Physician
Santiago-Escalera, Teresita
Santiago-Escalera, Teresita was paid $1.01M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2023, across 32 billing codes. Its largest line is 76830, Ultrasound, transvaginal — 19% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSANTIAGO-ESCALERA, TERESITA
WESTBURY, NY 11590
WESTBURY, NY 11590
33aNPI1245542570assigned 07/01/2010
33bProvider typeObstetrics & Gynecology Physician
28Total paid$1.01M
24GClaims34,939
24DCodes billed32
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician providers in New York
Rank by total paid#83 of 762
Median peer was paid$22K
This provider vs. median47×
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 | 9,150 | $240K | |
| 2019 | 7,895 | $203K | |
| 2020 | 5,745 | $177K | |
| 2021 | 6,517 | $199K | |
| 2022 | 2,138 | $65K | |
| 2023 | 3,494 | $129K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76830 | Ultrasound, transvaginal | 19% | 1,948 | 1,934 | $189K |
| 76856 | Ultrasound, pelvic (nonobstetric), real time with image documentation; complete | 18% | 2,006 | 1,990 | $182K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 13% | 2,421 | 2,270 | $137K |
| 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 | 6.2% | 760 | 741 | $63K |
| 87491 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe | 5.0% | 2,118 | 2,115 | $50K |
| 87661 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Trichomonas vaginalis, amplified probe | 4.7% | 1,973 | 1,965 | $48K |
| 87591 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe | 4.6% | 2,117 | 2,114 | $47K |
| 81513 | 4.3% | 419 | 416 | $43K | |
| 99395 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, 18-39 years | 3.8% | 491 | 491 | $39K |
| 87624 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; human papillomavirus (HPV), high-risk types | 2.7% | 945 | 943 | $27K |
| 99401 | 2.0% | 977 | 950 | $20K | |
| 81025 | 1.8% | 3,679 | 3,567 | $18K |
20 more codes
| 99396 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, 40-64 years | 1.7% | 206 | $17K |
| 99385 | 1.6% | 176 | $16K | |
| 76817 | Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, transvaginal | 1.5% | 182 | $15K |
| 87481 | 1.3% | 710 | $14K | |
| 87801 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; amplified probe, multiple organisms | 1.2% | 273 | $12K |
| 87563 | 1.2% | 446 | $12K | |
| 87480 | 1.0% | 714 | $11K | |
| 87510 | 1.0% | 713 | $11K | |
| 81002 | <1% | 4,773 | $8K | |
| 81007 | <1% | 4,826 | $7K | |
| 76816 | Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, follow-up | <1% | 70 | $6K |
| 76376 | <1% | 533 | $6K | |
| 76815 | Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, limited | <1% | 57 | $4K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) | <1% | 66 | $3K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 64 | $3K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex) | <1% | 17 | $2K |
| 87081 | <1% | 438 | $2K | |
| 76801 | <1% | 16 | $2K | |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 780 | $177.20 |
| 99000 | 0% | 25 | $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.