Hospital
Benigno J Fernandez, M.D., P.A.
Benigno J Fernandez, M.D., P.A. was paid $333K by Medicaid between Apr 2019 and Sep 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 99223, Prolong inpt eval add15 m — 48% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBENIGNO J FERNANDEZ, M.D., P.A.
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78259
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78259
33aNPI1467677930assigned 04/17/2007
33bProvider typePsychiatric Hospital Unit
28Total paid$333K
24GClaims4,157
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthApr 2019 – Sep 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Psychiatric Hospital Unit providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#2 of 8
Median peer was paid$44K
This provider vs. median7.5×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 233 | $22K | |
| 2020 | 375 | $29K | |
| 2021 | 1,221 | $97K | |
| 2022 | 1,087 | $92K | |
| 2023 | 944 | $71K | |
| 2024incomplete | 297 | $22K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 48% | 1,387 | 1,262 | $158K |
| 99239 | Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 29% | 1,418 | 1,299 | $96K |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 24% | 1,352 | 582 | $78K |
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 officialFERNANDEZ, BENIGNO (PSYCHIATRIST)