Lai, Chia Chi

Lai, Chia Chi was paid $821K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 45380, Colonoscopy, flexible; with biopsy, single or multiple — 30% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoLAI, CHIA CHI
MONTEREY PARK, CA 91754

33aNPI1043238413assigned 07/17/2006

33bProvider typeGastroenterology Physician

28Total paid$821K

24GClaims14,030

24DCodes billed7

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Gastroenterology Physician providers in California

Rank by total paid#59 of 363

Median peer was paid$55K

This provider vs. median15×

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	2,286	$118K
2019	1,939	$152K
2020	2,562	$170K
2021	2,308	$162K
2022	1,711	$88K
2023	2,011	$88K
2024incomplete	1,213	$44K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
45380	Colonoscopy, flexible; with biopsy, single or multiple	30%	1,532	1,530	$247K
99232	Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity	29%	7,037	1,669	$239K
43239	Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with biopsy, single or multiple	19%	1,560	1,552	$155K
99222	Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity	13%	1,462	1,435	$105K
99203	Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity	6.6%	1,313	1,312	$54K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	2.1%	988	955	$18K
99231	Subsequent hospital care, per day, straightforward or low complexity	<1%	138	64	$4K

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.