Physician
Bentz, Joel
Bentz, Joel was paid $217K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2018, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is 87491, Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe — 18% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBENTZ, JOEL
LAS VEGAS, NV 89128
LAS VEGAS, NV 89128
33aNPI1588754113assigned 10/13/2006
33bProvider typeCytopathology Physician
28Total paid$217K
24GClaims13,147
24DCodes billed20
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2018
Compared with peers
Next to other Cytopathology Physician providers in Nevada
Rank by total paid#2 of 8
Median peer was paid$9K
This provider vs. median23×
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 | 13,147 | $217K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87491 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe | 18% | 2,213 | 2,182 | $39K |
| 87591 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe | 18% | 2,205 | 2,174 | $39K |
| 88175 | Cytopathology, cervical or vaginal, any reporting system; collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer | 9.3% | 1,817 | 1,789 | $20K |
| 88185 | 8.6% | 63 | 53 | $19K | |
| 87660 | 8.1% | 1,977 | 1,926 | $18K | |
| 87624 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; human papillomavirus (HPV), high-risk types | 6.6% | 972 | 957 | $14K |
| 87798 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; not otherwise specified, amplified probe, each organism | 6.6% | 233 | 212 | $14K |
| 88305 | Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination | 6.4% | 196 | 192 | $14K |
| 87653 | 4.3% | 521 | 518 | $9K | |
| 87510 | 4.1% | 957 | 931 | $9K | |
| 87480 | 4.1% | 957 | 931 | $9K | |
| 88184 | 1.3% | 89 | 83 | $3K |
8 more codes
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.