Physician
Western Bariatric, a Medical Corporation
Western Bariatric, a Medical Corporation was paid $9.57M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 25 billing codes. Its largest line is 43659, — 47% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWESTERN BARIATRIC, A MEDICAL CORPORATION
SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92404
SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92404
33aNPI1184821373assigned 06/29/2007
33bProvider typeSurgery Physician
28Total paid$9.57M
24GClaims48,454
24DCodes billed25
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Surgery Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#7 of 437
Median peer was paid$23K
This provider vs. median418×
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 | 2,707 | $370K | |
| 2019 | 4,898 | $1.14M | |
| 2020 | 5,934 | $694K | |
| 2021 | 7,135 | $905K | |
| 2022 | 7,899 | $1.11M | |
| 2023 | 11,264 | $3.16M | |
| 2024incomplete | 8,617 | $2.19M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43659 | 47% | 935 | 924 | $4.46M | |
| 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 | 18% | 26,638 | 26,320 | $1.74M |
| 43775 | 9.6% | 314 | 313 | $914K | |
| 99244 | Office or other outpatient consultation, moderate to high complexity | 3.9% | 1,052 | 1,042 | $370K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | 3.5% | 5,064 | 5,037 | $335K |
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | 3.5% | 3,524 | 3,493 | $331K |
| 43644 | 3.3% | 86 | 86 | $319K | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 2.7% | 4,354 | 4,253 | $260K |
| 43239 | Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with biopsy, single or multiple | 2.0% | 885 | 884 | $195K |
| 49329 | 1.9% | 82 | 82 | $179K | |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 1.3% | 1,316 | 1,282 | $129K |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | <1% | 1,629 | 1,254 | $62K |
13 more codes
| 43259 | <1% | 261 | $60K | |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex) | <1% | 968 | $52K |
| 64488 | <1% | 139 | $45K | |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) | <1% | 381 | $37K |
| 43249 | <1% | 159 | $36K | |
| 99245 | <1% | 96 | $11K | |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved) | <1% | 56 | $7K |
| 99284 | Emergency room visit (serious) | <1% | 52 | $6K |
| 99442 | <1% | 91 | $5K | |
| 99283 | Emergency room visit (moderate) | <1% | 87 | $4K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 188 | $3K |
| 99253 | <1% | 30 | $1K | |
| 99441 | <1% | 67 | $1K |
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 officialKRAHN, DOUGLAS (PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Douglas Krahn MD Facs Apc | San Bernardino, CA | $2K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.