Mecum, Robert
Mecum, Robert was paid $397K by Medicaid between Feb 2018 and Nov 2024, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is 45378, Colonoscopy, flexible; diagnostic, including collection of specimen(s) — 29% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMECUM, ROBERT
WHITTIER, CA 90606
WHITTIER, CA 90606
33aNPI1114945680assigned 07/17/2006
33bProvider typeSpecialist
28Total paid$397K
24GClaims6,958
24DCodes billed9
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Specialist providers in California
Rank by total paid#315 of 1,230
Median peer was paid$51K
This provider vs. median7.7×
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 | 90 | $2K | |
| 2020 | 182 | $6K | |
| 2021 | 138 | $4K | |
| 2022 | 1,571 | $125K | |
| 2023 | 2,519 | $175K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,458 | $86K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45378 | Colonoscopy, flexible; diagnostic, including collection of specimen(s) | 29% | 716 | 716 | $114K |
| 45385 | Colonoscopy, flexible; with removal of tumor(s), polyp(s), or other lesion(s) | 16% | 314 | 313 | $63K |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity | 14% | 1,589 | 1,589 | $54K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 12% | 1,434 | 1,433 | $49K |
| 45380 | Colonoscopy, flexible; with biopsy, single or multiple | 11% | 324 | 319 | $44K |
| 43239 | Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with biopsy, single or multiple | 8.5% | 358 | 358 | $34K |
| 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 | 4.5% | 977 | 963 | $18K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 4.3% | 1,209 | 1,200 | $17K |
| 43235 | 1.2% | 37 | 37 | $5K |
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.