Egwele, Richard

Egwele, Richard was paid $544K by Medicaid between Apr 2018 and Mar 2024, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is 11042, Debridement, subcutaneous tissue (includes epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue); first 20 sq cm — 39% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoEGWELE, RICHARD
CHICAGO, IL 60617

33aNPI1306991310assigned 01/23/2007

33bProvider typeOrthopaedic Surgery Physician

28Total paid$544K

24GClaims9,205

24DCodes billed10

24AFirst – last monthApr 2018 – Mar 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in Illinois

Rank by total paid#3 of 422

Median peer was paid$21K

This provider vs. median26×

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	150	$2K
2019	683	$6K
2020	961	$12K
2021	1,531	$113K
2022	3,135	$229K
2023	2,559	$174K
2024incomplete	186	$9K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
11042	Debridement, subcutaneous tissue (includes epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue); first 20 sq cm	39%	3,658	1,677	$213K
11043		31%	1,092	526	$169K
11045		10%	626	295	$56K
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	9.4%	1,024	621	$51K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	4.7%	856	624	$26K
99308	Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, straightforward	2.4%	1,301	486	$13K
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	1.6%	127	125	$9K
99309	Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, low to moderate complexity	1.2%	493	171	$7K
99203	Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity	<1%	13	13	$462.10
99212	Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward	<1%	15	13	$323.65

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.