Puente, Joseph

Puente, Joseph was paid $17K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Mar 2023, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 80% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPUENTE, JOSEPH
SINTON, TX 78387

33aNPI1356312730assigned 02/01/2006

33bProvider typeFamily Medicine Physician

28Total paid$17K

24GClaims1,455

24DCodes billed8

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Mar 2023

Compared with peers

Next to other Family Medicine Physician providers in Texas

Rank by total paid#703 of 1,204

Median peer was paid$31K

This provider vs. median0.5×

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	669	$6K
2019	563	$5K
2020	87	$3K
2021	93	$871.79
2022	31	$820.21
2023	12	$548.51

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	80%	858	759	$13K
96372	Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular	18%	338	309	$3K
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	1.8%	12	12	$300.84
90756		0%	30	30	$0.00
J1030	Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg	0%	144	134	$0.00
G0008	Administration of influenza virus vaccine	0%	43	43	$0.00
J0696	Injection, ceftriaxone sodium, per 250 mg	0%	17	17	$0.00
90686		0%	13	13	$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.