Mercado, Christopher
Mercado, Christopher was paid $10K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2023, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is 97140, Manual therapy techniques, each 15 minutes (e.g., mobilization/manipulation, manual lymphatic drainage) — 86% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoMERCADO, CHRISTOPHER
NORTHVALE, NJ 07647
NORTHVALE, NJ 07647
33aNPI1619024122assigned 01/05/2007
33bProvider typePhysical Therapist
28Total paid$10K
24GClaims2,182
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Physical Therapist providers in New Jersey
Rank by total paid#102 of 209
Median peer was paid$9K
This provider vs. median1.2×
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 | 721 | $9K | |
| 2019 | 245 | $925.28 | |
| 2020 | 270 | $201.56 | |
| 2021 | 454 | $146.16 | |
| 2022 | 271 | $0.00 | |
| 2023 | 221 | $0.00 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97140 | Manual therapy techniques, each 15 minutes (e.g., mobilization/manipulation, manual lymphatic drainage) | 86% | 863 | 318 | $9K |
| 97110 | Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion | 14% | 1,225 | 487 | $1K |
| 97530 | Therapeutic activities, direct patient contact, each 15 minutes | <1% | 23 | 14 | $26.00 |
| 97161 | 0% | 71 | 69 | $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.