Physician
Vernon C Sorenson MD INC.
Vernon C Sorenson MD INC. was paid $5.36M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 26 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 79% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoVERNON C SORENSON MD INC.
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93301
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93301
33aNPI1194819920assigned 10/03/2006
33bProvider typeEmergency Medicine Physician
28Total paid$5.36M
24GClaims87,542
24DCodes billed26
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Emergency Medicine Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#105 of 988
Median peer was paid$32K
This provider vs. median169×
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 | 16,497 | $880K | |
| 2019 | 15,131 | $871K | |
| 2020 | 10,358 | $635K | |
| 2021 | 13,496 | $861K | |
| 2022 | 14,723 | $913K | |
| 2023 | 9,916 | $607K | |
| 2024incomplete | 7,421 | $592K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 79% | 40,613 | 38,985 | $4.23M |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 11% | 6,219 | 6,208 | $612K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 9.4% | 5,424 | 5,355 | $506K |
| 0012A | <1% | 52 | 52 | $2K | |
| 0011A | <1% | 43 | 43 | $2K | |
| 71046 | Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | <1% | 1,486 | 1,463 | $1K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 13 | 13 | $1K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 12 | 12 | $1K |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | <1% | 9,346 | 9,288 | $720.33 |
| 81002 | <1% | 8,662 | 8,564 | $582.20 | |
| 81025 | <1% | 3,562 | 3,530 | $180.81 | |
| 87811 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | <1% | 9,258 | 8,718 | $164.54 |
14 more codes
| 99000 | <1% | 281 | $128.67 | |
| 94640 | Pressurized or nonpressurized inhalation treatment for acute airway obstruction | <1% | 132 | $55.80 |
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | 0% | 378 | $0.00 |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | 0% | 376 | $0.00 |
| J1885 | Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | 0% | 68 | $0.00 |
| J7611 | Albuterol, inhalation solution, fda-approved final product, non-compounded, administered through dme, concentrated form, 1 mg | 0% | 66 | $0.00 |
| 85018 | 0% | 12 | $0.00 | |
| 99051 | 0% | 1,430 | $0.00 | |
| J7638 | Dexamethasone, inhalation solution, compounded product, administered through dme, unit dose form, per milligram | 0% | 39 | $0.00 |
| 99173 | 0% | 15 | $0.00 | |
| 85014 | 0% | 12 | $0.00 | |
| A6216 | Gauze, non-impregnated, non-sterile, pad size 16 sq. in. or less, without adhesive border, each dressing | 0% | 17 | $0.00 |
| 73630 | 0% | 13 | $0.00 | |
| 82947 | 0% | 13 | $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 officialSORENSON, VERNON (PRESIDENT/OWNER)