Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Lai, Sean

Lai, Sean was paid $337K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is 99232, hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day — 72% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoLAI, SEAN
SANTA MONICA, CA 90404
33aNPI1396739470assigned 09/06/2005
33bProvider typeSpecialist
28Total paid$337K
24GClaims12,302
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Specialist providers in California

Rank by total paid#338 of 1,230
Median peer was paid$51K
This provider vs. median6.6×

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
20181,302$28K
20191,496$44K
20202,083$71K
20211,617$46K
20221,758$43K
20232,126$63K
2024incomplete1,920$43K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99232 Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity 72% 10,675 2,088 $243K
99223 Prolong inpt eval add15 m 20% 1,297 1,278 $68K
43239 Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with biopsy, single or multiple 7.5% 303 299 $25K
45380 Colonoscopy, flexible; with biopsy, single or multiple <1% 27 25 $2K

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.