Cao, Tu

Cao, Tu was paid $8K by Medicaid between Oct 2018 and Aug 2019, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is 93010, Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only — 59% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCAO, TU
EL PASO, TX 79938

33aNPI1316238736assigned 04/20/2011

33bProvider typeCardiovascular Disease Physician

28Total paid$8K

24GClaims719

24DCodes billed4

24AFirst – last monthOct 2018 – Aug 2019

Compared with peers

Next to other Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Texas

Rank by total paid#97 of 225

Median peer was paid$6K

This provider vs. median1.4×

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	99	$647.26
2019	620	$7K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
93010	Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only	59%	612	463	$5K
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	27%	53	42	$2K
93306	Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete	8.1%	41	41	$655.20
99204	Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity	6.7%	13	12	$544.20

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.