read more

My youngest son was TERRIFIED of going to the dentist and was in dire need of dental work due to feeding problems when he was younger. Along with his dentist from Camino Pediatric Dentistry, Dr Targ did this in the gentlest way possible. My son simply breathed through a mask and fell asleep then woke up at home on my lap. Thank you!!!! read more

Alex Targ, MD - Dr. Targ mobile Anesthesiologist - Anesthesiologists Near Me - Palo Alto, California

This doctor is ridiculously greedy!!! 1. For a ~2 hour local dental anesthetic to a 5-yr old kid, he charged us over $1800+ --- $800 per hour. 2. He made us extremely uncomfortable by asking us to pay upfront in front of our son right before his operation, although we provided insurance info with him already. 3. After our insurance paid him, he charged us an additional 12% billing fee without consent or prior notice. When asked (after many calls and emails), he explained that this is for his labor to send the bill to insurance, WTF!!! read more

Dr Targ was the pediatric anesthesiologist for my 5 year old son during his dental procedure. He and his EMT assistant were professional and attentive to our needs and concerns during the entire process. I would be comforted to know he was the anesthesiologist for my child if the case were to arise in the future and I can recommend him without reservation. I would recommend him to my friends, if the question were to come up, and YELP allows this somewhat personal experience to be viewed by a much larger audience. Its quite unnerving to see your young child put under the gas. I believe Dr. Targ recognizes this and he (and his EMT) put my wife and I at ease during this difficult experience. read more

Bad Bad Service! Dr. Targ is totally careless about schedule commitment. Despite the greedy billing of asking to pay upfront, I scheduled my 3yr old son for dental treatment at 9:10am. We arrived to the dentist clinic at 9:00am when my son was fasting for more than 12hours, we sat and waited for him. At 9:15am we were told that he won't be coming to the dentist clinic to start the treatment before 10:45am!!! This is almost 2 hours delay than the original schedule that my poor little son has to fast further. Needless to say that I had to cancel the dental treatment due to Dr. Targ irresponsiveness. Speaking on a Doctor who treats mainly children, in my humble opinion, this dude has no awareness for kids comfort letting them fast desperately just because he has no commitment to schedule. His schedule is all focused by making more money rather than the patient especially patients who are children. Last but not least, dentists who are partnering with Dr. Targ should acknowledge that doing business with him may impact their services indirectly and that they might lose their patients too. read more

Dr. Targ is good at what he does and your child will do fine in his care. However, please note that if you have Blue Shield they will not pay ANY amount of your claim, even if you have a PPO plan. He is, apparently, out of network. He also bills the insurance $6,000 while billing you $1800. Know the facts going in. read more

This man is great. I have extreme anxiety about anything medical, and Dr. Targ made me forget all about that anxiety when he spoke with me and explained the procedure. He's very kind, genuine, and funny. I literally could not have had my mouth operated on without him. Can not say enough good things about Dr. Targ! Pay no attention to the negative reviews on here, those people are bitter about things unrelated to the work this man does. Of course anesthesia is pricey. It's not as though any regular joe can administer anesthesia to people. If you need an anesthesiologist, Dr. Targ is your guy. Period. Thanks Dr. Targ! read more

This guy deserves zero stars, for all his deceptive practices. Be warned, DO NOT USE DR.TARG! Though, he is medically proficient, he is incredibly rude and he will steal your money and lie to you that he is advocating for you through your insurance. He makes patients pay upfront for his services (the whole portion), and says that you will be reimbursed through your insurance for what should be 80 percent. He will then take what little money the insurance sends him (not you, the person who already paid him in full) and take another 12 percent off (even though that was never part of any agreement and he already was paid $840 an hour). I was very proactive with this and spoke to him and the Dentists office before and after this procedure. Dr. Targ said that the insurance would indeed cover this. I felt very deceived by this whole experience and this has financially and emotionally put a strain on my family. Seek elsewhere if you need to use an anesthesiologist for your child! read more

Having my 4 year old toddler go under GA for dental work had me a nervous wreck. Dr Targ put my daughter to sleep, & took awesome care of my daughter during/after her dental procedure. Regardless if the prices are too high or not (&we aren't a very wealthy family), my daughters safety is more important than any cost! Thank you again dr Targ! read more

Dr Targ is great! My daughter needed to have anesthesia for dental work and Dr. Targ came to the dental office for the procedure. Everything went so smooth, he and our dentist put us at such ease and made a nerve wracking situation that much better for two nervous parents. Thank you! read more

He's out of network so you will not be completely reimbursed by your insurance. Also he charges a billing fee to the patient of 12% after he is paid by the insurance company. His services were needed and he came highly recommended by my son's dental office. He provided my child with adequate care; however, I was not pleased with his business practice of getting money up front and charging additional fees later for "billing." His EMT was super helpful, readily available and took the time to answer all of my questions. She makes you feel at ease for such a stressful procedure. I'm torn about this review. The procedure went well, and I'm very grateful for that; however, I have a bad gut feeling that he is gouging his patients and their insurance companies. read more

