Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Ferrera, Sara

Ferrera, Sara was paid $570K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is 99285, emergency room visit (most serious) — 51% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoFERRERA, SARA
WAUKEGAN, IL 60085
33aNPI1356510788assigned 02/29/2008
28Total paid$570K
24GClaims11,974
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Emergency Medicine Physician providers in Illinois

Rank by total paid#102 of 1,980
Median peer was paid$150K
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

$0$10K$20K$30K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
20182,848$104K
20193,083$127K
20203,100$132K
20211,015$60K
2022999$72K
2023522$37K
2024incomplete407$37K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99285 Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life 51% 4,268 3,789 $288K
99284 Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity 30% 3,598 3,295 $171K
99283 Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity 18% 3,242 2,870 $101K
93010 Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only 1.3% 829 630 $7K
99291 Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes <1% 12 12 $840.60
99282 Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity <1% 25 25 $580.80

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.