Physician
Ninh, Christopher
Ninh, Christopher was paid $974K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2023, across 29 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 30% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoNINH, CHRISTOPHER
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA 92708
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA 92708
33aNPI1700096393assigned 05/23/2007
33bProvider typeOrthopaedic Surgery Physician
28Total paid$974K
24GClaims18,600
24DCodes billed29
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#28 of 292
Median peer was paid$24K
This provider vs. median41×
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 | 6,749 | $204K | |
| 2019 | 2,973 | $156K | |
| 2020 | 1,522 | $68K | |
| 2021 | 2,784 | $158K | |
| 2022 | 2,346 | $143K | |
| 2023 | 2,226 | $245K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 30% | 6,019 | 4,533 | $291K |
| 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 | 22% | 2,293 | 1,982 | $211K |
| 20611 | 20% | 3,575 | 1,951 | $193K | |
| L1820 | Knee orthosis, elastic with condylar pads and joints, with or without patellar control, prefabricated item that has been trimmed, bent, molded, assembled, or otherwise customized to fit a specific patient by an individual with expertise | 4.3% | 613 | 467 | $42K |
| 36475 | 4.3% | 14 | 12 | $42K | |
| 29876 | 4.0% | 83 | 73 | $39K | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 3.7% | 1,318 | 1,193 | $36K |
| 93970 | 3.1% | 156 | 156 | $30K | |
| 27447 | 2.8% | 13 | 12 | $27K | |
| L1843 | Knee orthosis, single upright, thigh and calf, with adjustable flexion and extension joint (unicentric or polycentric), medial-lateral and rotation control, with or without varus/valgus adjustment, prefabricated item that has been trimmed, bent, molded, assembled, or otherwise customized to fit a specific patient by an individual with expertise | 1.2% | 75 | 57 | $12K |
| 29881 | 1.2% | 36 | 36 | $11K | |
| 73560 | 1.1% | 606 | 509 | $11K |
17 more codes
| L1810 | Knee orthosis, elastic with joints, prefabricated item that has been trimmed, bent, molded, assembled, or otherwise customized to fit a specific patient by an individual with expertise | <1% | 108 | $8K |
| J3301 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | <1% | 883 | $6K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) | <1% | 75 | $5K |
| 73562 | <1% | 261 | $5K | |
| J7320 | Hyaluronan or derivitive, genvisc 850, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg | <1% | 45 | $2K |
| J7321 | Hyaluronan or derivative, hyalgan, supartz or visco-3, for intra-articular injection, per dose | <1% | 327 | $1K |
| 93971 | <1% | 12 | $1K | |
| 73030 | <1% | 44 | $828.64 | |
| 97112 | Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; neuromuscular reeducation of movement, balance, coordination | <1% | 825 | $644.74 |
| 97110 | Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion | <1% | 751 | $363.26 |
| 73502 | <1% | 12 | $255.34 | |
| 27334 | <1% | 13 | $189.87 | |
| G8978 | Mobility: walking & moving around functional limitation, current status, at therapy episode outset and at reporting intervals | 0% | 15 | $0.00 |
| G8979 | Mobility: walking & moving around functional limitation, projected goal status, at therapy episode outset, at reporting intervals, and at discharge or to end reporting | 0% | 15 | $0.00 |
| 0232T | 0% | 165 | $0.00 | |
| 99024 | 0% | 233 | $0.00 | |
| 29877 | 0% | 15 | $0.00 |
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.