Merza, Anthony

Merza, Anthony was paid $123K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is 43239, Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with biopsy, single or multiple — 79% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoMERZA, ANTHONY
CHICAGO, IL 60625

33aNPI1780709337assigned 03/20/2007

33bProvider typeGastroenterology Physician

28Total paid$123K

24GClaims1,212

24DCodes billed6

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Gastroenterology Physician providers in Illinois

Rank by total paid#61 of 370

Median peer was paid$16K

This provider vs. median7.6×

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	374	$42K
2019	341	$24K
2020	30	$3K
2021	137	$16K
2022	81	$12K
2023	209	$23K
2024incomplete	40	$3K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
43239	Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with biopsy, single or multiple	79%	530	427	$97K
99243		8.4%	123	122	$10K
99242		5.3%	110	102	$7K
99241		3.6%	258	233	$4K
45378	Colonoscopy, flexible; diagnostic, including collection of specimen(s)	2.3%	15	12	$3K
99201		1.4%	176	143	$2K

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.