Alter, Steven

Alter, Steven was paid $22K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Apr 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 88% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoALTER, STEVEN
NORTH CHELMSFORD, MA 01863

33aNPI1740250406assigned 01/25/2006

33bProvider typeOrthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician

28Total paid$22K

24GClaims497

24DCodes billed3

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Apr 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician providers in Massachusetts

Rank by total paid#4 of 14

Median peer was paid$6K

This provider vs. median3.6×

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	204	$9K
2019	77	$4K
2020	75	$3K
2021	77	$3K
2022	36	$1K
2024incomplete	28	$1K

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	88%	453	412	$19K
99203	Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity	11%	30	30	$2K
J0702	Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg	<1%	14	13	$115.52

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.