Ackerman, Paul

Ackerman, Paul was paid $29K by Medicaid between Mar 2018 and Mar 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is 99291, Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes — 60% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoACKERMAN, PAUL
CHICAGO, IL 60631

33aNPI1275762262assigned 07/10/2009

33bProvider typeNeurological Surgery Physician

28Total paid$29K

24GClaims447

24DCodes billed4

24AFirst – last monthMar 2018 – Mar 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Neurological Surgery Physician providers in Illinois

Rank by total paid#18 of 94

Median peer was paid$4K

This provider vs. median6.8×

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	135	$6K
2019	38	$1K
2022	43	$5K
2023	167	$12K
2024incomplete	64	$4K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
99291	Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes	60%	231	120	$17K
99205	Prolong outpt/office vis	23%	87	79	$7K
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	13%	86	67	$4K
99292		4.1%	43	42	$1K

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.