Physician
DR. Hickham and Associates A.P.M.C.
DR. Hickham and Associates A.P.M.C. was paid $247K by Medicaid between Jan 2019 and Dec 2024, across 21 billing codes. Its largest line is 99204, doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved) — 42% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDR. HICKHAM AND ASSOCIATES A.P.M.C.
METAIRIE, LA 70002
METAIRIE, LA 70002
33aNPI1124072376assigned 05/20/2006
33bProvider typeOtolaryngology Physician
28Total paid$247K
24GClaims6,679
24DCodes billed21
24AFirst – last monthJan 2019 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Otolaryngology Physician providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#13 of 56
Median peer was paid$82K
This provider vs. median3.0×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 17 | $316.38 | |
| 2020 | 58 | $3K | |
| 2021 | 804 | $28K | |
| 2022 | 997 | $47K | |
| 2023 | 2,095 | $74K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,708 | $95K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 42% | 1,497 | 1,299 | $103K |
| 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 | 34% | 2,199 | 1,652 | $84K |
| 31237 | 7.9% | 101 | 50 | $20K | |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 4.2% | 256 | 219 | $10K |
| 76377 | 2.9% | 212 | 155 | $7K | |
| 69210 | 1.6% | 229 | 193 | $4K | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 1.6% | 119 | 103 | $4K |
| 70486 | 1.4% | 88 | 80 | $4K | |
| 92511 | 1.2% | 39 | 38 | $3K | |
| 31231 | 1.1% | 31 | 24 | $3K | |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | 1.1% | 790 | 520 | $3K |
| 95117 | <1% | 190 | 66 | $1K |
9 more codes
| 92567 | <1% | 80 | $679.37 | |
| J0696 | Injection, ceftriaxone sodium, per 250 mg | <1% | 360 | $462.14 |
| 92557 | <1% | 19 | $345.66 | |
| J0702 | Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg | <1% | 126 | $182.19 |
| 20552 | <1% | 14 | $129.25 | |
| J3301 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | <1% | 68 | $33.12 |
| J3490 | Unclassified drugs | <1% | 17 | $17.20 |
| J1100 | Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg | <1% | 50 | $15.32 |
| 99024 | 0% | 194 | $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 officialCOLLIER, CLARE (OFFICE ADMIN)