Physician
DR. Axel W. Velez Santiago CSP
DR. Axel W. Velez Santiago CSP was paid $218K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 13 billing codes. Its largest line is 94375, — 35% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDR. AXEL W. VELEZ SANTIAGO CSP
SAN GERMAN, PR 00683
SAN GERMAN, PR 00683
33aNPI1891122263assigned 10/01/2013
33bProvider typePulmonary Disease Physician
28Total paid$218K
24GClaims6,880
24DCodes billed13
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Puerto Rico
Rank by total paid#13 of 55
Median peer was paid$68K
This provider vs. median3.2×
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 | 89 | $1K | |
| 2019 | 393 | $8K | |
| 2020 | 683 | $17K | |
| 2021 | 1,071 | $23K | |
| 2022 | 1,082 | $29K | |
| 2023 | 1,360 | $52K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,202 | $88K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94375 | 35% | 1,665 | 1,370 | $78K | |
| 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% | 946 | 776 | $58K |
| 94200 | 8.5% | 1,240 | 1,021 | $19K | |
| 94664 | 5.8% | 1,158 | 930 | $13K | |
| 94727 | 5.1% | 199 | 164 | $11K | |
| 94729 | 3.9% | 200 | 164 | $8K | |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | 3.6% | 250 | 202 | $8K |
| 94668 | 3.1% | 423 | 356 | $7K | |
| 94667 | 3.1% | 442 | 360 | $7K | |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 2.1% | 65 | 53 | $5K |
| 99442 | 1.2% | 70 | 64 | $3K | |
| 94621 | 1.0% | 15 | 15 | $2K |
1 more codes
| 94760 | <1% | 207 | $819.25 |
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 officialVELEZ, AXEL (PRESIDENT)