Supplier
Desert Pharmacy
Desert Pharmacy was paid $258K by Medicaid between Feb 2020 and Nov 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is E0570, Nebulizer, with compressor — 97% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDESERT PHARMACY
EL CENTRO, CA 92243
EL CENTRO, CA 92243
33aNPI1053826792assigned 12/04/2017
33bProvider typeDurable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
28Total paid$258K
24GClaims3,195
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2020 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies providers in California
Rank by total paid#284 of 946
Median peer was paid$15K
This provider vs. median17×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 206 | $15K | |
| 2021 | 695 | $52K | |
| 2022 | 1,433 | $104K | |
| 2023 | 661 | $56K | |
| 2024incomplete | 200 | $32K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E0570 | Nebulizer, with compressor | 97% | 1,616 | 1,612 | $249K |
| S9999 | Sales tax | 3.0% | 1,465 | 1,457 | $8K |
| 94664 | <1% | 47 | 47 | $440.86 | |
| 99202 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, straightforward | <1% | 17 | 17 | $376.28 |
| A4253 | Blood glucose test or reagent strips for home blood glucose monitor, per 50 strips | 0% | 50 | 50 | $0.00 |
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 officialTEAGUE, JOHN (CEO/PRESIDENT)