Physician
Santa Barbara Neonatal Medical Group
Santa Barbara Neonatal Medical Group was paid $86K by Medicaid between Jul 2020 and Jan 2022, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 99480, Subsequent intensive care, per day, low birth weight infant — 98% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSANTA BARBARA NEONATAL MEDICAL GROUP
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93102
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93102
33aNPI1396807822assigned 12/14/2006
33bProvider typeNeonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician
28Total paid$86K
24GClaims276
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJul 2020 – Jan 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#35 of 80
Median peer was paid$66K
This provider vs. median1.3×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 192 | $62K | |
| 2021 | 21 | $6K | |
| 2022 | 63 | $17K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99480 | Subsequent intensive care, per day, low birth weight infant | 98% | 260 | 83 | $84K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | 2.2% | 16 | 12 | $2K |
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 officialNORDBERG, KARA (ACCOUNTS ADMINISTRATOR)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast Neonatal Services | Ventura, CA | $578K |
| Valley Neonatal Associates, INC. | Monterey Park, CA | $302K |
| Bruce W Barker, MD, Faap, INC. | Pomona, CA | $50K |
| Saba Gaffar, MD, INC. | Northridge, CA | $36K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.