Cartolano, Thomas

Cartolano, Thomas was paid $196K by Medicaid between Mar 2018 and Aug 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 99291, Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes — 57% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCARTOLANO, THOMAS
OAK LAWN, IL 60453

33aNPI1366688632assigned 12/17/2008

33bProvider typeSurgery Physician

28Total paid$196K

24GClaims2,101

24DCodes billed3

24AFirst – last monthMar 2018 – Aug 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Surgery Physician providers in Illinois

Rank by total paid#14 of 422

Median peer was paid$5K

This provider vs. median39×

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	63	$5K
2019	148	$8K
2020	165	$12K
2021	308	$28K
2022	388	$40K
2023	590	$61K
2024incomplete	439	$42K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
99291	Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes	57%	790	250	$113K
99233	Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m	27%	999	367	$53K
99285	Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life	16%	312	271	$31K

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.