Medicaid Provider Spending

$1.09 trillion in Medicaid claims data, 2018–2024 · 617K+ providers

DESERT PAIN SPECIALISTS, LLC

NPI: 1871762450 · SAINT GEORGE, UT 84790 · Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician · NPI assigned 02/27/2008

$1.80M
Total Medicaid Paid
53,279
Total Claims
46,765
Beneficiaries
40
Codes Billed
2018-01
First Month
2024-12
Last Month

Provider Details

Authorized OfficialEMPEY, JOSEPH (PRESIDENT)
NPI Enumeration Date02/27/2008

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Breakdown

YearClaimsTotal Paid
2018 7,611 $87K
2019 8,927 $90K
2020 6,150 $93K
2021 8,606 $310K
2022 7,886 $334K
2023 6,650 $393K
2024 7,449 $490K

Billing Codes

CodeDescriptionClaimsBeneficiariesTotal Paid
99214 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity 17,107 14,901 $1.04M
99213 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 6,463 5,863 $262K
G0483 Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms (any type, single or tandem and excluding immunoassays (e.g., ia, eia, elisa, emit, fpia) and enzymatic methods (e.g., alcohol dehydrogenase)), (2) stable isotope or other universally recognized internal standards in all samples (e.g., to control for matrix effects, interferences and variations in signal strength), and (3) method or drug-specific calibration and matrix-matched quality control material (e.g., to control for instrument variations and mass spectral drift); qualitative or quantitative, all sources, includes specimen validity testing, per day; 22 or more drug class(es), including metabolite(s) if performed 1,005 957 $105K
99204 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity 958 923 $96K
G0482 Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms (any type, single or tandem and excluding immunoassays (e.g., ia, eia, elisa, emit, fpia) and enzymatic methods (e.g., alcohol dehydrogenase)), (2) stable isotope or other universally recognized internal standards in all samples (e.g., to control for matrix effects, interferences and variations in signal strength), and (3) method or drug-specific calibration and matrix-matched quality control material (e.g., to control for instrument variations and mass spectral drift); qualitative or quantitative, all sources, includes specimen validity testing, per day; 15-21 drug class(es), including metabolite(s) if performed 1,030 962 $85K
62323 397 378 $53K
J0585 Injection, onabotulinumtoxina, 1 unit 95 64 $38K
64483 216 183 $27K
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg 5,219 4,505 $26K
G0481 Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms (any type, single or tandem and excluding immunoassays (e.g., ia, eia, elisa, emit, fpia) and enzymatic methods (e.g., alcohol dehydrogenase)), (2) stable isotope or other universally recognized internal standards in all samples (e.g., to control for matrix effects, interferences and variations in signal strength), and (3) method or drug-specific calibration and matrix-matched quality control material (e.g., to control for instrument variations and mass spectral drift); qualitative or quantitative, all sources, includes specimen validity testing, per day; 8-14 drug class(es), including metabolite(s) if performed 316 306 $21K
20553 267 246 $10K
62321 53 52 $7K
99152 618 483 $6K
64615 55 54 $4K
20610 129 100 $4K
77002 182 150 $3K
64484 41 39 $2K
27096 16 12 $2K
99215 Prolong outpt/office vis 13 13 $2K
99203 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity 14 13 $632.88
80305 750 670 $523.38
G9577 Patients prescribed opiates for longer than six weeks 199 193 $133.83
G9578 Documentation of signed opioid treatment agreement at least once during opioid therapy 204 196 $107.20
G8730 Pain assessment documented as positive using a standardized tool and a follow-up plan is documented 4,961 4,245 $56.89
J2250 Injection, midazolam hydrochloride, per 1 mg 1,435 1,175 $53.88
G2065 Comprehensive care management for a single high-risk disease services, e.g. principal care management, at least 30 minutes of clinical staff time directed by a physician or other qualified health care professional, per calendar month with the following elements: one complex chronic condition lasting at least 3 months, which is the focus of the care plan, the condition is of sufficient severity to place patient at risk of hospitalization or have been cause of a recent hospitalization, the condition requires development or revision of disease-specific care plan, the condition requires frequent adjustments in the medication regimen, and/or the management of the condition is unusually complex due to comorbidities 18 12 $37.15
J3010 Injection, fentanyl citrate, 0.1 mg 1,271 1,054 $2.78
G8427 Eligible clinician attests to documenting in the medical record they obtained, updated, or reviewed the patient's current medications 7,930 6,833 $0.00
G8417 Bmi is documented above normal parameters and a follow-up plan is documented 365 342 $0.00
4040F 589 551 $0.00
G8783 Normal blood pressure reading documented, follow-up not required 305 285 $0.00
G9622 Patient not identified as an unhealthy alcohol user when screened for unhealthy alcohol use using a systematic screening method 98 94 $0.00
G9584 Patient evaluated for risk of misuse of opiates by using a brief validated instrument (e.g., opioid risk tool, soapp-r) or patient interviewed at least once during opioid therapy 89 88 $0.00
G9561 Patients prescribed opiates for longer than six weeks 112 109 $0.00
G9562 Patients who had a follow-up evaluation conducted at least every three months during opioid therapy 123 120 $0.00
4004F 33 26 $0.00
G8950 Elevated or hypertensive blood pressure reading documented, and the indicated follow-up is documented 288 267 $0.00
1036F 194 183 $0.00
G9583 Patients prescribed opiates for longer than six weeks 82 81 $0.00
G9903 Patient screened for tobacco use and identified as a tobacco non-user 39 37 $0.00