Physician
Pai, Vasantha
Pai, Vasantha was paid $778K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is 43239, Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with biopsy, single or multiple — 40% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPAI, VASANTHA
BELLEVILLE, IL 62223
BELLEVILLE, IL 62223
33aNPI1306921218assigned 10/26/2006
33bProvider typeGastroenterology Physician
28Total paid$778K
24GClaims14,163
24DCodes billed19
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Gastroenterology Physician providers in Illinois
Rank by total paid#13 of 370
Median peer was paid$16K
This provider vs. median48×
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 | 2,835 | $133K | |
| 2019 | 3,125 | $151K | |
| 2020 | 2,638 | $97K | |
| 2021 | 2,324 | $155K | |
| 2022 | 1,911 | $163K | |
| 2023 | 922 | $59K | |
| 2024incomplete | 408 | $19K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43239 | Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with biopsy, single or multiple | 40% | 1,743 | 1,524 | $313K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 16% | 4,886 | 4,438 | $128K |
| 45380 | Colonoscopy, flexible; with biopsy, single or multiple | 14% | 752 | 651 | $106K |
| 99244 | Office or other outpatient consultation, moderate to high complexity | 7.5% | 418 | 373 | $58K |
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity | 6.3% | 1,321 | 1,290 | $49K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 4.2% | 1,046 | 959 | $32K |
| 99243 | 3.5% | 291 | 256 | $27K | |
| 45378 | Colonoscopy, flexible; diagnostic, including collection of specimen(s) | 2.5% | 137 | 128 | $19K |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 1.3% | 155 | 137 | $10K |
| 96365 | Intravenous infusion, for therapy, prophylaxis, or diagnosis; initial, up to 1 hour | 1.3% | 874 | 835 | $10K |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital care, per day, straightforward or low complexity | 1.2% | 1,240 | 546 | $10K |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | <1% | 287 | 266 | $7K |
7 more codes
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.