Tepe, Michael
Tepe, Michael was paid $85K by Medicaid between Oct 2020 and Jun 2023, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is 97140, Manual therapy techniques, each 15 minutes (e.g., mobilization/manipulation, manual lymphatic drainage) — 37% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTEPE, MICHAEL
PITTSBURGH, PA 15232
PITTSBURGH, PA 15232
33aNPI1205906153assigned 11/08/2006
33bProvider typeChiropractor
28Total paid$85K
24GClaims5,533
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthOct 2020 – Jun 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Chiropractor providers in Pennsylvania
Rank by total paid#81 of 590
Median peer was paid$15K
This provider vs. median5.8×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 310 | $5K | |
| 2021 | 2,840 | $44K | |
| 2022 | 1,664 | $26K | |
| 2023 | 719 | $11K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97140 | Manual therapy techniques, each 15 minutes (e.g., mobilization/manipulation, manual lymphatic drainage) | 37% | 1,896 | 396 | $31K |
| 97110 | Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion | 33% | 1,828 | 377 | $28K |
| 98940 | 29% | 1,755 | 367 | $25K | |
| 98941 | Chiropractic manipulative treatment; spinal, 3-4 regions | <1% | 30 | 12 | $305.20 |
| 97012 | <1% | 24 | 13 | $166.68 |
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.