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The Doctors and Services in Medicare Part B
This database was last updated in December 2017. It should only be used as a historical snapshot. More recent data is available via the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ lookup tool.
RICHARD MERTENS M.D.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA, 90048
How This Provider Compares
This Provider
Avg in State & Specialty
Providers in this state and specialty were reimbursed, on average, $565 per patient in 2015.
They performed about 16 services per patient. Here’s how this provider compares.
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How This Provider’s Patients Compare
Doctors often say their patients are sicker or more complex than those of their peers. The measure displayed below, used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, takes into account patients’ characteristics to estimate whether they are expected to have above-average Medicare spending. It considers patients’ age, sex, diagnoses from the past year and other factors. This provider’s score below takes into account all of his Part B patients.
This Provider's Services
This provider performed 25 different services in 2015
(13 were redacted as they were performed on less than 11 patients)
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CATEGORYDescription of Service |
Times Performed (or Units) | This Service's Rank | Patients | Unique Visits Per Patient |
Billed to Medicare | Payments from Medicare |
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PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYPathology examination of tissue using a microscope, inter... + Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity × Service Code: 88305Performed in a facility |
1,149 times performed, 66% of his services |
1st 62nd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
397 patients got this service, 84% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1.1) |
$93,069.00an average of $81.00 per time performed |
$38,100.84 an average of $33.16 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYTissue or cell analysis by immunologic technique Service Code: 88342Performed in a facility |
108 times performed, 6% of his services |
2nd 238th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
80 patients got this service, 17% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$11,880.00an average of $110.00 per time performed |
$3,344.76 an average of $30.97 per time performed |
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Special stained specimen slides to examine tissue Service Code: 88341Performed in a facility |
80 times performed, 5% of his services |
3rd 123rd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
32 patients got this service, 7% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$13,760.00an average of $172.00 per time performed |
$1,479.20 an average of $18.49 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYMicroscopic genetic analysis of tumor Service Code: 88361Performed in a facility |
70 times performed, 4% of his services |
4th
most performed service for this provider 5 or fewer providers in this specialty in CA perform this service |
17 patients got this service, 4% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service |
$14,350.00an average of $205.00 per time performed |
$3,573.50 an average of $51.05 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYPathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moder... + Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately high complexity × Service Code: 88307Performed in a facility |
55 times performed, 3% of his services |
5th 213th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
37 patients got this service, 8% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$11,165.00an average of $203.00 per time performed |
$4,019.40 an average of $73.08 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYPathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moder... + Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, moderately low complexity × Service Code: 88304Performed in a facility |
46 times performed, 3% of his services |
6th 246th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
40 patients got this service, 8% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$1,610.00an average of $35.00 per time performed |
$459.54 an average of $9.99 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYMicroscopic genetic analysis of tumor Service Code: 88360Performed in a facility |
40 times performed, 2% of his services |
7th 529th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
18 patients got this service, 4% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$5,670.00an average of $141.75 per time performed |
$1,843.60 an average of $46.09 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYSpecial stained specimen slides to identify organisms inc... + Special stained specimen slides to identify organisms including interpretation and report × Service Code: 88312Performed in a facility |
31 times performed, 2% of his services |
8th 338th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
21 patients got this service, 4% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$3,255.00an average of $105.00 per time performed |
$733.15 an average of $23.65 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYMicroscopic genetic analysis of tissue Service Code: 88368Performed in a facility |
21 times performed, 1% of his services |
9th 790th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
17 patients got this service, 4% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$4,347.00an average of $207.00 per time performed |
$728.28 an average of $34.68 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYPreparation of tissue for examination by removing any cal... + Preparation of tissue for examination by removing any calcium present × Service Code: 88311Performed in a facility |
19 times performed, 1% of his services |
10th 257th most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
19 patients got this service, 4% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$570.00an average of $30.00 per time performed |
$207.67 an average of $10.93 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYPathology examination of tissue using a microscope, limit... + Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, limited examination × Service Code: 88300Performed in a facility |
16 times performed, 0.92% of his services |
11th 473rd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
14 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$192.00an average of $12.00 per time performed |
$62.56 an average of $3.91 per time performed |
PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORYPathology examination of tissue using a microscope, high ... + Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, high complexity × Service Code: 88309Performed in a facility |
12 times performed, 0.69% of his services |
12th 573rd most performed service for this provider most performed service in this state & specialty |
12 patients got this service, 3% of his patients |
1 average number of visits a patient made for this service (Peers: 1) |
$4,320.00an average of $360.00 per time performed |
$1,548.12 an average of $129.01 per time performed |
Notes: Medicare redacted this data for any services provided to fewer than 11 patients. The contact information listed above is the most current we have for this provider. The services listed on this page may have been delivered at a previous address or as part of a different practice.
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Sources: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, National Plan and Provider Enumeration System, American Medical Association
Services that begin with a letter come from CMS. All other codes and descriptions of the medical procedures are from the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set, copyright 2015 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Where practical, AMA’s consumer friendly translation of the CPT descriptor was used. ProPublica has received permission from the AMA to use these codes on this site.