Physician
Primary Care Specialists,llc
Primary Care Specialists,llc was paid $238K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jul 2020, across 15 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 62% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPRIMARY CARE SPECIALISTS,LLC
ALEXANDRIA, LA 71301
ALEXANDRIA, LA 71301
33aNPI1346273190assigned 07/07/2006
33bProvider typeFamily Medicine Physician
28Total paid$238K
24GClaims13,205
24DCodes billed15
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jul 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other Family Medicine Physician providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#145 of 417
Median peer was paid$63K
This provider vs. median3.8×
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 | 3,972 | $76K | |
| 2019 | 6,382 | $110K | |
| 2020 | 2,851 | $52K |
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 | 62% | 4,935 | 4,131 | $148K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 16% | 1,789 | 1,479 | $38K |
| 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% | 286 | 256 | $18K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 3.5% | 1,579 | 1,362 | $8K |
| 80050 | General health panel | 2.4% | 202 | 176 | $6K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 2.1% | 1,455 | 1,254 | $5K |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | 2.0% | 779 | 673 | $5K |
| 84439 | 1.3% | 574 | 489 | $3K | |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | <1% | 473 | 395 | $2K |
| 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% | 50 | 49 | $2K |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | <1% | 210 | 189 | $1K |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 680 | 588 | $705.68 |
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 officialBAKER, SHARIFA (M.D/ OWNER)