Physician
Southwest Kidney & Hypertension Specialists, PLLC
Southwest Kidney & Hypertension Specialists, PLLC was paid $11K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jun 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is 99233, hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex) — 69% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSOUTHWEST KIDNEY & HYPERTENSION SPECIALISTS, PLLC
HOUSTON, TX 77036
HOUSTON, TX 77036
33aNPI1598012932assigned 08/03/2012
33bProvider typeNephrology Physician
28Total paid$11K
24GClaims2,919
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jun 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Nephrology Physician providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#100 of 172
Median peer was paid$18K
This provider vs. median0.6×
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 | 505 | $910.99 | |
| 2019 | 339 | $346.50 | |
| 2020 | 468 | $3K | |
| 2021 | 919 | $4K | |
| 2022 | 475 | $1K | |
| 2023 | 196 | $1K | |
| 2024incomplete | 17 | $0.00 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 69% | 1,312 | 217 | $7K |
| 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 | 17% | 520 | 478 | $2K |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 11% | 82 | 70 | $1K |
| G0181 | Physician or allowed practitioner supervision of a patient receiving medicare-covered services provided by a participating home health agency (patient not present) requiring complex and multidisciplinary care modalities involving regular physician or allowed practitioner development and/or revision of care plans | 3.5% | 118 | 118 | $372.32 |
| 1036F | 0% | 495 | 398 | $0.00 | |
| G8950 | Elevated or hypertensive blood pressure reading documented, and the indicated follow-up is documented | 0% | 362 | 301 | $0.00 |
| 99442 | 0% | 14 | 13 | $0.00 | |
| G9744 | Patient not eligible due to active diagnosis of hypertension | 0% | 16 | 14 | $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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialXIE, CHUN (PRESIDENT)