Physician
1ST Choice Pediatrics
1ST Choice Pediatrics was paid $2.54M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 66 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 22% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider info1ST CHOICE PEDIATRICS
LONGVIEW, TX 75601
LONGVIEW, TX 75601
33aNPI1497179147assigned 02/14/2014
33bProvider typePediatrics Physician
28Total paid$2.54M
24GClaims103,995
24DCodes billed66
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatrics Physician providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#187 of 1,136
Median peer was paid$329K
This provider vs. median7.7×
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 | 228 | $2K | |
| 2019 | 177 | $3K | |
| 2020 | 8,404 | $139K | |
| 2021 | 24,698 | $557K | |
| 2022 | 28,003 | $721K | |
| 2023 | 24,894 | $641K | |
| 2024incomplete | 17,591 | $478K |
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 | 22% | 15,216 | 13,781 | $559K |
| 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 | 14% | 6,709 | 6,261 | $349K |
| 99392 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, early childhood (1-4 years) | 12% | 3,980 | 3,961 | $315K |
| 99391 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, infant (under 1 year) | 11% | 3,550 | 3,386 | $275K |
| 99393 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, late childhood (5-11 years) | 9.0% | 2,754 | 2,734 | $230K |
| 90460 | Immunization administration through 18 years of age via any route, first or only component | 7.1% | 16,575 | 7,144 | $181K |
| 99394 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, adolescent (12-17 years) | 5.6% | 1,608 | 1,546 | $143K |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | 3.5% | 3,815 | 3,209 | $88K |
| 87426 | Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | 3.4% | 2,025 | 1,966 | $85K |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | 2.8% | 5,349 | 5,119 | $71K |
| 96110 | Developmental screening, with scoring and documentation, per standardized instrument | 1.8% | 5,490 | 4,473 | $47K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 1.7% | 1,806 | 1,743 | $44K |
54 more codes
| S8301 | Infection control supplies, not otherwise specified | <1% | 4,768 | $25K |
| 99000 | <1% | 2,250 | $23K | |
| 90461 | <1% | 5,031 | $19K | |
| CP002 | <1% | 1,469 | $14K | |
| 99238 | Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | <1% | 181 | $11K |
| 90471 | Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine | <1% | 951 | $10K |
| 99381 | <1% | 100 | $8K | |
| 99460 | <1% | 92 | $7K | |
| 87807 | <1% | 621 | $7K | |
| 99050 | <1% | 327 | $5K | |
| 0001A | <1% | 88 | $4K | |
| 96160 | <1% | 1,759 | $3K | |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) | <1% | 69 | $3K |
| 0071A | <1% | 88 | $3K | |
| 0002A | <1% | 73 | $3K | |
| 81002 | <1% | 867 | $2K | |
| 0072A | <1% | 48 | $2K | |
| G8510 | Screening for depression is documented as negative, a follow-up plan is not required | <1% | 135 | $2K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | <1% | 194 | $1K |
| 90472 | Immunization administration, each additional vaccine (list separately) | <1% | 98 | $958.38 |
| 96380 | <1% | 25 | $477.25 | |
| 69210 | <1% | 14 | $429.34 | |
| 94640 | Pressurized or nonpressurized inhalation treatment for acute airway obstruction | <1% | 23 | $357.75 |
| 99211 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity | <1% | 15 | $168.94 |
| 90677 | <1% | 670 | $167.00 | |
| 90473 | <1% | 14 | $109.76 | |
| 90715 | <1% | 194 | $30.48 | |
| 90686 | <1% | 2,097 | $25.45 | |
| 99051 | <1% | 245 | $16.17 | |
| J7611 | Albuterol, inhalation solution, fda-approved final product, non-compounded, administered through dme, concentrated form, 1 mg | <1% | 15 | $7.04 |
| 99072 | <1% | 1,136 | $6.25 | |
| 90651 | <1% | 514 | $3.00 | |
| 90681 | 0% | 880 | $0.00 | |
| 90633 | 0% | 1,264 | $0.00 | |
| 90670 | 0% | 1,999 | $0.00 | |
| 90734 | 0% | 502 | $0.00 | |
| 90707 | 0% | 490 | $0.00 | |
| 90648 | 0% | 1,896 | $0.00 | |
| 90672 | 0% | 398 | $0.00 | |
| 90700 | 0% | 122 | $0.00 | |
| G2211 | Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's single, serious condition or a complex condition. (add-on code, list separately in addition to office/outpatient evaluation and management visit, new or established) | 0% | 138 | $0.00 |
| 90710 | 0% | 342 | $0.00 | |
| 90380 | 0% | 12 | $0.00 | |
| 90723 | 0% | 1,356 | $0.00 | |
| 90697 | 0% | 217 | $0.00 | |
| 90696 | 0% | 400 | $0.00 | |
| 90716 | 0% | 458 | $0.00 | |
| S3620 | Newborn metabolic screening panel, includes test kit, postage and the laboratory tests specified by the state for inclusion in this panel (e.g., galactose; hemoglobin, electrophoresis; hydroxyprogesterone, 17-d; phenylalanine (pku); and thyroxine, total) | 0% | 29 | $0.00 |
| 90656 | 0% | 187 | $0.00 | |
| 90698 | 0% | 141 | $0.00 | |
| 96127 | 0% | 15 | $0.00 | |
| 90660 | 0% | 45 | $0.00 | |
| 90680 | 0% | 42 | $0.00 | |
| 90381 | 0% | 14 | $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 officialMCCRORY, KATHLEEN (CEO)