Christola PA

Christola PA was paid $95K by Medicaid between Oct 2020 and May 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is 99233, hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex) — 76% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCHRISTOLA PA
HOUSTON, TX 77065

33aNPI1992843668assigned 02/02/2007

33bProvider typeGastroenterology Physician

28Total paid$95K

24GClaims2,582

24DCodes billed4

24AFirst – last monthOct 2020 – May 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Gastroenterology Physician providers in Texas

Rank by total paid#15 of 91

Median peer was paid$8K

This provider vs. median12×

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
2020	176	$6K
2021	876	$28K
2022	724	$25K
2023	578	$24K
2024incomplete	228	$12K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
99233	Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m	76%	2,227	459	$72K
99223	Prolong inpt eval add15 m	22%	313	276	$21K
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	1.1%	28	28	$1K
43239	Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with biopsy, single or multiple	<1%	14	12	$586.59

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 officialUGBAR UGBA, STEVEN (MEDICAL DIRECTOR)