Physician
Pankaj Lal, M.D., PC
Pankaj Lal, M.D., PC was paid $2.38M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is 78452, Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic (SPECT); multiple studies at rest and/or stress — 29% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPANKAJ LAL, M.D., PC
POTOMAC, MD 20854
POTOMAC, MD 20854
33aNPI1497027726assigned 02/02/2012
33bProvider typeCardiovascular Disease Physician
28Total paid$2.38M
24GClaims26,383
24DCodes billed20
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Maryland
Rank by total paid#1 of 78
Median peer was paid$37K
This provider vs. median65×
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 | 1,853 | $183K | |
| 2019 | 1,889 | $125K | |
| 2020 | 2,523 | $254K | |
| 2021 | 4,210 | $374K | |
| 2022 | 5,393 | $465K | |
| 2023 | 5,927 | $550K | |
| 2024incomplete | 4,588 | $432K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78452 | Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic (SPECT); multiple studies at rest and/or stress | 29% | 3,429 | 3,058 | $693K |
| 93306 | Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete | 25% | 5,610 | 5,093 | $591K |
| A9500 | Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | 9.3% | 1,923 | 1,715 | $221K |
| 93880 | 7.9% | 2,086 | 1,833 | $188K | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 7.2% | 3,630 | 2,979 | $171K |
| A9502 | Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | 5.9% | 1,404 | 1,249 | $140K |
| 93015 | 5.7% | 3,530 | 3,161 | $137K | |
| 99243 | 2.8% | 559 | 521 | $66K | |
| 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 | 1.9% | 1,374 | 1,231 | $46K |
| 93925 | 1.9% | 347 | 314 | $45K | |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 1.4% | 428 | 391 | $33K |
| 99244 | Office or other outpatient consultation, moderate to high complexity | 1.0% | 138 | 132 | $24K |
8 more codes
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved) | <1% | 163 | $11K |
| 93000 | <1% | 563 | $7K | |
| 93224 | <1% | 46 | $3K | |
| 99490 | Ccm add 20min | <1% | 1,071 | $3K |
| J2785 | Injection, regadenoson, 0.1 mg | <1% | 39 | $3K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 15 | $719.62 |
| 93970 | <1% | 15 | $404.94 | |
| J0153 | Injection, adenosine, 1 mg (not to be used to report any adenosine phosphate compounds) | <1% | 13 | $113.52 |
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 officialLAL, PANKAJ (OWNER/MEDICAL DIRECTOR)