Physician
Southern California Desert Retina Consultants
Southern California Desert Retina Consultants was paid $936K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2022, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is 67028, Intravitreal injection of a pharmacologic agent — 43% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DESERT RETINA CONSULTANTS
PALM DESERT, CA 92211
PALM DESERT, CA 92211
33aNPI1659313997assigned 06/12/2006
33bProvider typeOphthalmology Physician
28Total paid$936K
24GClaims9,595
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Ophthalmology Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#80 of 759
Median peer was paid$35K
This provider vs. median27×
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 | 2,277 | $206K | |
| 2019 | 2,253 | $299K | |
| 2020 | 1,775 | $116K | |
| 2021 | 2,059 | $229K | |
| 2022 | 1,231 | $86K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67028 | Intravitreal injection of a pharmacologic agent | 43% | 2,877 | 2,632 | $399K |
| J0178 | Injection, aflibercept, 1 mg | 41% | 375 | 347 | $380K |
| 92134 | 6.7% | 3,835 | 3,751 | $63K | |
| 92012 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, intermediate, established patient | 3.7% | 1,380 | 1,330 | $35K |
| J2778 | Injection, ranibizumab, 0.1 mg | 3.0% | 74 | 70 | $28K |
| J9035 | Injection, bevacizumab, 10 mg | 2.2% | 244 | 211 | $20K |
| 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 | <1% | 465 | 445 | $5K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | <1% | 243 | 237 | $3K |
| 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% | 21 | 21 | $1K |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | <1% | 66 | 64 | $700.00 |
| 92250 | <1% | 15 | 15 | $625.65 |
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 officialCHAN, CLEMENT (PRESIDENT)