Essma, Samuel

Essma, Samuel was paid $35K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2019, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is 70450, Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material — 57% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoESSMA, SAMUEL
ALTON, IL 62002

33aNPI1457361065assigned 08/08/2006

33bProvider typeDiagnostic Radiology Physician

28Total paid$35K

24GClaims2,109

24DCodes billed10

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2019

Compared with peers

Next to other Diagnostic Radiology Physician providers in Illinois

Rank by total paid#710 of 1,075

Median peer was paid$76K

This provider vs. median0.5×

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	863	$15K
2019	1,246	$20K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
70450	Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material	57%	349	337	$20K
74177	Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; with contrast material	24%	212	208	$8K
71046	Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views	10%	753	732	$4K
71045	Radiologic examination, chest; single view	5.5%	695	626	$2K
74176	Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; without contrast material	1.3%	17	16	$454.86
73610		1.0%	28	27	$358.67
73630		<1%	17	17	$166.89
73564		<1%	13	12	$126.08
73130		<1%	13	13	$117.99
74018		<1%	12	12	$43.76

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.