Mekasha, Getachew

Mekasha, Getachew was paid $434K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is 99203, doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) — 29% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoMEKASHA, GETACHEW
WASHINGTON, DC 20001

33aNPI1912928243assigned 07/22/2006

33bProvider typeGastroenterology Physician

28Total paid$434K

24GClaims6,296

24DCodes billed9

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Gastroenterology Physician providers in District of Columbia

Rank by total paid#4 of 10

Median peer was paid$292K

This provider vs. median1.5×

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	1,249	$78K
2019	1,505	$97K
2020	491	$30K
2021	669	$46K
2022	857	$65K
2023	922	$78K
2024incomplete	603	$40K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
99203	Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity	29%	1,686	1,572	$124K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	25%	2,216	2,040	$110K
43239	Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with biopsy, single or multiple	16%	1,228	1,129	$71K
45378	Colonoscopy, flexible; diagnostic, including collection of specimen(s)	13%	437	412	$55K
45380	Colonoscopy, flexible; with biopsy, single or multiple	9.4%	326	308	$41K
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	4.1%	273	243	$18K
45385	Colonoscopy, flexible; with removal of tumor(s), polyp(s), or other lesion(s)	2.8%	93	80	$12K
45384		<1%	24	24	$3K
99202	Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, straightforward	<1%	13	13	$652.80

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.