Physician
Latimer, Carlos
Latimer, Carlos was paid $650K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 24% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLATIMER, CARLOS
BAYAMON, PR 00961
BAYAMON, PR 00961
33aNPI1508969833assigned 09/05/2006
33bProvider typeGastroenterology Physician
28Total paid$650K
24GClaims10,017
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Gastroenterology Physician providers in Puerto Rico
Rank by total paid#21 of 107
Median peer was paid$47K
This provider vs. median14×
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 | 2,177 | $107K | |
| 2019 | 1,669 | $89K | |
| 2020 | 1,459 | $108K | |
| 2021 | 1,469 | $111K | |
| 2022 | 1,036 | $68K | |
| 2023 | 1,090 | $81K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,117 | $87K |
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 | 24% | 3,430 | 3,215 | $156K |
| 45378 | Colonoscopy, flexible; diagnostic, including collection of specimen(s) | 23% | 621 | 551 | $152K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 17% | 1,348 | 1,298 | $107K |
| 99070 | 14% | 2,768 | 2,514 | $94K | |
| 43239 | Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with biopsy, single or multiple | 10% | 208 | 199 | $68K |
| 99242 | 5.3% | 1,218 | 1,156 | $34K | |
| 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 | 3.1% | 182 | 172 | $20K |
| 43235 | 2.2% | 59 | 56 | $14K | |
| 45385 | Colonoscopy, flexible; with removal of tumor(s), polyp(s), or other lesion(s) | <1% | 12 | 12 | $3K |
| G0500 | Moderate sedation services provided by the same physician or other qualified health care professional performing a gastrointestinal endoscopic service that sedation supports, requiring the presence of an independent trained observer to assist in the monitoring of the patient's level of consciousness and physiological status; initial 15 minutes of intra-service time; patient age 5 years or older (additional time may be reported with 99153, as appropriate) | <1% | 70 | 67 | $1K |
| 99202 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, straightforward | <1% | 12 | 12 | $292.00 |
| 99152 | 0% | 89 | 72 | $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.