Dr. Rafael Villalobos
Dr. Rafael Villalobos-Nieto
Last updated: Jan 5, 2026

Dr. Rafael Villalobos-Nieto

  • Gender: Male
  • Experience: 33 years
  • Graduation year: 1988
  • Sole propriator: Yes
  • NPI: 1083638522

Dr. Rafael Villalobos-Nieto MD

Pediatrician

He is located at 2121 Pease Street Ste 207 in Harlingen, TX 78550. Can help patients with the following: Dystonia, Kawasaki Disease, Migraine, Parenting, Sore Throat, Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome. His National Provider Identifier (NPI) number is 1083638522. Appointment can be made via the phone number (956) 350-2660.

Conditions treated

Dr. Rafael Villalobos, being an pediatrician, treats the following conditions. Please be advised that this list may not be complete. For the full list of conditions treated, consult directly with Dr. Rafael Villalobos-Nieto.

  • Abdominal Pain
  • Allergic Reaction
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Amnesia
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
  • Anemia
  • Anencephaly
  • Aphasia
  • Asthma
  • Autism
  • Bee and Wasp Stings
  • Birth Defects
  • Brain Aneurysm
  • Brain Damage
  • Brain Hemorrhage
  • Bronchitis
  • Cerebral Palsy (CP)
  • Cervical Radiculopathy
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT)
  • Childhood Behavioral and Emotional Disorders
  • Childhood Obesity
  • Chronic Cough
  • Claudication
  • Cleft Palate and Cleft Lip
  • Cluster Headaches
  • Colic
  • Common Cold
  • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
  • Concussion
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
  • Croup
  • Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD)
  • Dementia
  • Developmental Delays
  • Double Vision
  • Down Syndrome
  • Dyslexia
  • Dystonia
  • Early Onset Alzheimers
  • Eczema
  • Edwards Syndrome
  • Encephalitis
  • Encephalopathy
  • Enuresis
  • Epilepsy
  • Face Blindness
  • Fainting
  • Febrile Seizure
  • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
  • Fever
  • Food Poisoning
  • Fragile X Syndrome (FXS)
  • General Care
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)
  • Hay Fever
  • Head Injury
  • Head Lice
  • Headache
  • Heart Disease
  • Herniated Disc
  • Hives
  • Huntington's Disease (HD)
  • Infant Care
  • Influenza
  • Jaundice
  • Kawasaki Disease
  • Learning Disability
  • Low Back Pain
  • Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
  • Mad Cow Disease
  • Meningitis
  • Meralgia Paresthetica
  • Migraine
  • Motion Sickness
  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Myasthenia Gravis (MG)
  • Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS)
  • Nausea and Vomiting
  • Nerve Damage
  • Neuropathic Pain
  • Noonan Syndrome
  • Optic Neuritis
  • PANDAS
  • Paralysis
  • Parenting
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Peripheral Nerve Injuries
  • Peripheral Nerve Tumors
  • Peripheral Neuropathy
  • Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD)
  • Phenylketonuria (PKU)
  • Pinched Nerve
  • Pinworm Infection
  • Polio
  • Prescription Refill
  • Progressive Neurological Disorders
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri
  • Reye Syndrome
  • Rickets
  • Sciatica
  • Seizures
  • Sinusitis
  • Skin Rash
  • Sore Throat
  • Speech Disorders
  • Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS)
  • Stroke
  • Stuttering
  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
  • Tardive Dyskinesia
  • Tension Headache
  • Tics
  • Tinnitus
  • Tourette Syndrome
  • Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Tremor
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN)
  • Turner Syndrome
  • Upper Respiratory Infection (URI)
  • Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
  • Vertigo
  • Vestibular Testing
  • Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
  • Williams Syndrome
  • Wilson-Turner Syndrome

Procedures Performed by Dr. Rafael Villalobos-Nieto

ACA Marketplace (Obamacare/HealthCare.gov) plan networks

Insurers selling ACA Marketplace (HealthCare.gov) plans list Dr. Rafael Villalobos-Nieto as in-network for the following 2026 plans.

Health plans

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas

Network data as of Jun 7, 2026, as reported by the insurer.

