Physician
Golden State Orthopedics & Spine
Golden State Orthopedics & Spine was paid $5.73M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 44 billing codes. Its largest line is 97530, Therapeutic activities, direct patient contact, each 15 minutes — 36% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoGOLDEN STATE ORTHOPEDICS & SPINE
WALNUT CREEK, CA 94598
WALNUT CREEK, CA 94598
33aNPI1972552990assigned 05/08/2006
33bProvider typeOrthopaedic Surgery Physician
28Total paid$5.73M
24GClaims72,603
24DCodes billed44
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#7 of 292
Median peer was paid$24K
This provider vs. median242×
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 | 3,054 | $312K | |
| 2019 | 3,453 | $342K | |
| 2020 | 2,979 | $276K | |
| 2021 | 4,917 | $533K | |
| 2022 | 15,734 | $959K | |
| 2023 | 19,624 | $1.52M | |
| 2024incomplete | 22,842 | $1.79M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97530 | Therapeutic activities, direct patient contact, each 15 minutes | 36% | 21,649 | 9,008 | $2.08M |
| 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 | 19% | 8,803 | 8,609 | $1.10M |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 11% | 7,539 | 7,302 | $649K |
| 97110 | Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion | 8.2% | 12,026 | 5,037 | $469K |
| 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 | 8.0% | 2,605 | 2,598 | $457K |
| 64483 | 3.3% | 1,989 | 1,369 | $190K | |
| 97112 | Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; neuromuscular reeducation of movement, balance, coordination | 2.6% | 3,485 | 1,497 | $149K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 2.3% | 1,148 | 1,145 | $132K |
| 97140 | Manual therapy techniques, each 15 minutes (e.g., mobilization/manipulation, manual lymphatic drainage) | 2.2% | 4,096 | 1,850 | $127K |
| 97016 | 1.0% | 4,355 | 1,819 | $58K | |
| 27447 | <1% | 43 | 43 | $48K | |
| 95886 | <1% | 163 | 163 | $37K |
32 more codes
| 95911 | <1% | 150 | $36K | |
| L3960 | Shoulder elbow wrist hand orthosis, abduction positioning, airplane design, prefabricated, includes fitting and adjustment | <1% | 28 | $29K |
| 20610 | <1% | 505 | $29K | |
| 73562 | <1% | 771 | $26K | |
| 99243 | <1% | 270 | $23K | |
| 64484 | <1% | 400 | $18K | |
| 97014 | <1% | 921 | $14K | |
| 73110 | <1% | 194 | $8K | |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 128 | $6K |
| 73610 | <1% | 208 | $6K | |
| L4361 | Walking boot, pneumatic and/or vacuum, with or without joints, with or without interface material, prefabricated, off-the-shelf | <1% | 12 | $4K |
| 72148 | Magnetic resonance imaging, lumbar spine; without contrast material | <1% | 24 | $4K |
| 73564 | <1% | 125 | $4K | |
| 77073 | <1% | 40 | $2K | |
| 29075 | <1% | 17 | $2K | |
| J3301 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | <1% | 244 | $2K |
| 97161 | <1% | 13 | $2K | |
| 20611 | <1% | 12 | $1K | |
| 73100 | <1% | 36 | $1K | |
| 72170 | <1% | 27 | $816.05 | |
| 72100 | <1% | 24 | $796.79 | |
| 72110 | <1% | 14 | $785.96 | |
| 99152 | <1% | 50 | $595.50 | |
| 73501 | <1% | 24 | $586.78 | |
| J1040 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg | <1% | 58 | $569.50 |
| 73630 | <1% | 26 | $511.22 | |
| 73502 | <1% | 16 | $442.76 | |
| J1030 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg | <1% | 81 | $425.30 |
| 97116 | <1% | 17 | $403.52 | |
| J1010 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 1 mg | <1% | 24 | $185.13 |
| 99072 | <1% | 228 | $100.00 | |
| A4590 | Special casting material (e.g., fiberglass) | 0% | 15 | $0.00 |
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 officialHAMMARSTROM, STEPHEN (CEO)
Parent organizationGOLDEN STATE ORTHOPEDICS & SPINE