Physician
Brajesh Bhatla MD PA
Brajesh Bhatla MD PA was paid $1.11M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 31 billing codes. Its largest line is 90960, End-stage renal disease related services monthly, for patients 20 years and older, with 4 or more face-to-face visits — 38% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBRAJESH BHATLA MD PA
HARLINGEN, TX 78550
HARLINGEN, TX 78550
33aNPI1821044108assigned 05/26/2006
33bProvider typeNephrology Physician
28Total paid$1.11M
24GClaims78,002
24DCodes billed31
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Nephrology Physician providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#2 of 172
Median peer was paid$18K
This provider vs. median61×
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 | 14,676 | $91K | |
| 2019 | 14,070 | $86K | |
| 2020 | 14,131 | $108K | |
| 2021 | 12,908 | $227K | |
| 2022 | 9,302 | $229K | |
| 2023 | 7,641 | $209K | |
| 2024incomplete | 5,274 | $159K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90960 | End-stage renal disease related services monthly, for patients 20 years and older, with 4 or more face-to-face visits | 38% | 12,349 | 12,259 | $422K |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 18% | 15,786 | 4,848 | $203K |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 17% | 8,206 | 2,984 | $193K |
| 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 | 13% | 10,358 | 9,677 | $143K |
| 90937 | 4.1% | 1,782 | 884 | $46K | |
| 90935 | Hemodialysis procedure with single evaluation by a physician | 3.8% | 5,450 | 2,225 | $42K |
| 99291 | Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes | 1.0% | 150 | 103 | $12K |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | <1% | 1,075 | 1,049 | $7K |
| 99255 | <1% | 40 | 39 | $6K | |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | <1% | 1,123 | 1,062 | $6K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 232 | 222 | $5K |
| 99000 | <1% | 2,801 | 2,607 | $5K |
19 more codes
| 82570 | <1% | 4,252 | $4K | |
| 82044 | <1% | 2,873 | $4K | |
| 76770 | <1% | 114 | $3K | |
| 99254 | <1% | 25 | $3K | |
| 85018 | <1% | 6,020 | $1K | |
| 90674 | <1% | 82 | $1K | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) | <1% | 80 | $498.24 |
| 90471 | Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine | <1% | 37 | $445.30 |
| 99239 | Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | <1% | 108 | $408.51 |
| 90961 | <1% | 12 | $360.32 | |
| 90694 | <1% | 121 | $253.48 | |
| 81003 | <1% | 1,304 | $253.30 | |
| 90661 | <1% | 15 | $234.90 | |
| 90756 | <1% | 35 | $21.47 | |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 3,176 | $3.00 |
| G0008 | Administration of influenza virus vaccine | 0% | 312 | $0.00 |
| G0439 | Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit | 0% | 13 | $0.00 |
| 90662 | 0% | 29 | $0.00 | |
| 90653 | 0% | 42 | $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 officialBHATLA, BRAJESH (PHYSICIAN)