Physician
Orthopaedic Surgical Associates of Lowell, P.C.
Orthopaedic Surgical Associates of Lowell, P.C. was paid $2.83M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 49 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 37% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoORTHOPAEDIC SURGICAL ASSOCIATES OF LOWELL, P.C.
NORTH CHELMSFORD, MA 01863
NORTH CHELMSFORD, MA 01863
33aNPI1457361040assigned 08/08/2006
33bProvider typePain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician
28Total paid$2.83M
24GClaims83,227
24DCodes billed49
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician providers in Massachusetts
Rank by total paid#1 of 38
Median peer was paid$9K
This provider vs. median330×
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 | 13,127 | $400K | |
| 2019 | 13,019 | $397K | |
| 2020 | 9,394 | $308K | |
| 2021 | 8,236 | $375K | |
| 2022 | 11,894 | $461K | |
| 2023 | 13,808 | $461K | |
| 2024incomplete | 13,749 | $430K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 37% | 30,273 | 28,415 | $1.06M |
| 64483 | 16% | 3,817 | 3,425 | $456K | |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 12% | 5,308 | 5,258 | $330K |
| 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 | 11% | 6,363 | 6,056 | $313K |
| 20610 | 4.1% | 4,482 | 4,016 | $116K | |
| 64493 | 2.4% | 851 | 843 | $68K | |
| 72100 | 2.3% | 4,564 | 3,823 | $66K | |
| 73564 | 2.0% | 3,176 | 2,550 | $58K | |
| 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 | 1.6% | 429 | 423 | $44K |
| 73140 | 1.3% | 2,308 | 1,550 | $38K | |
| Q9966 | Low osmolar contrast material, 200-299 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml | 1.3% | 2,711 | 2,490 | $37K |
| 64494 | 1.1% | 782 | 772 | $31K |
37 more codes
| 73110 | <1% | 1,506 | $28K | |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex) | <1% | 456 | $27K |
| J3301 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | <1% | 2,254 | $18K |
| J1040 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg | <1% | 2,684 | $18K |
| 73030 | <1% | 1,576 | $17K | |
| 73610 | <1% | 1,062 | $16K | |
| 73630 | <1% | 1,086 | $16K | |
| 64479 | <1% | 100 | $10K | |
| 64484 | <1% | 246 | $10K | |
| 73562 | <1% | 544 | $9K | |
| J0702 | Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg | <1% | 1,191 | $7K |
| 20526 | <1% | 104 | $5K | |
| 73502 | <1% | 341 | $4K | |
| 72040 | <1% | 289 | $4K | |
| 97110 | Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion | <1% | 268 | $4K |
| 73100 | <1% | 243 | $3K | |
| J1100 | Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg | <1% | 2,930 | $3K |
| L4361 | Walking boot, pneumatic and/or vacuum, with or without joints, with or without interface material, prefabricated, off-the-shelf | <1% | 12 | $3K |
| 20551 | <1% | 126 | $3K | |
| J1010 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 1 mg | <1% | 332 | $2K |
| 97140 | Manual therapy techniques, each 15 minutes (e.g., mobilization/manipulation, manual lymphatic drainage) | <1% | 169 | $2K |
| 73120 | <1% | 98 | $2K | |
| 97113 | <1% | 67 | $1K | |
| 20550 | <1% | 53 | $1K | |
| L1902 | Ankle orthosis, ankle gauntlet or similar, with or without joints, prefabricated, off-the-shelf | <1% | 15 | $1K |
| L1820 | Knee orthosis, elastic with condylar pads and joints, with or without patellar control, prefabricated item that has been trimmed, bent, molded, assembled, or otherwise customized to fit a specific patient by an individual with expertise | <1% | 31 | $876.06 |
| 99442 | <1% | 78 | $875.83 | |
| 64480 | <1% | 12 | $863.80 | |
| 64495 | <1% | 42 | $698.37 | |
| 29705 | <1% | 15 | $698.03 | |
| 99441 | <1% | 88 | $623.17 | |
| 99443 | <1% | 35 | $529.32 | |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 25 | $424.23 |
| 73070 | <1% | 34 | $341.19 | |
| 73130 | <1% | 20 | $303.27 | |
| 73080 | <1% | 17 | $213.43 | |
| 20552 | <1% | 14 | $184.54 |
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 officialGERBER, SAMUEL (PRESIDENT)