Challa, Harigovinda

Challa, Harigovinda was paid $258K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jan 2024, across 37 billing codes. Its largest line is 70450, Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material — 22% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCHALLA, HARIGOVINDA
CHATTANOOGA, TN 37403

33aNPI1508942319assigned 10/27/2006

33bProvider typePediatric Radiology Physician

28Total paid$258K

24GClaims16,281

24DCodes billed37

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jan 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Pediatric Radiology Physician providers in Tennessee

Rank by total paid#3 of 9

Median peer was paid$33K

This provider vs. median7.7×

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	5,605	$79K
2019	5,502	$93K
2020	3,801	$68K
2021	363	$8K
2022	562	$5K
2023	432	$3K
2024incomplete	16	$79.16

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
70450	Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material	22%	2,044	1,855	$57K
74177	Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; with contrast material	19%	1,180	1,096	$48K
70553	Magnetic resonance imaging, brain; without contrast material, followed by contrast material and further sequences	7.2%	288	253	$19K
71275	Computed tomographic angiography, chest, with contrast material	6.3%	327	310	$16K
71046	Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views	5.9%	2,324	2,237	$15K
71045	Radiologic examination, chest; single view	5.8%	3,900	2,996	$15K
72125	Computed tomography, cervical spine; without contrast material	5.5%	642	571	$14K
74176	Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; without contrast material	4.6%	314	296	$12K
70551	Magnetic resonance imaging, brain; without contrast material	3.1%	160	150	$8K
76705	Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; limited	2.6%	389	375	$7K
70496		2.4%	104	95	$6K
70498		2.2%	157	141	$6K

25 more codes

73610		2.1%	675	$5K
74018		1.7%	937	$4K
73630		1.6%	552	$4K
76770		1.5%	154	$4K
71260	Computed tomography, thorax, diagnostic; with contrast material	1.3%	125	$3K
73130		1.1%	405	$3K
73562		<1%	390	$2K
73110		<1%	272	$2K
73030		<1%	203	$1K
73090		<1%	158	$839.39
73080		<1%	104	$597.87
73590		<1%	114	$562.77
74019		<1%	55	$459.68
73502		<1%	85	$399.67
76830	Ultrasound, transvaginal	<1%	13	$389.27
74230		<1%	22	$362.24
76815	Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, limited	<1%	14	$330.91
71250		<1%	13	$289.90
73560		<1%	42	$282.46
74022		<1%	12	$190.17
72170		<1%	40	$187.59
77077		<1%	13	$141.04
73140		<1%	26	$134.55
73060		<1%	14	$69.15
73552		<1%	14	$65.79

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.