RateScore · NPI 1164480414

Dennis Ponteres

pt · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

534
/ 850  ·  300-850 vs the LOCAL peer median; target = local P90  ·  Local · metro
Weak: meaningfully below local peers
42.6% local percentile  ·  low peer-sample confidence
Scored as of August 18, 2026
420published rate records
2payers scored
2scoreable contract cells
137sanitized records

Empire BlueCross BlueShield (NY file) is the worst-paying contract we can score for Dennis Ponteres. 62.2% of local peers, paid by the same payer for the same codes in the same metro, are paid more. That is the payer's pricing decision, not a reflection on this provider.

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Position by payer

Your median contracted rate vs the local peer median, per payer, for every payer we can score in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Where a Blue Cross entity's label carries a state, that state names the file we found the rate in, not this practice's location. Blue Cross plans file separately per state and do not share rates, even for the same provider.

PayerCodesBasisYour medianLocal peer medianGapRateScore
Empire BlueCross BlueShield (NY file) 1 Local $75.00 $75.00 $0.00 508
Aetna 1 Local $31.05 $32.44 −$1.39 561

Documented reimbursement opportunity

The largest per-encounter gaps to the local P90 target, code by code. Modeled from published rates, not guaranteed, per encounter, not annualized.

PayerCPTBasisYour rateLocal peer medianLocal P90Per-encounter gapPeers
Aetna 97110 Local $31.05 $32.44 $101.00 $69.95 1068
Empire BlueCross BlueShield (NY file) 97161 Local $75.00 $75.00 $78.52 $3.52 366

What insurers pay nationally for these codes: 97110 · 97161

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