Physician
Southern Surgical Specialists, LLC
Southern Surgical Specialists, LLC was paid $116K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is 99204, doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved) — 53% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSOUTHERN SURGICAL SPECIALISTS, LLC
MARRERO, LA 70072
MARRERO, LA 70072
33aNPI1245235274assigned 06/16/2005
33bProvider typeSurgery Physician
28Total paid$116K
24GClaims3,118
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Surgery Physician providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#12 of 65
Median peer was paid$28K
This provider vs. median4.1×
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 | 373 | $13K | |
| 2019 | 392 | $14K | |
| 2020 | 406 | $10K | |
| 2021 | 393 | $10K | |
| 2022 | 580 | $20K | |
| 2023 | 672 | $35K | |
| 2024incomplete | 302 | $12K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity | 53% | 864 | 762 | $62K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 27% | 1,205 | 972 | $32K |
| 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 | 10% | 228 | 186 | $12K |
| 43775 | 6.6% | 12 | 12 | $8K | |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 1.3% | 28 | 12 | $2K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 1.1% | 65 | 58 | $1K |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | <1% | 36 | 25 | $1K |
| 99024 | 0% | 680 | 541 | $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 officialBATSON, ROBERT (MANAGING PARTNER)