Physician
Meier-Bennett, Vera
Meier-Bennett, Vera was paid $1.69M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2023, across 49 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 34% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMEIER-BENNETT, VERA
PORTERVILLE, CA 93257
PORTERVILLE, CA 93257
33aNPI1326085572assigned 05/31/2006
33bProvider typePediatrics Physician
28Total paid$1.69M
24GClaims42,264
24DCodes billed49
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatrics Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#84 of 1,490
Median peer was paid$15K
This provider vs. median113×
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 | 9,014 | $253K | |
| 2019 | 8,337 | $293K | |
| 2020 | 6,133 | $239K | |
| 2021 | 6,884 | $346K | |
| 2022 | 7,684 | $376K | |
| 2023 | 4,212 | $179K |
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 | 34% | 7,629 | 6,353 | $566K |
| 96112 | 17% | 2,663 | 2,450 | $291K | |
| 90460 | Immunization administration through 18 years of age via any route, first or only component | 8.0% | 5,354 | 4,487 | $135K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 6.9% | 2,265 | 1,975 | $116K |
| 99393 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, late childhood (5-11 years) | 6.0% | 1,334 | 1,228 | $101K |
| 99392 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, early childhood (1-4 years) | 5.3% | 1,185 | 1,092 | $90K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | 5.1% | 919 | 804 | $86K |
| 92250 | 3.9% | 1,655 | 1,461 | $66K | |
| 99391 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, infant (under 1 year) | 2.9% | 703 | 627 | $48K |
| 99394 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, adolescent (12-17 years) | 2.3% | 452 | 422 | $39K |
| 97802 | 1.7% | 1,652 | 1,462 | $29K | |
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | <1% | 330 | 311 | $16K |
37 more codes
| 92551 | <1% | 1,792 | $13K | |
| 95165 | Professional services for the supervision of preparation and provision of antigens for allergen immunotherapy, multiple dose vials | <1% | 58 | $12K |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | <1% | 848 | $11K |
| 96110 | Developmental screening, with scoring and documentation, per standardized instrument | <1% | 1,347 | $10K |
| 36410 | <1% | 612 | $9K | |
| 81002 | <1% | 2,386 | $8K | |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 2,263 | $6K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 197 | $5K |
| 99211 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity | <1% | 365 | $4K |
| 87651 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe | <1% | 120 | $4K |
| 69210 | <1% | 169 | $4K | |
| 96127 | <1% | 1,298 | $4K | |
| 96111 | <1% | 67 | $2K | |
| 99173 | <1% | 1,281 | $2K | |
| 90686 | <1% | 1,238 | $1K | |
| 99188 | <1% | 125 | $1K | |
| 96161 | <1% | 475 | $1K | |
| 94010 | <1% | 29 | $990.02 | |
| 87633 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, respiratory virus, 12-25 targets | <1% | 20 | $985.54 |
| 36406 | <1% | 62 | $854.17 | |
| 90461 | <1% | 519 | $851.38 | |
| 94060 | <1% | 20 | $682.80 | |
| 90651 | <1% | 106 | $643.50 | |
| 90471 | Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine | <1% | 47 | $617.97 |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | <1% | 27 | $411.21 |
| 94760 | <1% | 248 | $405.31 | |
| 90621 | <1% | 93 | $316.66 | |
| 95117 | <1% | 37 | $312.80 | |
| 94640 | Pressurized or nonpressurized inhalation treatment for acute airway obstruction | <1% | 20 | $251.40 |
| 94664 | <1% | 20 | $221.71 | |
| 90633 | <1% | 36 | $30.86 | |
| A7015 | Aerosol mask, used with dme nebulizer | <1% | 13 | $19.88 |
| 90688 | <1% | 20 | $15.45 | |
| 99000 | <1% | 51 | $10.00 | |
| 90647 | 0% | 22 | $0.00 | |
| 90685 | 0% | 52 | $0.00 | |
| 90670 | 0% | 40 | $0.00 |
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.