Physician
Lucita M Cruz MD INC
Lucita M Cruz MD INC was paid $2K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Apr 2023, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 40% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLUCITA M CRUZ MD INC
NORWALK, CA 90650
NORWALK, CA 90650
33aNPI1114229762assigned 12/01/2010
33bProvider typeInternal Medicine Physician
28Total paid$2K
24GClaims4,285
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Apr 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Internal Medicine Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#1,871 of 2,679
Median peer was paid$13K
This provider vs. median0.2×
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 | 774 | $82.59 | |
| 2019 | 1,594 | $674.20 | |
| 2020 | 555 | $221.69 | |
| 2021 | 838 | $150.16 | |
| 2022 | 435 | $552.43 | |
| 2023 | 89 | $234.41 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 40% | 512 | 495 | $771.31 |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | 29% | 294 | 276 | $558.75 |
| 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 | 22% | 827 | 789 | $429.08 |
| 3008F | 6.5% | 1,180 | 1,102 | $123.99 | |
| 3074F | 1.6% | 688 | 652 | $29.95 | |
| 3078F | <1% | 771 | 727 | $2.40 | |
| 3079F | 0% | 13 | 12 | $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 officialCRUZ, LUCITA (OWNER)