Desert Nephrology
Desert Nephrology was paid $328K by Medicaid between Nov 2018 and Oct 2024, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is 90960, End-stage renal disease related services monthly, for patients 20 years and older, with 4 or more face-to-face visits — 49% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDESERT NEPHROLOGY
PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262
PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262
33aNPI1215026653assigned 10/12/2006
33bProvider typeSpecialist
28Total paid$328K
24GClaims5,638
24DCodes billed10
24AFirst – last monthNov 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Specialist providers in California
Rank by total paid#343 of 1,230
Median peer was paid$51K
This provider vs. median6.4×
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 | 64 | $547.97 | |
| 2019 | 762 | $27K | |
| 2020 | 881 | $53K | |
| 2021 | 742 | $50K | |
| 2022 | 752 | $58K | |
| 2023 | 1,097 | $63K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,340 | $78K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90960 | End-stage renal disease related services monthly, for patients 20 years and older, with 4 or more face-to-face visits | 49% | 2,151 | 2,151 | $161K |
| 90961 | 41% | 2,246 | 2,246 | $136K | |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 3.1% | 310 | 98 | $10K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 2.9% | 536 | 518 | $9K |
| 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 | 1.7% | 216 | 208 | $6K |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | <1% | 103 | 37 | $3K |
| 90962 | <1% | 27 | 27 | $2K | |
| 99441 | <1% | 25 | 25 | $634.60 | |
| 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% | 12 | 12 | $528.33 |
| 99442 | <1% | 12 | 12 | $513.52 |
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 officialALDERMAN, DAVID (MEDICAL PHYSICIAN)