Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $72.37 | 3 | 100.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | $25.84 | 1 | $0 (2021) |
| Philips Electronics North America Corporation | $25.82 | 1 | $0 (2019) |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | $20.71 | 1 | $0 (2021) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $46.55 | 2 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) ($25.84) |
| 2019 | $25.82 | 1 | Philips Electronics North America Corporation ($25.82) |
All Payment Transactions
3 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/23/2021 | Boston Scientific Corporation | GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $20.71 | General |
| Category: PAIN MANAGEMENT | ||||||
| 06/21/2021 | ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | LifeVest (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $25.84 | General |
| Category: Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus | ||||||
| 01/08/2019 | Philips Electronics North America Corporation | Trilogy 100 (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $25.82 | General |
| Category: Pulmonary/Respiratory Diseases | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 153 | 305 | $154,411 | $43,880 |
| 2022 | 8 | 449 | 755 | $171,675 | $72,047 |
| 2021 | 7 | 462 | 961 | $251,867 | $104,622 |
| 2020 | 6 | 262 | 466 | $154,143 | $60,958 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
24 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99291 | Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 68 | 156 | $115,450 | $28,716 | 24.9% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 58 | 120 | $32,377 | $12,471 | 38.5% |
| 99292 | Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 27 | 29 | $6,584 | $2,693 | 40.9% |
| 99232 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 109 | 268 | $39,502 | $17,028 | 43.1% |
| 99291 | Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 51 | 88 | $42,023 | $16,815 | 40.0% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 50 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 92 | 94 | $26,038 | $11,208 | 43.0% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care per day, typically 70 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 53 | 55 | $22,596 | $9,594 | 42.5% |
| 99233 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 35 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 61 | 99 | $21,438 | $8,707 | 40.6% |
| 99239 | Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 41 | 41 | $8,925 | $3,910 | 43.8% |
| 99231 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 15 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 28 | 94 | $7,520 | $3,248 | 43.2% |
| 99292 | Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 14 | 16 | $3,633 | $1,537 | 42.3% |
| 99291 | Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 120 | 217 | $104,542 | $42,429 | 40.6% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 129 | 261 | $57,248 | $24,003 | 41.9% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 82 | 340 | $50,365 | $21,437 | 42.6% |
| 99222 | Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 65 | 67 | $18,641 | $7,841 | 42.1% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 22 | 22 | $9,095 | $3,877 | 42.6% |
| 99239 | Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 28 | 29 | $6,300 | $2,680 | 42.5% |
| 99292 | Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient | Facility | 2021 | 16 | 25 | $5,676 | $2,356 | 41.5% |
| 99291 | Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2020 | 101 | 190 | $91,634 | $35,520 | 38.8% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day | Facility | 2020 | 92 | 187 | $41,561 | $16,694 | 40.2% |
| 99223 | Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day | Facility | 2020 | 18 | 18 | $7,341 | $3,154 | 43.0% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day | Facility | 2020 | 26 | 43 | $6,363 | $2,691 | 42.3% |
| 31500 | Emergent insertion of breathing tube into windpipe cartilage using an endoscope | Facility | 2020 | 14 | 17 | $5,100 | $2,092 | 41.0% |
| 36556 | Insertion of central venous catheter for infusion, patient 5 years or older | Facility | 2020 | 11 | 11 | $2,145 | $806.98 | 37.6% |
About Dr. Alex Balekian, M.D
Dr. Alex Balekian, M.D is a Critical Care Medicine healthcare provider based in Daly City, California. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 10/28/2006. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1205912656.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Alex Balekian, M.D has received a total of $72.37 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $46.55 received in 2021. These payments were reported across 3 transactions from 3 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($72.37).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Balekian has provided services to 1,326 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 2,487 services with total Medicare billing of $281,507. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 24 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Critical Care Medicine
- Other Specialties Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease
- Location Daly City, CA
- Active Since 10/28/2006
- Last Updated 11/18/2024
- Taxonomy Code 207RC0200X
- Entity Type Individual
- Practice Solo Practitioner
- NPI Number 1205912656
Products in Payments
- LifeVest (Device) $25.84
- Trilogy 100 (Device) $25.82
- GENERAL PAIN MANAGEMENT (Device) $20.71
Explore
Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.