Santiago-Molina, Artemio

Santiago-Molina, Artemio was paid $470K by Medicaid between Jun 2020 and Sep 2024, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is 43239, Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with biopsy, single or multiple — 37% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoSANTIAGO-MOLINA, ARTEMIO
RIO PIEDRAS, PR 00935

33aNPI1770928046assigned 05/01/2013

33bProvider typeGastroenterology Physician

28Total paid$470K

24GClaims3,817

24DCodes billed9

24AFirst – last monthJun 2020 – Sep 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Gastroenterology Physician providers in Puerto Rico

Rank by total paid#28 of 107

Median peer was paid$47K

This provider vs. median10×

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
2020	188	$12K
2021	599	$57K
2022	667	$84K
2023	951	$115K
2024incomplete	1,412	$202K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
43239	Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with biopsy, single or multiple	37%	570	541	$176K
99203	Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity	19%	1,127	1,086	$87K
45385	Colonoscopy, flexible; with removal of tumor(s), polyp(s), or other lesion(s)	15%	145	139	$73K
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%	1,209	1,143	$71K
99070		8.6%	438	369	$41K
45378	Colonoscopy, flexible; diagnostic, including collection of specimen(s)	4.0%	77	72	$19K
45380	Colonoscopy, flexible; with biopsy, single or multiple	<1%	13	12	$2K
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	<1%	28	24	$2K
G0500	Moderate sedation services provided by the same physician or other qualified health care professional performing a gastrointestinal endoscopic service that sedation supports, requiring the presence of an independent trained observer to assist in the monitoring of the patient's level of consciousness and physiological status; initial 15 minutes of intra-service time; patient age 5 years or older (additional time may be reported with 99153, as appropriate)	<1%	210	186	$805.88

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.