Physician
Desert Hand and Plastic Surgery PC
Desert Hand and Plastic Surgery PC was paid $229K by Medicaid between May 2018 and Nov 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 49% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDESERT HAND AND PLASTIC SURGERY PC
PALM DESERT, CA 92260
PALM DESERT, CA 92260
33aNPI1174949945assigned 03/17/2014
33bProvider typeOrthopaedic Surgery Physician
28Total paid$229K
24GClaims2,674
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthMay 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#75 of 292
Median peer was paid$24K
This provider vs. median9.7×
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 | 138 | $13K | |
| 2019 | 335 | $27K | |
| 2020 | 384 | $33K | |
| 2021 | 245 | $21K | |
| 2022 | 366 | $37K | |
| 2023 | 651 | $55K | |
| 2024incomplete | 555 | $43K |
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 | 49% | 1,070 | 1,013 | $112K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 29% | 469 | 469 | $67K |
| 99243 | 13% | 179 | 175 | $31K | |
| 20526 | 4.2% | 126 | 83 | $10K | |
| J0702 | Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg | 3.2% | 738 | 726 | $7K |
| 73140 | <1% | 59 | 51 | $1K | |
| 20550 | <1% | 14 | 13 | $583.29 | |
| J1100 | Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg | <1% | 19 | 18 | $13.38 |
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 officialBOWEN, DAVID (CEO/SURGEON)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| City of Napoleon Office of Clerk | Napoleon, OH | $114K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.