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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
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

$0$50K$100K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
20185,640$256K
20198,022$384K
202014,451$654K
202114,093$647K
202213,894$794K
20239,897$681K
2024incomplete7,202$537K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
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.