San Joaquin Laser and Surgery Center

San Joaquin Laser and Surgery Center was paid $1.43M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jul 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 66984, Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis — 98% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoSAN JOAQUIN LASER AND SURGERY CENTER
STOCKTON, CA 95204

33aNPI1730112178assigned 07/09/2006

33bProvider typeAmbulatory Surgical Clinic/Center

28Total paid$1.43M

24GClaims2,021

24DCodes billed3

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jul 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Ambulatory Surgical Clinic/Center providers in California

Rank by total paid#78 of 347

Median peer was paid$191K

This provider vs. median7.5×

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.

Auditor's notes

Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.

Single-Code Concentration98% of spending on code 66984 with only 3 total codes billed. Highly concentrated billing profile.

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	432	$316K
2019	267	$183K
2020	318	$240K
2021	411	$307K
2022	258	$178K
2023	232	$136K
2024incomplete	103	$73K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
66984	Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis	98%	1,827	1,547	$1.40M
65426		1.7%	42	40	$25K
V2632	Posterior chamber intraocular lens	<1%	152	126	$10K

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 officialTAVARES, JANEE (ADMINSTRATOR)