Physician
Cortez, Maria
Cortez, Maria was paid $278K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 93% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCORTEZ, MARIA
MARRERO, LA 70072
MARRERO, LA 70072
33aNPI1528072063assigned 07/28/2006
33bProvider typeObstetrics & Gynecology Physician
28Total paid$278K
24GClaims8,393
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#51 of 126
Median peer was paid$155K
This provider vs. median1.8×
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 | 1,029 | $39K | |
| 2019 | 968 | $36K | |
| 2020 | 998 | $34K | |
| 2021 | 1,427 | $41K | |
| 2022 | 1,541 | $46K | |
| 2023 | 1,177 | $38K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,253 | $44K |
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 | 93% | 6,450 | 3,418 | $258K |
| 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 | 3.5% | 177 | 128 | $10K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 1.2% | 147 | 129 | $3K |
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | 1.1% | 30 | 26 | $3K |
| 87210 | <1% | 702 | 553 | $2K | |
| 59430 | <1% | 14 | 13 | $1K | |
| 81002 | <1% | 59 | 29 | $66.04 | |
| 99000 | 0% | 814 | 674 | $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.