Physician
Puja Chitkara M.D. a Medical Corporation
Puja Chitkara M.D. a Medical Corporation was paid $1.81M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 23 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 59% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPUJA CHITKARA M.D. A MEDICAL CORPORATION
CHULA VISTA, CA 91911
CHULA VISTA, CA 91911
33aNPI1700202207assigned 03/10/2014
33bProvider typeRheumatology Physician
28Total paid$1.81M
24GClaims19,289
24DCodes billed23
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Rheumatology Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#14 of 147
Median peer was paid$43K
This provider vs. median42×
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 | 1,442 | $163K | |
| 2019 | 2,572 | $263K | |
| 2020 | 2,540 | $241K | |
| 2021 | 2,648 | $278K | |
| 2022 | 2,221 | $228K | |
| 2023 | 3,244 | $338K | |
| 2024incomplete | 4,622 | $300K |
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 | 59% | 9,788 | 9,558 | $1.08M |
| 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% | 1,724 | 1,716 | $275K |
| 76881 | 13% | 2,065 | 1,994 | $236K | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 6.6% | 1,451 | 1,430 | $119K |
| 20611 | 1.9% | 422 | 382 | $35K | |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | 1.7% | 179 | 178 | $30K |
| J1040 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg | <1% | 1,209 | 1,117 | $14K |
| 99442 | <1% | 120 | 120 | $11K | |
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 33 | 33 | $7K |
| G2211 | Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's single, serious condition or a complex condition. (add-on code, list separately in addition to office/outpatient evaluation and management visit, new or established) | <1% | 369 | 366 | $6K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 21 | 21 | $969.65 |
| J1010 | Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 1 mg | <1% | 103 | 95 | $631.77 |
11 more codes
| G8427 | Eligible clinician attests to documenting in the medical record they obtained, updated, or reviewed the patient's current medications | <1% | 130 | $0.01 |
| 3075F | 0% | 44 | $0.00 | |
| 3079F | 0% | 74 | $0.00 | |
| 3074F | 0% | 258 | $0.00 | |
| 1126F | 0% | 12 | $0.00 | |
| 1125F | 0% | 47 | $0.00 | |
| 3008F | 0% | 16 | $0.00 | |
| 1159F | 0% | 461 | $0.00 | |
| 1160F | 0% | 460 | $0.00 | |
| 3078F | 0% | 289 | $0.00 | |
| G9991 | Patient received any pneumococcal conjugate or polysaccharide vaccine on or after their 19th birthday and before the end of the measurement period | 0% | 14 | $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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialCHITKARA, PUJA (OWNER)