Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Cruz, Ignacio

Cruz, Ignacio was paid $280K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2024, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is 97597, — 53% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCRUZ, IGNACIO
PONCE, PR 00731
33aNPI1154377885assigned 05/25/2006
28Total paid$280K
24GClaims8,639
24DCodes billed9
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other General Practice Physician providers in Puerto Rico

Rank by total paid#83 of 1,195
Median peer was paid$2K
This provider vs. median137×

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

$0$5.0K$10K$15K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
20181,069$14K
20191,406$17K
20202,148$65K
2021823$39K
20221,002$54K
20231,910$78K
2024incomplete281$12K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
97597 53% 4,066 1,711 $148K
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 42% 3,709 1,473 $118K
99212 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward 1.6% 143 92 $4K
29580 1.2% 112 52 $3K
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 <1% 420 179 $3K
29581 <1% 76 29 $2K
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% 32 26 $1K
11000 <1% 64 26 $811.05
99211 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity <1% 17 14 $33.02

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.