Physician
Fernando Castaneda MD PA
Fernando Castaneda MD PA was paid $611K by Medicaid between Mar 2021 and Dec 2024, across 44 billing codes. Its largest line is 99394, Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, adolescent (12-17 years) — 21% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoFERNANDO CASTANEDA MD PA
LAREDO, TX 78043
LAREDO, TX 78043
33aNPI1992310973assigned 09/15/2020
33bProvider typePediatrics Physician
28Total paid$611K
24GClaims41,760
24DCodes billed44
24AFirst – last monthMar 2021 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatrics Physician providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#464 of 1,136
Median peer was paid$329K
This provider vs. median1.9×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6,873 | $92K | |
| 2022 | 9,620 | $150K | |
| 2023 | 13,136 | $206K | |
| 2024incomplete | 12,131 | $163K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99394 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, adolescent (12-17 years) | 21% | 1,415 | 1,365 | $126K |
| 99393 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, late childhood (5-11 years) | 20% | 1,460 | 1,432 | $121K |
| 99392 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, early childhood (1-4 years) | 16% | 1,280 | 1,256 | $100K |
| 87428 | 14% | 1,191 | 1,154 | $85K | |
| 90460 | Immunization administration through 18 years of age via any route, first or only component | 11% | 6,307 | 3,109 | $69K |
| 99391 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, infant (under 1 year) | 6.1% | 487 | 482 | $37K |
| 99429 | 5.7% | 1,062 | 1,054 | $35K | |
| 96110 | Developmental screening, with scoring and documentation, per standardized instrument | 1.6% | 1,509 | 1,325 | $10K |
| 99383 | <1% | 67 | 65 | $6K | |
| 0071A | <1% | 96 | 96 | $4K | |
| 99382 | <1% | 37 | 37 | $3K | |
| 90461 | <1% | 1,820 | 1,486 | $3K |
32 more codes
| 0072A | <1% | 72 | $3K | |
| 96160 | <1% | 2,997 | $2K | |
| 87811 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | <1% | 81 | $2K |
| 99051 | <1% | 847 | $2K | |
| 90620 | <1% | 322 | $1K | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) | <1% | 8,273 | $1K |
| 99381 | <1% | 12 | $1K | |
| G8431 | Screening for depression is documented as being positive and a follow-up plan is documented | <1% | 12 | $173.16 |
| 90651 | <1% | 465 | $150.00 | |
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) | <1% | 327 | $148.09 |
| 86580 | <1% | 13 | $109.46 | |
| 90658 | <1% | 527 | $92.25 | |
| 90714 | 0% | 58 | $0.00 | |
| 90670 | 0% | 650 | $0.00 | |
| 97803 | 0% | 3,796 | $0.00 | |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | 0% | 4,413 | $0.00 |
| 90633 | 0% | 246 | $0.00 | |
| 90681 | 0% | 53 | $0.00 | |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 0% | 452 | $0.00 |
| 90734 | 0% | 318 | $0.00 | |
| 90710 | 0% | 224 | $0.00 | |
| 90700 | 0% | 12 | $0.00 | |
| 96127 | 0% | 111 | $0.00 | |
| 91307 | 0% | 218 | $0.00 | |
| 90647 | 0% | 138 | $0.00 | |
| 90697 | 0% | 203 | $0.00 | |
| 87807 | 0% | 27 | $0.00 | |
| 90680 | 0% | 70 | $0.00 | |
| 90698 | 0% | 27 | $0.00 | |
| 90723 | 0% | 40 | $0.00 | |
| 90696 | 0% | 12 | $0.00 | |
| 99202 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, straightforward | 0% | 13 | $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 officialCASTANEDA, FERNANDO (PEDIATRICIAN)