Behavioral
Chris E Esguerra MD PC
Chris E Esguerra MD PC was paid $55K by Medicaid between Apr 2023 and Nov 2024, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is 90837, psychotherapy session, about an hour — 35% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHRIS E ESGUERRA MD PC
ATASCADERO, CA 93422
ATASCADERO, CA 93422
33aNPI1801474598assigned 04/01/2021
33bProvider typeMental Health Counselor
28Total paid$55K
24GClaims914
24DCodes billed9
24AFirst – last monthApr 2023 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Mental Health Counselor providers in California
Rank by total paid#237 of 439
Median peer was paid$67K
This provider vs. median0.8×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 138 | $4K | |
| 2024incomplete | 776 | $51K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 35% | 245 | 115 | $19K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | 18% | 101 | 101 | $10K |
| 90792 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | 11% | 39 | 39 | $6K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 11% | 114 | 105 | $6K |
| 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 | 7.6% | 48 | 42 | $4K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 7.6% | 55 | 52 | $4K |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient | 5.8% | 190 | 99 | $3K |
| 90847 | Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes | 3.0% | 97 | 55 | $2K |
| 96110 | Developmental screening, with scoring and documentation, per standardized instrument | <1% | 25 | 25 | $109.80 |
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 officialESGUERRA, CHRIS (OWNER)