Physician
Sam E Sato, MD,PC
Sam E Sato, MD,PC was paid $881K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2019, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is 92060, — 36% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSAM E SATO, MD,PC
TUCSON, AZ 85719
TUCSON, AZ 85719
33aNPI1528367158assigned 03/22/2011
33bProvider typeOphthalmology Physician
28Total paid$881K
24GClaims17,658
24DCodes billed10
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2019
Compared with peers
Next to other Ophthalmology Physician providers in Arizona
Rank by total paid#13 of 78
Median peer was paid$44K
This provider vs. median20×
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 | 11,229 | $567K | |
| 2019 | 6,429 | $313K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92060 | 36% | 6,064 | 5,726 | $313K | |
| 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 | 20% | 2,595 | 2,462 | $177K |
| 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 | 15% | 1,270 | 1,185 | $135K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 11% | 2,087 | 1,912 | $96K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 7.9% | 4,248 | 3,977 | $69K |
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | 7.2% | 507 | 477 | $63K |
| 92250 | 2.1% | 406 | 370 | $18K | |
| 92285 | <1% | 413 | 371 | $6K | |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 30 | 30 | $3K |
| 92133 | <1% | 38 | 33 | $1K |
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 officialSATO, SAM (PRESIDENT)