Physician
Shantharam, Sanagaram
Shantharam, Sanagaram was paid $33K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2022, across 25 billing codes. Its largest line is 99243, — 25% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSHANTHARAM, SANAGARAM
FRESNO, CA 93720
FRESNO, CA 93720
33aNPI1558454546assigned 10/02/2006
33bProvider typeOrthopaedic Surgery Physician
28Total paid$33K
24GClaims22,021
24DCodes billed25
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#132 of 292
Median peer was paid$24K
This provider vs. median1.4×
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 | 7,777 | $10K | |
| 2019 | 6,257 | $5K | |
| 2020 | 3,408 | $10K | |
| 2021 | 2,508 | $8K | |
| 2022 | 2,071 | $1K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99243 | 25% | 1,026 | 1,002 | $8K | |
| 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 | 22% | 3,975 | 3,318 | $7K |
| 20610 | 16% | 3,505 | 2,279 | $5K | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 9.5% | 1,616 | 1,374 | $3K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 8.7% | 1,176 | 1,167 | $3K |
| 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 | 3.4% | 611 | 611 | $1K |
| 73560 | 3.4% | 2,081 | 1,666 | $1K | |
| 73030 | 2.6% | 838 | 758 | $852.19 | |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | 1.9% | 656 | 611 | $641.48 |
| 99244 | Office or other outpatient consultation, moderate to high complexity | 1.9% | 738 | 728 | $626.78 |
| 29876 | 1.7% | 12 | 12 | $573.34 | |
| 73130 | 1.2% | 833 | 591 | $387.10 |
13 more codes
| 73110 | <1% | 291 | $331.80 | |
| 99245 | <1% | 111 | $224.84 | |
| S0020 | Injection, bupivicaine hydrochloride, 30 ml | <1% | 1,188 | $218.52 |
| J3301 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | <1% | 1,208 | $165.27 |
| J7321 | Hyaluronan or derivative, hyalgan, supartz or visco-3, for intra-articular injection, per dose | <1% | 659 | $14.22 |
| 99401 | <1% | 19 | $12.28 | |
| J2001 | Injection, lidocaine hcl for intravenous infusion, 10 mg | <1% | 807 | $11.70 |
| 73120 | 0% | 17 | $0.00 | |
| L1833 | Knee orthosis, adjustable knee joints (unicentric or polycentric), positional orthosis, rigid support, prefabricated, off-the shelf | 0% | 12 | $0.00 |
| 73562 | 0% | 236 | $0.00 | |
| 73020 | 0% | 194 | $0.00 | |
| 99242 | 0% | 121 | $0.00 | |
| 73610 | 0% | 91 | $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.