Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Konala, Sivasankara

Konala, Sivasankara was paid $81K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Apr 2020, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 99284, emergency room visit (serious) — 39% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoKONALA, SIVASANKARA
SAINT LOUIS, MO 63136
33aNPI1538104229assigned 06/18/2006
28Total paid$81K
24GClaims1,558
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Apr 2020
Compared with peers

Next to other Emergency Medicine Physician providers in Missouri

Rank by total paid#84 of 571
Median peer was paid$14K
This provider vs. median5.8×

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$5.0K$10K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2018891$46K
2019542$29K
2020125$7K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99284 Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity 39% 496 493 $32K
99285 Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life 21% 184 184 $17K
99283 Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity 20% 428 427 $16K
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 13% 184 183 $10K
87502 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets 4.8% 38 38 $4K
S9088 Services provided in an urgent care center (list in addition to code for service) 2.1% 213 212 $2K
99053 <1% 15 15 $132.10

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.