Show all 19 plans from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas plans
Plan Plan type Network tier New patients
Blue Advantage Bronze HMO℠ 204 (27 plan variants) HMO · Expanded Bronze Blue Advantage HMO Accepting new patients
Blue Advantage Bronze HMO℠ 301 (14 plan variants) HMO · Bronze Blue Advantage HMO Accepting new patients
Blue Advantage Bronze HMO℠ Standard (27 plan variants) HMO · Expanded Bronze Blue Advantage HMO Accepting new patients
Blue Advantage Gold HMO℠ 206 (27 plan variants) HMO · Gold Blue Advantage HMO Accepting new patients
Blue Advantage Gold HMO℠ 603 (14 plan variants) HMO · Gold Blue Advantage HMO Accepting new patients
Blue Advantage Gold HMO℠ Standard (27 plan variants) HMO · Gold Blue Advantage HMO Accepting new patients
Blue Advantage Plus Bronze℠ 303 (27 plan variants) POS · Expanded Bronze Blue Advantage HMO Accepting new patients
Blue Advantage Plus Bronze℠ 305 (27 plan variants) POS · Bronze Blue Advantage HMO Accepting new patients
Blue Advantage Plus Bronze℠ Standard (27 plan variants) POS · Expanded Bronze Blue Advantage HMO Accepting new patients
Blue Advantage Plus Gold℠ 203 (27 plan variants) POS · Gold Blue Advantage HMO Accepting new patients
Blue Advantage Plus Gold℠ 803 (27 plan variants) POS · Gold Blue Advantage HMO Accepting new patients
Blue Advantage Plus Gold℠ Standard (27 plan variants) POS · Gold Blue Advantage HMO Accepting new patients
Blue Advantage Plus Silver℠ 202 (27 plan variants) POS · Silver Blue Advantage HMO Accepting new patients
Blue Advantage Plus Silver℠ 605 (27 plan variants) POS · Silver Blue Advantage HMO Accepting new patients
Blue Advantage Plus Silver℠ Standard (27 plan variants) POS · Silver Blue Advantage HMO Accepting new patients
Blue Advantage Security HMO℠ 200 (27 plan variants) HMO · Catastrophic Blue Advantage HMO Accepting new patients
Blue Advantage Silver HMO℠ 205 (27 plan variants) HMO · Silver Blue Advantage HMO Accepting new patients
Blue Advantage Silver HMO℠ 801 (14 plan variants) HMO · Silver Blue Advantage HMO Accepting new patients
Blue Advantage Silver HMO℠ Standard (27 plan variants) HMO · Silver Blue Advantage HMO Accepting new patients

UnitedHealthcare

Network data as of Sep 15, 2026, as reported by the insurer.

Show all 14 plans from UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare plans
Plan Plan type Network tier New patients
UHC Bronze Copay Focus $0 Indiv Med Ded ($0 Virtual Urgent Care) HMO · Expanded Bronze Non Preferred Accepting new patients
UHC Bronze Essential ($0 Virtual Urgent Care) HMO · Bronze Non Preferred Accepting new patients
UHC Bronze Standard HMO · Expanded Bronze Non Preferred Accepting new patients
UHC Bronze Standard+ (Dental + Vision) HMO · Expanded Bronze Non Preferred Accepting new patients
UHC Gold Advantage ($0 Virtual Urgent Care, $8 Tier 2 Rx) HMO · Gold Non Preferred Accepting new patients
UHC Gold Advantage+ ($0 Virtual Urgent Care, $8 Tier 2 Rx, Dental + Vision) HMO · Gold Non Preferred Accepting new patients
UHC Gold Copay Focus $0 Indiv Med Ded ($0 Virtual Urgent Care, $8 Tier 2 Rx) HMO · Gold Non Preferred Accepting new patients
UHC Gold Copay Focus+ $0 Indiv Med Ded ($0 Virtual Urgent Care, $8 Tier 2 Rx, Dental + Vision) HMO · Gold Non Preferred Accepting new patients
UHC Gold Standard HMO · Gold Non Preferred Accepting new patients
UHC Silver Advantage ($0 Virtual Urgent Care, $5 Tier 2 Rx) HMO · Silver Non Preferred Accepting new patients
UHC Silver Advantage+ ($0 Virtual Urgent Care, $5 Tier 2 Rx, Dental + Vision) HMO · Silver Non Preferred Accepting new patients
UHC Silver Standard HMO · Silver Non Preferred Accepting new patients
UHC Silver Value ($0 Virtual Urgent Care) HMO · Silver Non Preferred Accepting new patients
UHC Silver Value+ ($0 Virtual Urgent Care, Dental + Vision) HMO · Silver Non Preferred Accepting new patients

This covers ACA Marketplace plans only, as reported by each insurer. It does not include employer, Medicare Advantage, or state-run exchange plans, and a plan missing from this list does not mean Dr. Rafael Villalobos-Nieto is out of network. Insurer directories can be out of date, so always confirm with the insurer and the office before your visit.

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Medicare Enrollment

Dr. Rafael Villalobos-Nieto is enrolled to bill Medicare as a Practitioner - Pediatric Medicine (also registered under: Practitioner - Neurology) .

Bills through: Rafael Villalobos Md Pa

Based on Medicare's public enrollment records as of Jul 17, 2026. This reflects Medicare fee-for-service enrollment only and says nothing about other insurance, quality, outcomes, or board certification.

Payments received

Drug payment

Supernus Pharmaceuticals $1345
Cyberonics $997
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals $392

Other

Food and Beverage $3107
Travel and Lodging $638

Studies

Graduated in 1988

Additional Specialities

  • Neurologist

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Questions & Answers

What conditions does Dr. Rafael Villalobos treat?

Dr. Rafael Villalobos provides treatment for Dystonia, Kawasaki Disease, Migraine, Parenting, Sore Throat, Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome. For the full list see this list.

Where can you meet with Dr. Rafael Villalobos?

Dr. Rafael Villalobos's office is located at 2121 Pease Street Ste 207 in Harlingen, TX 78550.

Does Dr. Rafael Villalobos accept patients with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas?

Yes, Dr. Rafael Villalobos is listed in-network for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas through the ACA Marketplace (Obamacare/HealthCare.gov). See the Marketplace plans section for details.