Physician
Brewer, James
Brewer, James was paid $1.26M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2023, across 43 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 17% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBREWER, JAMES
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105
33aNPI1881702611assigned 08/29/2006
33bProvider typePediatrics Physician
28Total paid$1.26M
24GClaims38,973
24DCodes billed43
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatrics Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#106 of 1,490
Median peer was paid$15K
This provider vs. median84×
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 | 10,089 | $159K | |
| 2019 | 7,632 | $243K | |
| 2020 | 6,562 | $252K | |
| 2021 | 6,732 | $276K | |
| 2022 | 5,343 | $250K | |
| 2023 | 2,615 | $79K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 17% | 6,365 | 5,857 | $212K |
| 99394 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, adolescent (12-17 years) | 16% | 1,697 | 1,697 | $195K |
| 99393 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, late childhood (5-11 years) | 14% | 1,851 | 1,849 | $180K |
| 99392 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, early childhood (1-4 years) | 14% | 1,885 | 1,817 | $177K |
| 99391 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, infant (under 1 year) | 10% | 1,398 | 1,292 | $130K |
| 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 | 10% | 3,100 | 2,911 | $127K |
| 92551 | 4.5% | 4,125 | 4,113 | $56K | |
| 90686 | 2.5% | 2,272 | 2,264 | $32K | |
| 99173 | 1.2% | 4,031 | 4,025 | $16K | |
| 90670 | 1.2% | 1,320 | 1,226 | $15K | |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | 1.1% | 286 | 271 | $13K |
| 90651 | 1.0% | 846 | 845 | $13K |
31 more codes
| 85018 | <1% | 3,781 | $10K | |
| 90680 | <1% | 781 | $9K | |
| 90734 | <1% | 641 | $8K | |
| 90698 | <1% | 707 | $8K | |
| 90633 | <1% | 450 | $5K | |
| 90688 | <1% | 434 | $5K | |
| 90744 | <1% | 385 | $4K | |
| 0004A | <1% | 103 | $4K | |
| 90700 | <1% | 343 | $4K | |
| 0071A | <1% | 91 | $4K | |
| 0072A | <1% | 89 | $4K | |
| 90648 | <1% | 276 | $3K | |
| 90713 | <1% | 248 | $3K | |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | <1% | 230 | $3K |
| 90480 | <1% | 60 | $2K | |
| 87070 | <1% | 226 | $2K | |
| 90715 | <1% | 206 | $2K | |
| 90716 | <1% | 159 | $2K | |
| 87811 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | <1% | 35 | $2K |
| 90671 | <1% | 41 | $2K | |
| 90685 | <1% | 124 | $1K | |
| 90707 | <1% | 120 | $1K | |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | <1% | 106 | $1K |
| 91321 | <1% | 15 | $729.60 | |
| 0001A | <1% | 15 | $600.00 | |
| 91322 | <1% | 18 | $583.68 | |
| 0002A | <1% | 14 | $560.00 | |
| 90697 | <1% | 12 | $480.00 | |
| 90710 | <1% | 36 | $385.38 | |
| D1206 | Topical application of fluoride varnish | <1% | 13 | $287.82 |
| G8510 | Screening for depression is documented as negative, a follow-up plan is not required | <1% | 38 | $184.24 |
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.