Physician
Comfort Anesthesia Associates INC
Comfort Anesthesia Associates INC was paid $493K by Medicaid between Mar 2018 and Oct 2024, across 15 billing codes. Its largest line is 01967, Neuraxial labor analgesia/anesthesia for planned vaginal delivery — 63% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCOMFORT ANESTHESIA ASSOCIATES INC
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93301
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93301
33aNPI1043466550assigned 08/15/2008
33bProvider typeAnesthesiology Physician
28Total paid$493K
24GClaims6,979
24DCodes billed15
24AFirst – last monthMar 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Anesthesiology Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#43 of 415
Median peer was paid$17K
This provider vs. median28×
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 | 222 | $13K | |
| 2019 | 205 | $12K | |
| 2020 | 140 | $9K | |
| 2021 | 2,404 | $107K | |
| 2022 | 1,547 | $135K | |
| 2023 | 986 | $100K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,475 | $117K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01967 | Neuraxial labor analgesia/anesthesia for planned vaginal delivery | 63% | 3,410 | 3,366 | $311K |
| 00731 | 12% | 984 | 975 | $58K | |
| 01961 | 9.7% | 706 | 705 | $48K | |
| 00790 | 4.8% | 404 | 400 | $24K | |
| 00840 | 1.9% | 299 | 297 | $10K | |
| 00797 | 1.9% | 36 | 36 | $9K | |
| 00811 | 1.4% | 369 | 366 | $7K | |
| 00142 | 1.4% | 131 | 119 | $7K | |
| 64447 | 1.1% | 110 | 110 | $5K | |
| 64450 | <1% | 155 | 155 | $5K | |
| 01402 | <1% | 27 | 27 | $4K | |
| 00813 | <1% | 140 | 140 | $3K |
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 officialIPE, JOSEPH (GROUP PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Valley Anesthesia Associates, INC. | Bakersfield, CA | $119K |
| Paramount Anesthesia Associates, INC. | Hanford, CA | $45K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.