Becerra, Merardo

Becerra, Merardo was paid $607K by Medicaid between Apr 2022 and Dec 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is 99285, emergency room visit (most serious) — 24% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoBECERRA, MERARDO
BAYAMON, PR 00956

33aNPI1699852632assigned 11/01/2006

33bProvider typePediatrics Physician

28Total paid$607K

24GClaims6,283

24DCodes billed12

24AFirst – last monthApr 2022 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Pediatrics Physician providers in Puerto Rico

Rank by total paid#15 of 194

Median peer was paid$7K

This provider vs. median90×

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
2022	633	$56K
2023	2,056	$189K
2024incomplete	3,594	$362K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
99285	Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life	24%	963	682	$149K
99284	Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity	17%	989	865	$105K
99235		17%	776	658	$101K
99236	Prolong inpt eval add15 m	14%	460	310	$84K
99223	Prolong inpt eval add15 m	11%	629	451	$67K
76140		7.4%	1,005	950	$45K
99234		3.8%	247	231	$23K
96374	Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; intravenous push, single or initial substance	3.6%	544	469	$22K
96360	Intravenous infusion, hydration; initial, 31 minutes to 1 hour	1.2%	457	439	$8K
99239	Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes	<1%	43	34	$4K
96372	Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular	<1%	119	119	$671.44
94664		<1%	51	37	$625.10

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.