Desert Spine Sport & Joint Center

Desert Spine Sport & Joint Center was paid $969K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is 99215, doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex) — 32% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoDESERT SPINE SPORT & JOINT CENTER
PALM DESERT, CA 92211

33aNPI1982982492assigned 08/01/2011

33bProvider typeOrthopaedic Surgery Physician

28Total paid$969K

24GClaims5,416

24DCodes billed12

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in California

Rank by total paid#29 of 292

Median peer was paid$24K

This provider vs. median41×

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	613	$76K
2019	636	$79K
2020	1,063	$141K
2021	647	$119K
2022	701	$141K
2023	890	$195K
2024incomplete	866	$219K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
99215	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis	32%	1,853	1,737	$312K
99205	Prolong outpt/office vis	18%	833	832	$179K
L0639	Lumbar-sacral orthosis, sagittal-coronal control, rigid shell(s)/panel(s), posterior extends from sacrococcygeal junction to t-9 vertebra, anterior extends from symphysis pubis to xyphoid, produces intracavitary pressure to reduce load on the intervertebral discs, overall strength is provided by overlapping rigid material and stabilizing closures, includes straps, closures, may include soft interface, pendulous abdomen design, prefabricated item that has been trimmed, bent, molded, assembled, or otherwise customized to fit a specific patient by an individual with expertise	16%	130	130	$157K
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	15%	1,380	1,281	$145K
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	13%	823	821	$128K
11043		2.5%	123	107	$24K
99354		1.4%	102	101	$13K
20611		<1%	62	56	$6K
72110		<1%	39	39	$2K
99358	Prolong nursin fac eval 15m	<1%	13	13	$1K
73564		<1%	25	25	$1K
J1040	Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg	<1%	33	30	$708.30

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 officialAHMAD, SOHAIL (PRESIDENT/OWNER)