Physician
Orthowest
Orthowest was paid $3.48M by Medicaid between Jan 2021 and Dec 2024, across 60 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 32% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoORTHOWEST
LAGUNA WOODS, CA 92637
LAGUNA WOODS, CA 92637
33aNPI1760007330assigned 06/10/2020
33bProvider typeOrthopaedic Surgery Physician
28Total paid$3.48M
24GClaims98,736
24DCodes billed60
24AFirst – last monthJan 2021 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#13 of 292
Median peer was paid$24K
This provider vs. median147×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24,077 | $936K | |
| 2022 | 18,737 | $780K | |
| 2023 | 28,046 | $851K | |
| 2024incomplete | 27,876 | $916K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 32% | 19,066 | 17,890 | $1.12M |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity | 17% | 7,162 | 7,035 | $589K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 15% | 17,659 | 16,377 | $537K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 8.4% | 6,410 | 6,236 | $292K |
| 20610 | 7.0% | 6,376 | 5,645 | $244K | |
| 73564 | 2.8% | 5,217 | 4,547 | $99K | |
| 73030 | 1.6% | 3,304 | 2,985 | $57K | |
| 72100 | 1.3% | 2,134 | 2,080 | $46K | |
| 73110 | 1.3% | 2,363 | 1,964 | $46K | |
| 72110 | 1.3% | 1,533 | 1,507 | $44K | |
| 73562 | 1.2% | 2,064 | 1,230 | $41K | |
| 73610 | <1% | 1,831 | 1,591 | $33K |
48 more codes
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex) | <1% | 504 | $32K |
| 73130 | <1% | 1,684 | $29K | |
| 29075 | <1% | 510 | $26K | |
| J1030 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg | <1% | 4,153 | $21K |
| 72040 | <1% | 970 | $20K | |
| 73502 | <1% | 918 | $20K | |
| 20550 | <1% | 870 | $19K | |
| 72050 | <1% | 692 | $18K | |
| 73630 | <1% | 1,204 | $18K | |
| J3301 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | <1% | 3,022 | $18K |
| 29881 | <1% | 66 | $16K | |
| 73080 | <1% | 707 | $14K | |
| A4590 | Special casting material (e.g., fiberglass) | <1% | 618 | $10K |
| 72082 | <1% | 184 | $10K | |
| 22612 | <1% | 20 | $9K | |
| J1010 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 1 mg | <1% | 730 | $7K |
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 81 | $7K |
| 27447 | <1% | 23 | $6K | |
| 73560 | <1% | 489 | $5K | |
| 29125 | <1% | 147 | $4K | |
| 73140 | <1% | 362 | $4K | |
| 29826 | <1% | 25 | $4K | |
| 97140 | Manual therapy techniques, each 15 minutes (e.g., mobilization/manipulation, manual lymphatic drainage) | <1% | 1,729 | $3K |
| 29876 | <1% | 15 | $3K | |
| 73221 | <1% | 13 | $3K | |
| 72170 | <1% | 170 | $2K | |
| 73521 | <1% | 58 | $2K | |
| 73503 | <1% | 49 | $1K | |
| 97110 | Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion | <1% | 1,322 | $943.76 |
| 29515 | <1% | 17 | $820.36 | |
| 73590 | <1% | 58 | $788.86 | |
| 73000 | <1% | 60 | $634.89 | |
| 20611 | <1% | 315 | $571.97 | |
| 20605 | <1% | 48 | $504.58 | |
| 99423 | <1% | 22 | $345.26 | |
| 97150 | Therapeutic procedure(s), group (2 or more individuals) | <1% | 19 | $207.44 |
| 99421 | <1% | 43 | $188.56 | |
| 20600 | <1% | 29 | $184.29 | |
| 72070 | <1% | 30 | $184.15 | |
| 99422 | <1% | 24 | $145.51 | |
| J2001 | Injection, lidocaine hcl for intravenous infusion, 10 mg | <1% | 1,380 | $145.00 |
| 20936 | <1% | 25 | $101.04 | |
| 97530 | Therapeutic activities, direct patient contact, each 15 minutes | <1% | 36 | $99.05 |
| 20930 | <1% | 24 | $90.92 | |
| A6450 | Light compression bandage, elastic, knitted/woven, width greater than or equal to five inches, per yard | <1% | 57 | $40.65 |
| 97162 | <1% | 13 | $35.00 | |
| 97112 | Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; neuromuscular reeducation of movement, balance, coordination | 0% | 52 | $0.00 |
| 99202 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, straightforward | 0% | 30 | $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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialJOHNSON, BRYCE (PRINCIPAL PHYSICIAN)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Lightning Auto LLC | Cumberland, WI | $271K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.