I had awful experience with Dr. Targ for the outrageous price. For a 2.5 hours work he did for my five years old daughter to get caried teeth fixed, we paid him in cash closed to $ 1800. Then he billed our medical insurance for $17,865 as outpatient surgery for mouth procedure. Insurance paid him more than $10,000. I do not know if this billing is legal under different name of "mouth surgery." After the dental procedure, the office evan did not allow my child to be full recovered and sent us out the office because another procedure was waiting. Awful unsafe practice! I would not recommend him for any one to get his service. read more

I was so devastated when I found out that my daughter had to be put under anesthesia and worried about the process. Dr Targ and his team took the time to answer questions and put my husband and I at ease. On the day of the procedure they were so quick with the process that by the time my daughter started to question what was going on she was asleep. Dr Targ and his assistant are truly kid friendly. No parent wants their child to be put under anesthesia but I am happy that we had someone that truly knows how to work with children. They have a machine that looks like a candy cane and a pink wand that they distracted my daughter with. Our experience with Dr. Targ and team was wonderful. read more

While Dr. Targ did his job making my granddaughter comfortable during her dental work, he also is not very ethical with his billing. First, we paid a deposit of $600.00 when we scheduled the appt. Second, we paid the balance at the time of he appt. in full. He did bill our medical insurance. I do believe that is done by all physicians. 6 weeks later I called the health insurance and they advised me that he had been sent a check over 3 weeks ago. When I called to find out what was going on with our refund since we had already paid the $1340.00 to him, he said he had not received the check yet and would send us a refund once he did. I knew the check had been mailed but he made up some excuse about his PO Box... That very same day I received the check with a 12 percent charge for billing the insurance co. Yes, he charged an additional $115.49 to send the ins. claim. Wrong!!! read more

I would not recommend this doctor for any services at all. Pricing is outrageous. My 5 years old son had services with them through the recommendation of my dental clinic back in 2013. At first, they charged me $1800 for the procedure and promised me that it is California law for insurance company to reimburse me regardless of in/out network providers preferences. After the procedure was done, my insurance company let me know that they charged them $4000+ for their services. Little that I knew, my insurance company denied the claim and said that the price was too high and this doctor was out of the network providers. They let me know and want me to contact my insurance company to "beg" for reconsideration. After several times of contact through phone and emails and numerous messages I left for this doctor's "mobile office". I learned that my insurance company still would not reimburse for me. I ended up with a credit card bill of $1800 and this doctor office assistant told me that "sorry, nothing else we can do! Your insurance company denied our claim. Maybe you can talk to them some more to convince them to change their mind." Reconsider your choices before you select this doctor for services. They might sound really great with their wording; they will demand to take their money first but will they help you to get your money back?? Good luck on that!!! read more

I wanted to quickly say that Alex Targ is very knowledgable and professional with his work! I was extremely nervous to see my son (22 months) go under for a dental procedure. I had taken him to two different opinions. First being they put him under at Kaiser where I could not see him for two hours. I was not okay with that., so I took him to an office in Antioch where the dentist had told me he used dr Alex Targ. I was much more at ease that I would be able to see my child. On top of that I was very happy with his technique of sedation vs the first opinion we had received . Dr Targ uses gas not IV sedation. I had spoke to dr Targ a few times before the procedure and he answered all my questions promptly and thorough. When it came time for the procedure his staff was very informative on everything that would be happening. I must admit it is very extremely unsettling to see your child go through this experience but when it needs to happen the Benifit out weigh the risks. I find it crazy that only bad reviews I've read about dr Targ are about money. I would suppose most would be more prone to review on the well being of Thor child in such a extreme procedure not to complain about funds. In my opinion after opting out on my $25 co pay to do it at Kaiser and not see my child vs paying 1500 to dr Targ just to see my child and do gas the last thing I would do would be upset about the charge. I'm so thankful dr Targ took such wonderful care of my baby. Thank you so much!!! read more

Dr. Targ's assistant called the day before the procedure and made sure we knew what had to be done before she got there. Once we were at Dr. Griffith's office, he came out, explained what he was going to do and how it would be done. A short time later, we walked in to watch the procedure. Dr. Targ answered all my questions as he monitored my Special Needs daughter. Dr. Targ is professional and made certain we knew exactly what was going on at each stage of the procedure. read more

We use this doctor because it was the only doctor recommended by Dentist and it was our first procedure for our daughter so we didn't know any better or have any experience. He told us that we would have to paid up front for the cost which again, is not like we have any choice either. The procedure went went and as for the work, it is what he said it would be so I have no problem with that part. The only problem I have is with the billing portion. When we asked about this ahead and he assure that "MOST OF THE TIME, insurance will decline and he will appeal it and we would get our money back" Our procedure was done in early June of this year and I kept emailing and even calling our insurance and so far, nothing has been done and doesn't seem like I will be able to get my money back. Again, if you don't mind about the money and have 2k to spend then for I would say his work is fair. But for someone like us, average family that is tight on a budget, 2k is a lot for us on top of the 6k we already have to paid for the actual dental procedure. So every penny count. However, when it come to your own kid, is not like you can say no and not spend the money. I was hoping this doctor can understand put an afford in helping family like us get the insurance to reimburse us for the procedure but I guess this doctor only really care about billing you upfront and once is done and he got his money and his business and thats all he care. so this is the reason why I am giving the 2 star mainly because of this billing practice. read more