Physician
Nguyen, Tien
Nguyen, Tien was paid $260K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2023, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is 99204, doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved) — 50% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoNGUYEN, TIEN
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA 92708
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA 92708
33aNPI1356385025assigned 06/15/2006
33bProvider typeOrthopaedic Surgery Physician
28Total paid$260K
24GClaims5,082
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#71 of 292
Median peer was paid$24K
This provider vs. median11×
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 | 972 | $45K | |
| 2019 | 1,416 | $69K | |
| 2020 | 773 | $38K | |
| 2021 | 739 | $39K | |
| 2022 | 800 | $44K | |
| 2023 | 382 | $24K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 50% | 1,844 | 1,573 | $129K |
| 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 | 48% | 3,048 | 2,656 | $125K |
| 99291 | Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes | 1.3% | 54 | 26 | $3K |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | <1% | 56 | 26 | $2K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | <1% | 32 | 32 | $979.92 |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | <1% | 48 | 44 | $536.18 |
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.