Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Dacosta, Theodore

Dacosta, Theodore was paid $148K by Medicaid between Oct 2018 and Nov 2024, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 35% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoDACOSTA, THEODORE
ORANGE, NJ 07050
33aNPI1558395673assigned 07/11/2006
28Total paid$148K
24GClaims2,961
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthOct 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Internal Medicine Physician providers in New Jersey

Rank by total paid#285 of 1,027
Median peer was paid$30K
This provider vs. median5.0×

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

$0$5.0K$10K$15K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
2018220$12K
20191,350$76K
2020547$24K
2021632$29K
202260$2K
2024incomplete152$5K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 35% 1,412 1,308 $51K
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 33% 978 945 $49K
99243 11% 219 217 $16K
43239 Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with biopsy, single or multiple 8.9% 181 180 $13K
95004 Percutaneous tests with allergenic extracts, immediate type reaction 5.3% 40 39 $8K
45378 Colonoscopy, flexible; diagnostic, including collection of specimen(s) 2.9% 43 43 $4K
45380 Colonoscopy, flexible; with biopsy, single or multiple 1.6% 25 25 $2K
45385 Colonoscopy, flexible; with removal of tumor(s), polyp(s), or other lesion(s) 1.2% 12 12 $2K
99203 Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity <1% 25 25 $1K
76700 Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; complete <1% 14 14 $954.72
76705 Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; limited <1% 12 12 $712.92

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.