Physician
Merced Heart Associates
Merced Heart Associates was paid $5.06M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 40 billing codes. Its largest line is 33285, — 19% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMERCED HEART ASSOCIATES
MERCED, CA 95340
MERCED, CA 95340
33aNPI1538252457assigned 10/02/2006
33bProvider typeCardiovascular Disease Physician
28Total paid$5.06M
24GClaims58,160
24DCodes billed40
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#14 of 714
Median peer was paid$28K
This provider vs. median178×
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 | 6,015 | $438K | |
| 2019 | 6,946 | $635K | |
| 2020 | 9,842 | $649K | |
| 2021 | 9,701 | $704K | |
| 2022 | 8,988 | $751K | |
| 2023 | 10,503 | $986K | |
| 2024incomplete | 6,165 | $903K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33285 | 19% | 436 | 435 | $980K | |
| 93229 | 15% | 1,519 | 1,518 | $752K | |
| 78452 | Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic (SPECT); multiple studies at rest and/or stress | 14% | 1,822 | 1,818 | $720K |
| 93306 | Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete | 11% | 5,767 | 5,751 | $579K |
| 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 | 6.0% | 5,176 | 5,070 | $306K |
| A9500 | Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | 5.2% | 1,737 | 1,731 | $262K |
| 93298 | 3.8% | 9,010 | 8,998 | $193K | |
| J2785 | Injection, regadenoson, 0.1 mg | 3.5% | 1,979 | 1,972 | $178K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 3.4% | 3,977 | 3,909 | $173K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | 3.4% | 2,696 | 2,643 | $172K |
| 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% | 1,341 | 1,341 | $156K |
| 93015 | 2.5% | 2,967 | 2,951 | $126K |
28 more codes
| 93224 | 1.8% | 1,692 | $90K | |
| 78492 | 1.7% | 1,660 | $88K | |
| 96374 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; intravenous push, single or initial substance | <1% | 2,403 | $47K |
| G2066 | Interrogation device evaluation(s), (remote) up to 30 days; implantable cardiovascular physiologic monitor system, implantable loop recorder system, or subcutaneous cardiac rhythm monitor system, remote data acquisition(s), receipt of transmissions and technician review, technical support and distribution of results | <1% | 3,744 | $43K |
| A9555 | Rubidium rb-82, diagnostic, per study dose, up to 60 millicuries | <1% | 1,427 | $41K |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | <1% | 356 | $31K |
| 93228 | <1% | 1,537 | $25K | |
| 99244 | Office or other outpatient consultation, moderate to high complexity | <1% | 115 | $21K |
| 93010 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only | <1% | 3,415 | $20K |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex) | <1% | 394 | $15K |
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 63 | $12K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) | <1% | 112 | $10K |
| J0153 | Injection, adenosine, 1 mg (not to be used to report any adenosine phosphate compounds) | <1% | 358 | $7K |
| 93458 | <1% | 26 | $4K | |
| 93297 | <1% | 1,228 | $4K | |
| 93296 | <1% | 231 | $2K | |
| 93280 | <1% | 164 | $2K | |
| 93000 | <1% | 220 | $2K | |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day | <1% | 62 | $1K |
| 93299 | <1% | 234 | $929.47 | |
| 93294 | <1% | 100 | $903.49 | |
| 99152 | <1% | 54 | $712.76 | |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 12 | $280.87 |
| 99457 | <1% | 36 | $272.88 | |
| 99454 | <1% | 26 | $267.80 | |
| 99458 | <1% | 24 | $149.04 | |
| 33286 | <1% | 12 | $148.71 | |
| 99453 | <1% | 28 | $53.82 |
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 officialBARRON, HEATHER (PRACTICE MANAGER)