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Nwankwo, Ukpong

Nwankwo, Ukpong was paid $49K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Apr 2019, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 61% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoNWANKWO, UKPONG
SMYRNA, TN 37167
33aNPI1518914050assigned 05/30/2006
28Total paid$49K
24GClaims1,608
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Apr 2019
Compared with peers

Next to other Internal Medicine Physician providers in Tennessee

Rank by total paid#194 of 581
Median peer was paid$15K
This provider vs. median3.2×

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

$0$2.0K$4.0K$6.0K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
20181,247$38K
2019361$10K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 61% 931 636 $30K
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 37% 393 368 $18K
36415 Collection of venous blood by venipuncture <1% 169 154 $422.01
90686 <1% 26 22 $301.29
81002 <1% 63 58 $191.87
G0008 Administration of influenza virus vaccine <1% 26 22 $52.20

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.