Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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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
33aNPI1356385025assigned 06/15/2006
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

$0$5.0K$10K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
2018972$45K
20191,416$69K
2020773$38K
2021739$39K
2022800$44K
2023382$24K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
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.