Universal Orthopaedic Group

Universal Orthopaedic Group was paid $144K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and May 2022, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is 99203, doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) — 62% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoUNIVERSAL ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP
PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262

33aNPI1003239187assigned 01/27/2014

33bProvider typeOrthopaedic Surgery Physician

28Total paid$144K

24GClaims3,274

24DCodes billed5

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – May 2022

Compared with peers

Next to other Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in California

Rank by total paid#87 of 292

Median peer was paid$24K

This provider vs. median6.1×

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
2018	1,453	$79K
2019	611	$23K
2020	424	$13K
2021	561	$20K
2022	225	$9K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
99203	Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity	62%	1,516	1,513	$89K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	36%	1,521	1,420	$52K
73100		1.1%	208	177	$2K
99214	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity	<1%	16	16	$826.09
73140		<1%	13	13	$89.17

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.

From NPPES

Who's on the registration

Authorized officialROGER, DOUGLAS (OWNER)