Rafael Lemus-Rangel MD a Medical Corporation

Rafael Lemus-Rangel MD a Medical Corporation was paid $135K by Medicaid between Apr 2018 and Nov 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is 99223, Prolong inpt eval add15 m — 71% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoRAFAEL LEMUS-RANGEL MD A MEDICAL CORPORATION
LANCASTER, CA 93534

33aNPI1487915120assigned 05/29/2012

33bProvider typeSurgery Physician

28Total paid$135K

24GClaims1,688

24DCodes billed6

24AFirst – last monthApr 2018 – Nov 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Surgery Physician providers in California

Rank by total paid#104 of 437

Median peer was paid$23K

This provider vs. median5.9×

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	82	$4K
2019	225	$21K
2020	228	$29K
2021	420	$37K
2022	251	$19K
2023	217	$12K
2024incomplete	265	$14K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
99223	Prolong inpt eval add15 m	71%	1,037	1,026	$96K
99233	Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m	11%	310	207	$15K
99291	Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes	8.4%	111	63	$11K
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	5.8%	148	148	$8K
99255		3.6%	67	67	$5K
99205	Prolong outpt/office vis	<1%	15	15	$715.87

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 officialLEMUS-RANGEL, RAFAEL (PRESIDENT)