Physician
Tepler, Melvin
Tepler, Melvin was paid $610K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jan 2022, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is 99203, doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) — 38% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTEPLER, MELVIN
BROOKLYN, NY 11230
BROOKLYN, NY 11230
33aNPI1700991403assigned 08/20/2006
33bProvider typeOrthopaedic Surgery Physician
28Total paid$610K
24GClaims14,270
24DCodes billed20
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jan 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in New York
Rank by total paid#25 of 429
Median peer was paid$4K
This provider vs. median159×
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 | 3,980 | $159K | |
| 2019 | 4,018 | $170K | |
| 2020 | 3,072 | $142K | |
| 2021 | 3,004 | $131K | |
| 2022 | 196 | $9K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 38% | 3,330 | 3,326 | $231K |
| 25600 | 17% | 378 | 376 | $101K | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 14% | 1,995 | 1,857 | $85K |
| 76000 | 8.2% | 1,594 | 1,461 | $50K | |
| 73110 | 5.5% | 2,035 | 1,657 | $34K | |
| 28470 | 4.5% | 130 | 130 | $27K | |
| 73630 | 3.7% | 1,451 | 1,273 | $23K | |
| L3908 | Wrist hand orthosis, wrist extension control cock-up, non molded, prefabricated, off-the-shelf | 3.4% | 660 | 654 | $20K |
| 73610 | 2.4% | 938 | 807 | $15K | |
| 73140 | 1.5% | 677 | 593 | $9K | |
| L3260 | Surgical boot/shoe, each | <1% | 425 | 425 | $5K |
| 73562 | <1% | 207 | 200 | $4K |
8 more codes
| 73080 | <1% | 170 | $3K | |
| L4350 | Ankle control orthosis, stirrup style, rigid, includes any type interface (e.g., pneumatic, gel), prefabricated, off-the-shelf | <1% | 57 | $2K |
| 73590 | <1% | 63 | $963.53 | |
| 73030 | <1% | 31 | $515.62 | |
| 29700 | <1% | 12 | $442.34 | |
| Q4012 | Cast supplies, short arm cast, pediatric (0-10 years), fiberglass | <1% | 80 | $362.91 |
| 73130 | <1% | 17 | $240.16 | |
| 73660 | <1% | 20 | $237.42 |
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.