Physician
Desert Sky Spine & Sports Medicine PC
Desert Sky Spine & Sports Medicine PC was paid $1.90M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 28 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 55% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDESERT SKY SPINE & SPORTS MEDICINE PC
TUCSON, AZ 85704
TUCSON, AZ 85704
33aNPI1316258361assigned 06/24/2010
33bProvider typePain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician
28Total paid$1.90M
24GClaims49,902
24DCodes billed28
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician providers in Arizona
Rank by total paid#2 of 12
Median peer was paid$97K
This provider vs. median20×
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 | 5,695 | $197K | |
| 2019 | 5,861 | $192K | |
| 2020 | 3,250 | $112K | |
| 2021 | 5,242 | $208K | |
| 2022 | 9,280 | $352K | |
| 2023 | 12,498 | $488K | |
| 2024incomplete | 8,076 | $352K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 55% | 22,826 | 21,012 | $1.04M |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 14% | 8,297 | 7,132 | $259K |
| 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 | 7.6% | 1,940 | 1,849 | $144K |
| 99484 | 7.0% | 6,312 | 6,129 | $133K | |
| 64483 | 5.5% | 622 | 600 | $105K | |
| 64493 | 2.4% | 327 | 285 | $47K | |
| 20553 | 2.0% | 1,063 | 972 | $39K | |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 1.8% | 677 | 611 | $35K |
| 99152 | 1.5% | 1,329 | 1,102 | $28K | |
| 62323 | 1.3% | 263 | 187 | $24K | |
| 64494 | 1.2% | 327 | 281 | $22K | |
| 20611 | <1% | 184 | 167 | $14K |
16 more codes
| J0702 | Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg | <1% | 850 | $3K |
| 62321 | <1% | 18 | $1K | |
| 64495 | <1% | 36 | $991.35 | |
| 99442 | <1% | 31 | $874.23 | |
| G3002 | Chronic pain management and treatment, monthly bundle including, diagnosis; assessment and monitoring; administration of a validated pain rating scale or tool; the development, implementation, revision, and/or maintenance of a person-centered care plan that includes strengths, goals, clinical needs, and desired outcomes; overall treatment management; facilitation and coordination of any necessary behavioral health treatment; medication management; pain and health literacy counseling; any necessary chronic pain related crisis care; and ongoing communication and care coordination between relevant practitioners furnishing care, e.g. physical therapy and occupational therapy, complementary and integrative approaches, and community-based care, as appropriate. required initial face-to-face visit at least 30 minutes provided by a physician or other qualified health professional; first 30 minutes personally provided by physician or other qualified health care professional, per calendar month. (when using g3002, 30 minutes must be met or exceeded.) | <1% | 129 | $794.84 |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | <1% | 70 | $710.43 |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex) | <1% | 17 | $700.84 |
| J3301 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | <1% | 634 | $623.85 |
| 62368 | <1% | 27 | $561.93 | |
| 64484 | <1% | 13 | $531.25 | |
| 96127 | <1% | 148 | $345.27 | |
| J3010 | Injection, fentanyl citrate, 0.1 mg | <1% | 594 | $191.02 |
| J1100 | Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg | <1% | 2,018 | $173.76 |
| J2250 | Injection, midazolam hydrochloride, per 1 mg | <1% | 993 | $98.24 |
| J1885 | Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | <1% | 143 | $55.30 |
| G2211 | Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's single, serious condition or a complex condition. (add-on code, list separately in addition to office/outpatient evaluation and management visit, new or established) | <1% | 14 | $17.72 |
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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialCOURY, THOMAS (PRESIDENT/ OWNER/ CEO)