Physician
Chavez Benzaquen, Estrella
Chavez Benzaquen, Estrella was paid $12K by Medicaid between Aug 2021 and Aug 2022, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 59409, Vaginal delivery only (with or without episiotomy and/or forceps) — 73% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHAVEZ BENZAQUEN, ESTRELLA
SANTA MARIA, CA 93455
SANTA MARIA, CA 93455
33aNPI1396187449assigned 07/17/2013
33bProvider typeGynecology Physician
28Total paid$12K
24GClaims111
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthAug 2021 – Aug 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Gynecology Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#30 of 47
Median peer was paid$37K
This provider vs. median0.3×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 41 | $1K | |
| 2022 | 70 | $11K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59409 | Vaginal delivery only (with or without episiotomy and/or forceps) | 73% | 18 | 18 | $9K |
| 99238 | Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 21% | 74 | 74 | $3K |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 6.6% | 19 | 16 | $803.80 |
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.