Physician
Hernandez Cuevas, Christian
Hernandez Cuevas, Christian was paid $683K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2024, across 16 billing codes. Its largest line is 99218, — 25% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHERNANDEZ CUEVAS, CHRISTIAN
CIDRA, PR 00739
CIDRA, PR 00739
33aNPI1093947079assigned 08/10/2009
33bProvider typeGeneral Practice Physician
28Total paid$683K
24GClaims14,803
24DCodes billed16
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Practice Physician providers in Puerto Rico
Rank by total paid#26 of 1,195
Median peer was paid$2K
This provider vs. median334×
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 | 1,862 | $71K | |
| 2019 | 1,439 | $97K | |
| 2020 | 1,021 | $54K | |
| 2021 | 2,470 | $84K | |
| 2022 | 2,498 | $155K | |
| 2023 | 3,167 | $124K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,346 | $99K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99218 | 25% | 3,317 | 3,029 | $171K | |
| 99284 | Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity | 20% | 2,651 | 2,453 | $134K |
| 99234 | 12% | 1,193 | 916 | $82K | |
| 99219 | 10% | 760 | 697 | $72K | |
| 99221 | 8.5% | 843 | 817 | $58K | |
| 99285 | Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life | 5.8% | 538 | 531 | $40K |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | 5.0% | 2,739 | 2,612 | $34K |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 5.0% | 330 | 291 | $34K |
| 96360 | Intravenous infusion, hydration; initial, 31 minutes to 1 hour | 2.5% | 761 | 746 | $17K |
| 99238 | Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 2.2% | 290 | 283 | $15K |
| 96374 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; intravenous push, single or initial substance | 1.8% | 528 | 515 | $12K |
| 96361 | Intravenous infusion, hydration; each additional hour | <1% | 717 | 701 | $7K |
4 more codes
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | <1% | 40 | $6K |
| 93010 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only | <1% | 69 | $541.20 |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) | 0% | 12 | $0.00 |
| 99281 | Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, self-limited or minor | 0% | 15 | $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.