Kato, B.

Kato, B. was paid $15K by Medicaid between Apr 2018 and Aug 2018, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 59% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoKATO, B.
PALM DESERT, CA 92211

33aNPI1003991761assigned 10/25/2006

33bProvider typeOtolaryngology Physician

28Total paid$15K

24GClaims155

24DCodes billed3

24AFirst – last monthApr 2018 – Aug 2018

Compared with peers

Next to other Otolaryngology Physician providers in California

Rank by total paid#103 of 168

Median peer was paid$67K

This provider vs. median0.2×

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
2018	155	$15K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
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	59%	63	57	$9K
92504		20%	78	70	$3K
99204	Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity	20%	14	14	$3K

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.