Houston Cardiothoracic and Vein Surgeons, PLLC

Houston Cardiothoracic and Vein Surgeons, PLLC was paid $7K by Medicaid between Oct 2020 and Jan 2023, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is 99222, Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity — 44% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoHOUSTON CARDIOTHORACIC AND VEIN SURGEONS, PLLC
HOUSTON, TX 77018

33aNPI1275173379assigned 01/07/2020

33bProvider typeThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician

28Total paid$7K

24GClaims477

24DCodes billed4

24AFirst – last monthOct 2020 – Jan 2023

Compared with peers

Next to other Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in Texas

Rank by total paid#7 of 9

Median peer was paid$36K

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
2020	102	$3K
2021	156	$3K
2022	204	$577.09
2023	15	$75.76

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
99222	Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity	44%	62	55	$3K
99232	Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity	33%	132	51	$2K
93010	Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only	12%	271	254	$798.55
99223	Prolong inpt eval add15 m	11%	12	12	$708.82

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.

From NPPES

Who's on the registration

Authorized officialWALKES, JON CECIL (OWNER)