Physician
Esparaz, Benjamin
Esparaz, Benjamin was paid $63K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2024, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is 99215, doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex) — 60% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoESPARAZ, BENJAMIN
DECATUR, IL 62526
DECATUR, IL 62526
33aNPI1275502940assigned 03/15/2006
33bProvider typeHematology & Oncology Physician
28Total paid$63K
24GClaims2,220
24DCodes billed9
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Hematology & Oncology Physician providers in Illinois
Rank by total paid#90 of 285
Median peer was paid$31K
This provider vs. median2.0×
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 | 251 | $6K | |
| 2019 | 556 | $14K | |
| 2020 | 161 | $4K | |
| 2021 | 257 | $9K | |
| 2022 | 771 | $21K | |
| 2023 | 211 | $7K | |
| 2024incomplete | 13 | $420.24 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | 60% | 1,134 | 754 | $38K |
| 96413 | Chemotherapy administration, intravenous infusion; up to 1 hour, single or initial substance | 20% | 203 | 89 | $13K |
| 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 | 14% | 298 | 269 | $9K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 3.1% | 101 | 99 | $2K |
| 85027 | <1% | 104 | 72 | $584.87 | |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | <1% | 49 | 41 | $500.40 |
| 96375 | Therapeutic injection; each additional sequential IV push | <1% | 20 | 13 | $388.78 |
| 85007 | <1% | 104 | 72 | $339.15 | |
| J1100 | Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg | <1% | 207 | 86 | $186.03 |
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.