Sierra Regional Spine Institute

Sierra Regional Spine Institute was paid $54K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jun 2020, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 97110, Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion — 56% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoSIERRA REGIONAL SPINE INSTITUTE
RENO, NV 89509

33aNPI1104802297assigned 12/20/2005

33bProvider typeOrthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician

28Total paid$54K

24GClaims1,278

24DCodes billed7

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jun 2020

Compared with peers

Next to other Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician providers in Nevada

Rank by total paid#7 of 11

Median peer was paid$99K

This provider vs. median0.5×

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	17	$802.01
2019	958	$41K
2020	303	$12K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
97110	Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion	56%	737	198	$30K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	27%	235	196	$15K
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	9.2%	115	84	$5K
99215	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis	3.4%	40	29	$2K
97140	Manual therapy techniques, each 15 minutes (e.g., mobilization/manipulation, manual lymphatic drainage)	2.9%	112	37	$2K
73560		<1%	18	12	$283.88
J1040	Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg	<1%	21	12	$215.70

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 officialFORBES, PENNY (PRACTICE ADMINISTRATOR)

Same official

Other billing entities under FORBES, PENNY

Full network →

Provider	Location	Paid
Berman & Mack LTD.	Reno, NV	$539K

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.