Vakkalanka, Sarah

Vakkalanka, Sarah was paid $93K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jan 2023, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 99204, doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved) — 61% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoVAKKALANKA, SARAH
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92648

33aNPI1427029883assigned 02/01/2006

33bProvider typeOtolaryngology Physician

28Total paid$93K

24GClaims2,471

24DCodes billed2

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jan 2023

Compared with peers

Next to other Otolaryngology Physician providers in California

Rank by total paid#76 of 168

Median peer was paid$67K

This provider vs. median1.4×

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	312	$11K
2019	571	$23K
2020	470	$17K
2021	531	$19K
2022	544	$22K
2023	43	$2K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
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	61%	797	776	$56K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	39%	1,674	1,310	$36K

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.