Physician
Chen, Meri
Chen, Meri was paid $392K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 22 billing codes. Its largest line is 74177, Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; with contrast material — 27% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHEN, MERI
CHICAGO, IL 60612
CHICAGO, IL 60612
33aNPI1053369124assigned 05/04/2006
33bProvider typeDiagnostic Radiology Physician
28Total paid$392K
24GClaims16,170
24DCodes billed22
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Diagnostic Radiology Physician providers in Illinois
Rank by total paid#96 of 1,075
Median peer was paid$76K
This provider vs. median5.2×
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 | 802 | $16K | |
| 2019 | 1,337 | $26K | |
| 2020 | 3,697 | $75K | |
| 2021 | 3,667 | $88K | |
| 2022 | 2,742 | $69K | |
| 2023 | 2,082 | $59K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,843 | $59K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74177 | Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; with contrast material | 27% | 2,206 | 2,068 | $108K |
| 76830 | Ultrasound, transvaginal | 11% | 1,281 | 1,199 | $42K |
| 76856 | Ultrasound, pelvic (nonobstetric), real time with image documentation; complete | 7.2% | 842 | 789 | $28K |
| 71275 | Computed tomographic angiography, chest, with contrast material | 7.1% | 268 | 251 | $28K |
| 74176 | Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; without contrast material | 7.0% | 776 | 734 | $27K |
| 93975 | 6.6% | 869 | 770 | $26K | |
| 76815 | Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, limited | 6.1% | 788 | 759 | $24K |
| 76705 | Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; limited | 5.9% | 1,309 | 1,261 | $23K |
| 93970 | 4.0% | 1,132 | 1,049 | $16K | |
| 76770 | 3.4% | 469 | 463 | $13K | |
| 93971 | 3.3% | 1,394 | 1,263 | $13K | |
| 76857 | 2.3% | 272 | 264 | $9K |
10 more codes
| 71045 | Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 2.3% | 2,333 | $9K |
| 71260 | Computed tomography, thorax, diagnostic; with contrast material | 2.2% | 213 | $9K |
| 76817 | Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, transvaginal | 1.0% | 146 | $4K |
| 71046 | Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | <1% | 748 | $3K |
| 74018 | <1% | 817 | $3K | |
| 76700 | Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; complete | <1% | 131 | $2K |
| 74183 | <1% | 12 | $2K | |
| 71250 | <1% | 28 | $795.62 | |
| 76536 | <1% | 26 | $643.71 | |
| Q9967 | Low osmolar contrast material, 300-399 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml | <1% | 110 | $431.55 |
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.