Physician
Carlos A. Alvarez, MD, INC
Carlos A. Alvarez, MD, INC was paid $2.52M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 47 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 88% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCARLOS A. ALVAREZ, MD, INC
SHAFTER, CA 93263
SHAFTER, CA 93263
33aNPI1437427341assigned 12/06/2011
33bProvider typeInternal Medicine Physician
28Total paid$2.52M
24GClaims163,682
24DCodes billed47
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Internal Medicine Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#55 of 2,679
Median peer was paid$13K
This provider vs. median200×
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 | 26,979 | $192K | |
| 2019 | 26,211 | $185K | |
| 2020 | 12,389 | $212K | |
| 2021 | 12,165 | $243K | |
| 2022 | 11,880 | $280K | |
| 2023 | 31,074 | $339K | |
| 2024incomplete | 42,984 | $1.07M |
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 | 88% | 45,323 | 36,123 | $2.21M |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | 3.4% | 9,291 | 6,612 | $85K |
| 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 | 2.1% | 825 | 823 | $54K |
| J3301 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | <1% | 3,795 | 3,595 | $24K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | <1% | 578 | 564 | $20K |
| 99396 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, 40-64 years | <1% | 146 | 146 | $20K |
| 93000 | <1% | 485 | 478 | $16K | |
| J1885 | Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | <1% | 4,624 | 4,242 | $14K |
| 82962 | <1% | 5,664 | 4,690 | $11K | |
| J3420 | Injection, vitamin b-12 cyanocobalamin, up to 1000 mcg | <1% | 3,355 | 2,973 | $10K |
| 99395 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, 18-39 years | <1% | 69 | 69 | $9K |
| J0696 | Injection, ceftriaxone sodium, per 250 mg | <1% | 1,794 | 1,616 | $8K |
35 more codes
| 92552 | <1% | 193 | $6K | |
| 82948 | <1% | 3,062 | $6K | |
| 99386 | <1% | 25 | $4K | |
| J1100 | Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg | <1% | 1,307 | $4K |
| 1160F | <1% | 6,560 | $3K | |
| 82947 | <1% | 1,075 | $2K | |
| 3008F | <1% | 21,050 | $2K | |
| 1159F | <1% | 6,466 | $2K | |
| 81002 | <1% | 1,323 | $2K | |
| 3078F | <1% | 12,462 | $2K | |
| 99385 | <1% | 12 | $2K | |
| 99173 | <1% | 327 | $2K | |
| 3074F | <1% | 12,354 | $1K | |
| 3077F | <1% | 3,003 | $1K | |
| 1170F | <1% | 3,431 | $846.46 | |
| V5008 | Hearing screening | <1% | 26 | $587.34 |
| 3075F | <1% | 2,659 | $571.18 | |
| 3079F | <1% | 3,813 | $432.42 | |
| J2550 | Injection, promethazine hcl, up to 50 mg | <1% | 52 | $317.37 |
| 3044F | <1% | 541 | $113.13 | |
| 2001F | <1% | 2,574 | $108.55 | |
| 99308 | Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, straightforward | <1% | 21 | $49.50 |
| 1111F | <1% | 52 | $29.60 | |
| 3046F | <1% | 61 | $14.07 | |
| 3080F | 0% | 1,566 | $0.00 | |
| 2010F | 0% | 2,721 | $0.00 | |
| 3049F | 0% | 16 | $0.00 | |
| 99457 | 0% | 166 | $0.00 | |
| 99454 | 0% | 166 | $0.00 | |
| 99458 | 0% | 123 | $0.00 | |
| 1125F | 0% | 195 | $0.00 | |
| 1126F | 0% | 187 | $0.00 | |
| 3011F | 0% | 12 | $0.00 | |
| 3052F | 0% | 42 | $0.00 | |
| 3051F | 0% | 90 | $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 officialALVAREZ, CARLOS (PRESIDENT/OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Carlos A. Alvarez, M.D., INC | Lamont, CA | $92K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.