Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Chao, Cynthia

Chao, Cynthia was paid $17K by Medicaid between Aug 2022 and Oct 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 99223, Prolong inpt eval add15 m — 64% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCHAO, CYNTHIA
LOS ALAMITOS, CA 90720
33aNPI1720077274assigned 10/18/2005
33bProvider typeObstetrics Physician
28Total paid$17K
24GClaims467
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthAug 2022 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Obstetrics Physician providers in California

Rank by total paid#35 of 52
Median peer was paid$64K
This provider vs. median0.3×

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$1.0K$2.0K$3.0K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2022105$4K
2023181$6K
2024incomplete181$7K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99223 Prolong inpt eval add15 m 64% 233 233 $11K
99232 Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity 20% 135 120 $3K
99238 Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less 15% 99 99 $3K

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.