Velez Cortes, Hector

Velez Cortes, Hector was paid $3.95M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 24 billing codes. Its largest line is Q0084, Chemotherapy administration by infusion technique only, per visit — 33% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoVELEZ CORTES, HECTOR
PONCE, PR 00717

33aNPI1952405425assigned 09/12/2006

33bProvider typeHematology & Oncology Physician

28Total paid$3.95M

24GClaims73,199

24DCodes billed24

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Hematology & Oncology Physician providers in Puerto Rico

Rank by total paid#2 of 59

Median peer was paid$110K

This provider vs. median36×

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	5,640	$256K
2019	8,022	$384K
2020	14,451	$654K
2021	14,093	$647K
2022	13,894	$794K
2023	9,897	$681K
2024incomplete	7,202	$537K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
Q0084	Chemotherapy administration by infusion technique only, per visit	33%	16,690	6,742	$1.32M
96413	Chemotherapy administration, intravenous infusion; up to 1 hour, single or initial substance	20%	9,742	4,779	$792K
96415		11%	5,318	2,745	$428K
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%	5,867	4,793	$401K
96367		5.6%	7,247	3,111	$222K
96366	Intravenous infusion, for therapy, prophylaxis, or diagnosis; each additional hour	5.5%	6,860	2,769	$217K
96365	Intravenous infusion, for therapy, prophylaxis, or diagnosis; initial, up to 1 hour	3.1%	2,789	865	$122K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	2.5%	2,573	2,290	$100K
99070		2.0%	8,156	3,568	$78K
96409		1.8%	1,198	645	$72K
99204	Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity	1.3%	539	417	$52K
96402		<1%	1,377	845	$32K

12 more codes

96416		<1%	103	$31K
96523		<1%	2,051	$26K
96417		<1%	441	$22K
99223	Prolong inpt eval add15 m	<1%	229	$16K
96372	Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular	<1%	1,042	$13K
99203	Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)	<1%	182	$6K
G2012	Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m service provided within the previous 7 days nor leading to an e/m service or procedure within the next 24 hours or soonest available appointment; 5-10 minutes of medical discussion	<1%	169	$3K
99233	Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)	<1%	32	$756.40
J7030	Infusion, normal saline solution , 1000 cc	<1%	253	$186.35
J1100	Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg	<1%	138	$90.44
J1200	Injection, diphenhydramine hcl, up to 50 mg	<1%	128	$32.85
S0028	Injection, famotidine, 20 mg	<1%	75	$1.93

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.