Physician
Desigan, Gnana
Desigan, Gnana was paid $756K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jan 2023, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 45378, Colonoscopy, flexible; diagnostic, including collection of specimen(s) — 34% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDESIGAN, GNANA
VAN NUYS, CA 91405
VAN NUYS, CA 91405
33aNPI1477580298assigned 06/27/2006
33bProvider typeGastroenterology Physician
28Total paid$756K
24GClaims9,951
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jan 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Gastroenterology Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#65 of 363
Median peer was paid$55K
This provider vs. median14×
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 | 2,170 | $102K | |
| 2019 | 2,688 | $236K | |
| 2020 | 1,546 | $110K | |
| 2021 | 1,910 | $129K | |
| 2022 | 1,601 | $174K | |
| 2023 | 36 | $5K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45378 | Colonoscopy, flexible; diagnostic, including collection of specimen(s) | 34% | 1,775 | 1,770 | $255K |
| 43239 | Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with biopsy, single or multiple | 21% | 2,197 | 2,158 | $162K |
| 45380 | Colonoscopy, flexible; with biopsy, single or multiple | 20% | 1,037 | 1,027 | $148K |
| 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 | 18% | 4,267 | 4,261 | $139K |
| 99244 | Office or other outpatient consultation, moderate to high complexity | 3.7% | 525 | 525 | $28K |
| 45385 | Colonoscopy, flexible; with removal of tumor(s), polyp(s), or other lesion(s) | 2.9% | 114 | 114 | $22K |
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 36 | 36 | $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.