Physician
Hwang, John
Hwang, John was paid $1.69M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2023, across 22 billing codes. Its largest line is 67028, Intravitreal injection of a pharmacologic agent — 48% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHWANG, JOHN
LAGUNA HILLS, CA 92653
LAGUNA HILLS, CA 92653
33aNPI1629235510assigned 05/19/2008
33bProvider typeRetina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician
28Total paid$1.69M
24GClaims27,322
24DCodes billed22
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#9 of 45
Median peer was paid$55K
This provider vs. median31×
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 | 6,741 | $257K | |
| 2019 | 9,468 | $403K | |
| 2020 | 5,030 | $308K | |
| 2021 | 3,377 | $413K | |
| 2022 | 2,182 | $267K | |
| 2023 | 524 | $42K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67028 | Intravitreal injection of a pharmacologic agent | 48% | 3,419 | 2,583 | $817K |
| J0178 | Injection, aflibercept, 1 mg | 23% | 315 | 222 | $383K |
| J9035 | Injection, bevacizumab, 10 mg | 11% | 2,964 | 2,160 | $187K |
| 92134 | 6.7% | 4,591 | 3,712 | $113K | |
| 92012 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, intermediate, established patient | 3.4% | 1,592 | 1,499 | $58K |
| 92226 | 3.2% | 1,469 | 971 | $55K | |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | <1% | 470 | 460 | $16K |
| 92202 | <1% | 1,234 | 1,119 | $13K | |
| 92225 | <1% | 251 | 135 | $12K | |
| 92250 | <1% | 248 | 243 | $10K | |
| 92235 | <1% | 113 | 110 | $9K | |
| 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 | <1% | 128 | 87 | $9K |
10 more codes
| 76512 | <1% | 98 | $6K | |
| 92201 | <1% | 79 | $1K | |
| 4040F | <1% | 2,346 | $0.11 | |
| 1036F | <1% | 2,099 | $0.08 | |
| G8482 | Influenza immunization administered or previously received | <1% | 1,286 | $0.06 |
| 4177F | <1% | 98 | $0.05 | |
| G9974 | Dilated macular exam performed, including documentation of the presence or absence of macular thickening or geographic atrophy or hemorrhage and the level of macular degeneration severity | <1% | 98 | $0.05 |
| 2022F | <1% | 1,533 | $0.03 | |
| 5010F | <1% | 1,455 | $0.03 | |
| 2021F | <1% | 1,436 | $0.03 |
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.