Physician
Bula, Melania
Bula, Melania was paid $16K by Medicaid between Sep 2021 and Dec 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is 76705, Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; limited — 38% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBULA, MELANIA
PALO ALTO, CA 94304
PALO ALTO, CA 94304
33aNPI1255413852assigned 10/20/2006
33bProvider typePediatric Radiology Physician
28Total paid$16K
24GClaims1,854
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthSep 2021 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Radiology Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#5 of 18
Median peer was paid$1K
This provider vs. median14×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 18 | $99.72 | |
| 2022 | 563 | $4K | |
| 2023 | 489 | $4K | |
| 2024incomplete | 784 | $9K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76705 | Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; limited | 38% | 255 | 237 | $6K |
| 71045 | Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 28% | 836 | 794 | $5K |
| 71046 | Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 21% | 526 | 506 | $3K |
| 74018 | 6.9% | 210 | 200 | $1K | |
| 93975 | 5.7% | 27 | 25 | $933.08 |
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.