Farida Bounoua MD INC

Farida Bounoua MD INC was paid $327K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 58% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoFARIDA BOUNOUA MD INC
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105

33aNPI1396138103assigned 03/18/2015

33bProvider typeSurgery Physician

28Total paid$327K

24GClaims2,872

24DCodes billed5

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Surgery Physician providers in California

Rank by total paid#62 of 437

Median peer was paid$23K

This provider vs. median14×

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	486	$34K
2019	436	$44K
2020	495	$53K
2021	457	$59K
2022	471	$73K
2023	365	$44K
2024incomplete	162	$19K

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	58%	1,393	1,371	$190K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	31%	1,229	1,210	$102K
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	6.3%	120	120	$21K
99285	Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life	4.0%	118	117	$13K
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%	12	12	$1K

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 officialBOUNOUA, FARIDA (PRESIDENT)