Physician
Diagnostic Cardiology Group
Diagnostic Cardiology Group was paid $124K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Mar 2023, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 38% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDIAGNOSTIC CARDIOLOGY GROUP
CHATTANOOGA, TN 37404
CHATTANOOGA, TN 37404
33aNPI1437148152assigned 10/14/2005
33bProvider typeClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician
28Total paid$124K
24GClaims12,226
24DCodes billed20
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Mar 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician providers in Tennessee
Rank by total paid#4 of 12
Median peer was paid$15K
This provider vs. median8.1×
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 | 2,407 | $31K | |
| 2019 | 2,478 | $33K | |
| 2020 | 5,242 | $38K | |
| 2021 | 1,919 | $21K | |
| 2022 | 130 | $1K | |
| 2023 | 50 | $350.30 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 38% | 3,118 | 2,619 | $47K |
| 93306 | Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete | 17% | 463 | 374 | $21K |
| 93000 | 16% | 3,499 | 2,932 | $20K | |
| 99490 | Ccm add 20min | 6.9% | 1,602 | 1,309 | $9K |
| 93224 | 5.6% | 180 | 159 | $7K | |
| 99457 | 3.8% | 1,529 | 1,241 | $5K | |
| 78452 | Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic (SPECT); multiple studies at rest and/or stress | 2.5% | 96 | 73 | $3K |
| J2785 | Injection, regadenoson, 0.1 mg | 2.2% | 73 | 57 | $3K |
| 99454 | 1.8% | 698 | 575 | $2K | |
| 93010 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only | 1.7% | 258 | 245 | $2K |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 1.2% | 167 | 57 | $1K |
| A9505 | Thallium tl-201 thallous chloride, diagnostic, per millicurie | <1% | 94 | 72 | $942.94 |
8 more codes
| 99222 | Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | <1% | 46 | $819.17 |
| 93015 | <1% | 96 | $797.01 | |
| A9500 | Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | <1% | 94 | $634.54 |
| 93454 | <1% | 19 | $624.20 | |
| 99152 | <1% | 78 | $248.63 | |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | <1% | 14 | $122.46 |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) | <1% | 15 | $96.17 |
| 99453 | <1% | 87 | $27.33 |
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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialRICHARDS, THEODORE (CEO)