Physician
High Desert Gastroenterology INC
High Desert Gastroenterology INC was paid $150K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and May 2020, across 18 billing codes. Its largest line is 43239, Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with biopsy, single or multiple — 28% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHIGH DESERT GASTROENTEROLOGY INC
LANCASTER, CA 93534
LANCASTER, CA 93534
33aNPI1407874134assigned 07/18/2006
33bProvider typeGastroenterology Physician
28Total paid$150K
24GClaims3,357
24DCodes billed18
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – May 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other Gastroenterology Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#136 of 363
Median peer was paid$55K
This provider vs. median2.7×
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 | 2,076 | $74K | |
| 2019 | 1,110 | $71K | |
| 2020 | 171 | $5K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43239 | Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with biopsy, single or multiple | 28% | 404 | 399 | $42K |
| 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 | 19% | 519 | 518 | $28K |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 12% | 839 | 385 | $19K |
| 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 | 8.5% | 423 | 394 | $13K |
| 45378 | Colonoscopy, flexible; diagnostic, including collection of specimen(s) | 8.3% | 76 | 76 | $12K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 7.5% | 717 | 706 | $11K |
| 45385 | Colonoscopy, flexible; with removal of tumor(s), polyp(s), or other lesion(s) | 7.4% | 44 | 44 | $11K |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 2.7% | 87 | 85 | $4K |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 1.5% | 65 | 56 | $2K |
| 99254 | <1% | 25 | 25 | $1K | |
| 88305 | Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination | <1% | 29 | 29 | $1K |
| 45380 | Colonoscopy, flexible; with biopsy, single or multiple | <1% | 12 | 12 | $1K |
6 more codes
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 12 | $917.23 |
| 88313 | <1% | 13 | $905.75 | |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) | <1% | 14 | $795.10 |
| 88312 | <1% | 13 | $534.80 | |
| G2012 | Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m service provided within the previous 7 days nor leading to an e/m service or procedure within the next 24 hours or soonest available appointment; 5-10 minutes of medical discussion | <1% | 40 | $12.48 |
| 99442 | 0% | 25 | $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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialPATEL, RAMAN (DOCTOR)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Shriji Adult Day Care LLC | Richmond, TX | $1.13M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.