Physician
Chikwendu C Nwosu MD LLC
Chikwendu C Nwosu MD LLC was paid $2.29M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 48 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 77% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHIKWENDU C NWOSU MD LLC
MESA, AZ 85212
MESA, AZ 85212
33aNPI1508155979assigned 04/06/2011
33bProvider typeCardiovascular Disease Physician
28Total paid$2.29M
24GClaims73,841
24DCodes billed48
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Arizona
Rank by total paid#8 of 98
Median peer was paid$37K
This provider vs. median62×
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 | 3,578 | $145K | |
| 2019 | 5,781 | $199K | |
| 2020 | 8,949 | $271K | |
| 2021 | 12,154 | $380K | |
| 2022 | 16,487 | $438K | |
| 2023 | 17,257 | $518K | |
| 2024incomplete | 9,635 | $344K |
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 | 77% | 27,675 | 23,582 | $1.78M |
| 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 | 6.6% | 1,633 | 1,588 | $152K |
| 99401 | 3.9% | 2,870 | 2,632 | $90K | |
| 80050 | General health panel | 1.5% | 988 | 972 | $35K |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | 1.4% | 2,502 | 2,435 | $31K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 1.1% | 621 | 585 | $26K |
| 82306 | Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed | 1.0% | 840 | 809 | $24K |
| 99396 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, 40-64 years | <1% | 238 | 234 | $21K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | <1% | 2,559 | 2,120 | $17K |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | <1% | 1,790 | 1,391 | $15K |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | <1% | 921 | 840 | $12K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | <1% | 2,372 | 1,933 | $11K |
36 more codes
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | <1% | 234 | $11K |
| 99490 | Ccm add 20min | <1% | 1,208 | $10K |
| 82607 | <1% | 693 | $10K | |
| 99395 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, 18-39 years | <1% | 91 | $8K |
| 82746 | <1% | 554 | $8K | |
| 84439 | <1% | 929 | $8K | |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | <1% | 614 | $6K |
| 93000 | <1% | 440 | $6K | |
| 96127 | <1% | 1,040 | $4K | |
| 81002 | <1% | 676 | $2K | |
| 99211 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity | <1% | 153 | $2K |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | <1% | 55 | $2K |
| 90471 | Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine | <1% | 73 | $2K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex) | <1% | 17 | $1K |
| 99385 | <1% | 12 | $1K | |
| 90688 | <1% | 84 | $1K | |
| 90756 | <1% | 54 | $889.95 | |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 330 | $851.65 |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | <1% | 12 | $376.05 |
| J3301 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | <1% | 52 | $221.52 |
| G0447 | Face-to-face behavioral counseling for obesity, 15 minutes | <1% | 68 | $128.15 |
| 97802 | <1% | 18 | $105.57 | |
| 1160F | <1% | 2,400 | $0.01 | |
| 1159F | <1% | 2,405 | $0.01 | |
| 3079F | <1% | 2,130 | $0.01 | |
| G8427 | Eligible clinician attests to documenting in the medical record they obtained, updated, or reviewed the patient's current medications | 0% | 2,000 | $0.00 |
| 3077F | 0% | 567 | $0.00 | |
| 3078F | 0% | 3,567 | $0.00 | |
| 0521F | 0% | 15 | $0.00 | |
| 3074F | 0% | 5,005 | $0.00 | |
| 3008F | 0% | 1,741 | $0.00 | |
| 3075F | 0% | 791 | $0.00 | |
| 3080F | 0% | 749 | $0.00 | |
| 3044F | 0% | 26 | $0.00 | |
| G8510 | Screening for depression is documented as negative, a follow-up plan is not required | 0% | 14 | $0.00 |
| 1125F | 0% | 15 | $0.00 |
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 officialNWOSU, CHIKWENDU (OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Stripes Urgent Care, LLC | Gold Canyon, AZ | $4K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.