Leopoldo Puga, MD, INC

Leopoldo Puga, MD, INC was paid $2.49M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jun 2024, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is 93306, Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete — 51% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoLEOPOLDO PUGA, MD, INC
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93312

33aNPI1134537665assigned 07/28/2014

33bProvider typeCardiovascular Disease Physician

28Total paid$2.49M

24GClaims33,003

24DCodes billed20

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jun 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in California

Rank by total paid#39 of 714

Median peer was paid$28K

This provider vs. median88×

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	2,559	$171K
2019	3,481	$227K
2020	4,041	$287K
2021	4,483	$313K
2022	5,859	$447K
2023	8,421	$615K
2024incomplete	4,159	$427K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
93306	Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete	51%	6,161	6,047	$1.27M
93000		14%	11,310	11,032	$354K
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	13%	7,711	7,528	$314K
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	9.1%	2,554	2,540	$227K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	5.8%	2,850	2,746	$145K
93015		2.5%	554	548	$63K
93224		1.5%	298	295	$36K
99222	Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity	<1%	156	154	$14K
93458		<1%	51	51	$12K
93245		<1%	48	48	$10K
93005	Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report	<1%	640	639	$8K
99203	Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity	<1%	102	102	$8K

8 more codes

99223	Prolong inpt eval add15 m	<1%	65	$6K
99244	Office or other outpatient consultation, moderate to high complexity	<1%	47	$5K
99458		<1%	92	$5K
99454		<1%	92	$5K
G2066	Interrogation device evaluation(s), (remote) up to 30 days; implantable cardiovascular physiologic monitor system, implantable loop recorder system, or subcutaneous cardiac rhythm monitor system, remote data acquisition(s), receipt of transmissions and technician review, technical support and distribution of results	<1%	98	$5K
99457		<1%	92	$4K
93248		<1%	41	$1K
93246		<1%	41	$719.14

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 officialPUGA, LEOPOLDO (PRESIDENT/OWNER)

Same official

Other billing entities under PUGA, LEOPOLDO

Full network →

Provider	Location	Paid
Clinica Del Pueblo Lamont	Lamont, CA	$101K

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