Supplier
West Coast Medical Equipment & Repair INC
West Coast Medical Equipment & Repair INC was paid $703K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 13 billing codes. Its largest line is K0739, Repair or nonroutine service for durable medical equipment other than oxygen equipment requiring the skill of a technician, labor component, per 15 minutes — 17% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWEST COAST MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & REPAIR INC
CHATSWORTH, CA 91311
CHATSWORTH, CA 91311
33aNPI1992095988assigned 04/12/2011
33bProvider typeDurable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
28Total paid$703K
24GClaims16,288
24DCodes billed13
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies providers in California
Rank by total paid#223 of 946
Median peer was paid$15K
This provider vs. median46×
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 | 2,681 | $74K | |
| 2019 | 2,009 | $95K | |
| 2020 | 1,997 | $110K | |
| 2021 | 2,376 | $130K | |
| 2022 | 2,203 | $109K | |
| 2023 | 2,902 | $119K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,120 | $66K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K0739 | Repair or nonroutine service for durable medical equipment other than oxygen equipment requiring the skill of a technician, labor component, per 15 minutes | 17% | 2,991 | 2,879 | $122K |
| K0462 | Temporary replacement for patient owned equipment being repaired, any type | 16% | 2,161 | 2,132 | $110K |
| E2365 | Power wheelchair accessory, u-1 sealed lead acid battery, each (e.g., gel cell, absorbed glassmat) | 15% | 1,256 | 1,226 | $103K |
| K0108 | Wheelchair component or accessory, not otherwise specified | 13% | 3,468 | 1,974 | $91K |
| E2366 | Power wheelchair accessory, battery charger, single mode, for use with only one battery type, sealed or non-sealed, each | 9.5% | 670 | 663 | $66K |
| E2387 | Power wheelchair accessory, foam filled caster tire, any size, replacement only, each | 8.3% | 1,559 | 1,521 | $58K |
| K0823 | Power wheelchair, group 2 standard, captains chair, patient weight capacity up to and including 300 pounds | 6.9% | 655 | 645 | $49K |
| E2386 | Power wheelchair accessory, foam filled drive wheel tire, any size, replacement only, each | 6.4% | 587 | 572 | $45K |
| E2395 | Power wheelchair accessory, caster wheel excludes tire, any size, replacement only, each | 3.9% | 939 | 917 | $28K |
| E2210 | Wheelchair accessory, bearings, any type, replacement only, each | 2.1% | 1,620 | 1,585 | $15K |
| E2313 | Power wheelchair accessory, harness for upgrade to expandable controller, including all fasteners, connectors and mounting hardware, each | 1.1% | 164 | 164 | $7K |
| E2394 | Power wheelchair accessory, drive wheel excludes tire, any size, replacement only, each | <1% | 173 | 173 | $7K |
1 more codes
| E0978 | Wheelchair accessory, positioning belt/safety belt/pelvic strap, each | <1% | 45 | $532.81 |
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 officialORTEGA, CARLOS (CEO)