Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists, LLC

Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists, LLC was paid $66.06M by Medicaid between Oct 2018 and Dec 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is 99284, emergency room visit (serious) — 29% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoNICKLAUS CHILDREN'S PEDIATRIC SPECIALISTS, LLC
MIAMI, FL 33155
33aNPI1588063176assigned 08/19/2014
33bProvider typePediatrics Physician
28Total paid$66.06M
24GClaims781,847
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthOct 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Pediatrics Physician providers in Florida

Rank by total paid#2 of 971
Median peer was paid$238K
This provider vs. median277×

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.

Auditor's notes

Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official MESTRE, MARCOS controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$1.0M$2.0M2018201920202021202220232024
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
201811,616$999K
2019116,997$10.11M
202069,666$6.28M
2021126,716$11.43M
2022195,635$15.50M
2023168,692$13.25M
2024incomplete92,525$8.50M
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99284 Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity 29% 170,557 160,221 $19.40M
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 27% 250,175 217,945 $17.67M
99283 Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity 18% 166,208 157,607 $11.69M
99285 Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life 8.4% 35,664 32,263 $5.57M
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 7.7% 39,152 32,625 $5.09M
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 7.6% 101,214 90,487 $5.03M
99203 Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity 2.2% 15,964 14,017 $1.47M
99282 Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity <1% 2,635 2,553 $121K
01922 <1% 40 36 $7K
99205 Prolong outpt/office vis <1% 61 58 $6K
99212 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward <1% 151 125 $5K
99215 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis <1% 26 26 $3K

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.

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