Five Branches University LLC
Five Branches University LLC was paid $819K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 97811, — 70% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoFIVE BRANCHES UNIVERSITY LLC
SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062
SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062
33aNPI1922352095assigned 10/29/2012
33bProvider typeAcupuncturist
28Total paid$819K
24GClaims37,601
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Acupuncturist providers in California
Rank by total paid#12 of 489
Median peer was paid$27K
This provider vs. median30×
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 | 9,979 | $202K | |
| 2019 | 11,549 | $230K | |
| 2020 | 3,148 | $61K | |
| 2021 | 2,358 | $41K | |
| 2022 | 4,176 | $73K | |
| 2023 | 3,797 | $102K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,594 | $110K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
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 officialZHAO, JOANNA (CLINIC DIRECTOR & ACADEMIC DEAN)