Physician
William ST John Lacorte, PMC
William ST John Lacorte, PMC was paid $637K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2023, across 14 billing codes. Its largest line is 99233, hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex) — 27% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWILLIAM ST JOHN LACORTE, PMC
METAIRIE, LA 70005
METAIRIE, LA 70005
33aNPI1053324566assigned 08/14/2006
33bProvider typeInternal Medicine Physician
28Total paid$637K
24GClaims45,915
24DCodes billed14
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Internal Medicine Physician providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#35 of 290
Median peer was paid$27K
This provider vs. median24×
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 | 10,791 | $189K | |
| 2019 | 9,976 | $142K | |
| 2020 | 8,521 | $108K | |
| 2021 | 5,285 | $76K | |
| 2022 | 5,434 | $63K | |
| 2023 | 5,908 | $58K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 27% | 12,884 | 2,451 | $174K |
| 99308 | Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, straightforward | 20% | 15,398 | 11,419 | $126K |
| 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 | 16% | 2,571 | 2,295 | $102K |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 14% | 5,430 | 985 | $87K |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 9.5% | 2,238 | 1,900 | $61K |
| 99309 | Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, low to moderate complexity | 7.5% | 4,283 | 3,757 | $47K |
| 99239 | Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 4.5% | 1,949 | 1,696 | $29K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | <1% | 170 | 165 | $5K |
| 99307 | <1% | 653 | 430 | $4K | |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 31 | 30 | $934.23 |
| 99316 | <1% | 38 | 37 | $923.34 | |
| 80305 | <1% | 42 | 39 | $359.04 |
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 officialLACORTE, WILLIAM (OWNER)