Physician
David Palestrant MD INC
David Palestrant MD INC was paid $16K by Medicaid between May 2019 and Mar 2023, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 99233, hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex) — 85% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDAVID PALESTRANT MD INC
LOS ANGELES, CA 90048
LOS ANGELES, CA 90048
33aNPI1942507405assigned 02/18/2011
33bProvider typeCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
28Total paid$16K
24GClaims316
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthMay 2019 – Mar 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#92 of 136
Median peer was paid$38K
This provider vs. median0.4×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 116 | $7K | |
| 2020 | 139 | $6K | |
| 2021 | 44 | $2K | |
| 2023 | 17 | $787.76 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 85% | 291 | 171 | $13K |
| 99291 | Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes | 15% | 25 | 12 | $2K |
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 officialPALESTRANT, DAVID (PRESIDENT)