Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Richter, Ralph

Richter, Ralph was paid $297K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is 99203, doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) — 52% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoRICHTER, RALPH
EAST CHICAGO, IN 46312
33aNPI1831294727assigned 09/14/2006
28Total paid$297K
24GClaims7,408
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in Indiana

Rank by total paid#6 of 41
Median peer was paid$30K
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

$0$5.0K$10K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
20181,104$13K
20191,030$40K
2020616$28K
2021972$47K
20221,278$57K
20231,419$61K
2024incomplete989$50K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99203 Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity 52% 2,783 2,254 $154K
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 27% 1,871 1,504 $80K
76000 20% 2,599 1,923 $60K
L3908 Wrist hand orthosis, wrist extension control cock-up, non molded, prefabricated, off-the-shelf <1% 65 42 $2K
J0702 Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg <1% 31 29 $285.55
99234 0% 59 28 $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.