Physician
Southern Surgical Associates LLC
Southern Surgical Associates LLC was paid $1.99M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 45 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 48% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSOUTHERN SURGICAL ASSOCIATES LLC
TUSCALOOSA, AL 35406
TUSCALOOSA, AL 35406
33aNPI1619026713assigned 01/09/2007
33bProvider typeSurgery Physician
28Total paid$1.99M
24GClaims40,730
24DCodes billed45
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Surgery Physician providers in Alabama
Rank by total paid#1 of 51
Median peer was paid$4K
This provider vs. median469×
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 | 6,794 | $322K | |
| 2019 | 7,370 | $360K | |
| 2020 | 4,863 | $225K | |
| 2021 | 5,809 | $293K | |
| 2022 | 6,790 | $342K | |
| 2023 | 5,470 | $286K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,634 | $159K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 48% | 10,329 | 9,036 | $955K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 13% | 4,159 | 3,780 | $255K |
| 99392 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, early childhood (1-4 years) | 7.4% | 2,184 | 2,140 | $148K |
| 99391 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, infant (under 1 year) | 6.5% | 1,918 | 1,853 | $130K |
| 99393 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, late childhood (5-11 years) | 5.9% | 1,795 | 1,730 | $118K |
| 99394 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, adolescent (12-17 years) | 3.1% | 913 | 900 | $62K |
| 90686 | 1.7% | 1,698 | 1,660 | $33K | |
| 90670 | 1.5% | 1,568 | 1,547 | $31K | |
| 87811 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | 1.4% | 1,002 | 958 | $28K |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | 1.2% | 1,812 | 1,724 | $24K |
| 90680 | <1% | 875 | 863 | $17K | |
| 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 | <1% | 118 | 110 | $17K |
33 more codes
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | <1% | 1,443 | $16K |
| 90648 | <1% | 763 | $15K | |
| 99173 | <1% | 3,106 | $13K | |
| 90716 | <1% | 565 | $11K | |
| 96110 | Developmental screening, with scoring and documentation, per standardized instrument | <1% | 755 | $11K |
| 90633 | <1% | 511 | $10K | |
| 90707 | <1% | 510 | $10K | |
| 90688 | <1% | 482 | $9K | |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex) | <1% | 80 | $9K |
| 90700 | <1% | 407 | $8K | |
| 90723 | <1% | 388 | $8K | |
| 90661 | <1% | 237 | $7K | |
| 90651 | <1% | 371 | $7K | |
| 90674 | <1% | 319 | $6K | |
| 90685 | <1% | 260 | $5K | |
| 90460 | Immunization administration through 18 years of age via any route, first or only component | <1% | 144 | $5K |
| 92551 | <1% | 969 | $4K | |
| 90734 | <1% | 132 | $3K | |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 61 | $2K |
| 90697 | <1% | 93 | $2K | |
| 94640 | Pressurized or nonpressurized inhalation treatment for acute airway obstruction | <1% | 210 | $2K |
| 90713 | <1% | 83 | $2K | |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) | <1% | 14 | $1K |
| 90620 | <1% | 54 | $1K | |
| 90698 | <1% | 36 | $712.44 | |
| 90649 | <1% | 32 | $633.28 | |
| 90677 | <1% | 36 | $613.49 | |
| 0071A | <1% | 14 | $560.00 | |
| 90715 | <1% | 25 | $474.96 | |
| 36416 | <1% | 133 | $325.00 | |
| 96127 | <1% | 24 | $78.48 | |
| 3044F | 0% | 88 | $0.00 | |
| 94760 | 0% | 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 officialFARAH, AHMED (OWNER)