Physician
Hristea, Nic
Hristea, Nic was paid $324K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 7 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 — 43% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHRISTEA, NIC
CHICAGO, IL 60643
CHICAGO, IL 60643
33aNPI1285689703assigned 05/23/2006
33bProvider typeNephrology Physician
28Total paid$324K
24GClaims6,876
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Nephrology Physician providers in Illinois
Rank by total paid#27 of 327
Median peer was paid$68K
This provider vs. median4.8×
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 | 565 | $14K | |
| 2019 | 1,117 | $47K | |
| 2020 | 1,469 | $51K | |
| 2021 | 1,379 | $67K | |
| 2022 | 783 | $44K | |
| 2023 | 767 | $45K | |
| 2024incomplete | 796 | $54K |
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 | 43% | 1,289 | 1,221 | $139K |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 23% | 3,612 | 1,320 | $76K |
| 90966 | 13% | 406 | 395 | $44K | |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 10% | 1,025 | 385 | $33K |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 9.6% | 486 | 449 | $31K |
| 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% | 44 | 40 | $1K |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | <1% | 14 | 14 | $359.80 |
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.