Physician
Ballen, Vennus
Ballen, Vennus was paid $1.51M by Medicaid between Apr 2018 and Jul 2023, across 62 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 37% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBALLEN, VENNUS
KENNER, LA 70065
KENNER, LA 70065
33aNPI1720302326assigned 03/25/2010
33bProvider typePediatrics Physician
28Total paid$1.51M
24GClaims95,155
24DCodes billed62
24AFirst – last monthApr 2018 – Jul 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatrics Physician providers in Louisiana
Rank by total paid#71 of 230
Median peer was paid$429K
This provider vs. median3.5×
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 | 10,060 | $175K | |
| 2019 | 19,826 | $348K | |
| 2020 | 22,945 | $268K | |
| 2021 | 18,540 | $295K | |
| 2022 | 15,408 | $297K | |
| 2023 | 8,376 | $125K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 37% | 12,778 | 10,828 | $561K |
| 99393 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, late childhood (5-11 years) | 10% | 2,617 | 2,239 | $157K |
| 99394 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, adolescent (12-17 years) | 9.6% | 2,276 | 1,887 | $144K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 8.7% | 5,478 | 4,571 | $131K |
| 99392 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, early childhood (1-4 years) | 7.0% | 1,734 | 1,481 | $105K |
| 90471 | Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine | 4.4% | 5,485 | 4,566 | $67K |
| 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 | 4.4% | 1,174 | 1,014 | $66K |
| 99391 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, infant (under 1 year) | 3.2% | 878 | 780 | $48K |
| 92551 | 3.1% | 6,907 | 5,883 | $46K | |
| 90472 | Immunization administration, each additional vaccine (list separately) | 2.9% | 3,141 | 2,704 | $44K |
| 99395 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, 18-39 years | 2.8% | 843 | 658 | $42K |
| 81003 | <1% | 8,920 | 6,535 | $14K |
50 more codes
| 99051 | <1% | 824 | $14K | |
| 96127 | <1% | 6,395 | $12K | |
| 99173 | <1% | 7,807 | $10K | |
| 96110 | Developmental screening, with scoring and documentation, per standardized instrument | <1% | 3,421 | $9K |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 3,620 | $7K |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | <1% | 504 | $6K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) | <1% | 83 | $5K |
| 85018 | <1% | 2,178 | $4K | |
| 99396 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, 40-64 years | <1% | 44 | $3K |
| 0071A | <1% | 56 | $3K | |
| 90474 | <1% | 324 | $3K | |
| 0001A | <1% | 81 | $2K | |
| 0072A | <1% | 43 | $2K | |
| 96161 | <1% | 640 | $1K | |
| 0002A | <1% | 18 | $805.36 | |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | <1% | 661 | $492.75 |
| 81025 | <1% | 46 | $239.78 | |
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | <1% | 89 | $171.33 |
| 94640 | Pressurized or nonpressurized inhalation treatment for acute airway obstruction | <1% | 22 | $146.84 |
| 90671 | <1% | 84 | $37.50 | |
| 94760 | <1% | 7,839 | $6.21 | |
| J1100 | Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg | <1% | 26 | $1.44 |
| 90670 | 0% | 1,675 | $0.00 | |
| 90633 | 0% | 514 | $0.00 | |
| 90648 | 0% | 462 | $0.00 | |
| 90734 | 0% | 688 | $0.00 | |
| 91300 | 0% | 120 | $0.00 | |
| 90685 | 0% | 103 | $0.00 | |
| 90715 | 0% | 349 | $0.00 | |
| 99001 | 0% | 540 | $0.00 | |
| 90700 | 0% | 122 | $0.00 | |
| 90713 | 0% | 53 | $0.00 | |
| 90710 | 0% | 93 | $0.00 | |
| 90707 | 0% | 46 | $0.00 | |
| 90686 | 0% | 1,116 | $0.00 | |
| T1502 | Administration of oral, intramuscular and/or subcutaneous medication by health care agency/professional, per visit | 0% | 322 | $0.00 |
| 90723 | 0% | 111 | $0.00 | |
| 90698 | 0% | 45 | $0.00 | |
| 91307 | 0% | 113 | $0.00 | |
| 90651 | 0% | 709 | $0.00 | |
| 90744 | 0% | 12 | $0.00 | |
| 3074F | 0% | 14 | $0.00 | |
| 90716 | 0% | 67 | $0.00 | |
| 90680 | 0% | 424 | $0.00 | |
| 90620 | 0% | 279 | $0.00 | |
| 90656 | 0% | 32 | $0.00 | |
| 90696 | 0% | 30 | $0.00 | |
| 99000 | 0% | 23 | $0.00 | |
| 36416 | 0% | 34 | $0.00 | |
| 90697 | 0% | 23 | $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.