Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Velaga, Venkateswara

Velaga, Venkateswara was paid $292K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2024, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is 93306, Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete — 51% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoVELAGA, VENKATESWARA
HOPKINSVILLE, KY 42240
33aNPI1740246289assigned 04/25/2006
28Total paid$292K
24GClaims4,160
24DCodes billed10
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Kentucky

Rank by total paid#11 of 47
Median peer was paid$23K
This provider vs. median13×

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$10K$15K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2018820$54K
2019821$57K
2020523$36K
2021580$43K
2022778$55K
2023439$29K
2024incomplete199$18K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
93306 Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete 51% 1,122 1,005 $149K
78452 Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic (SPECT); multiple studies at rest and/or stress 13% 522 461 $38K
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 9.8% 390 360 $29K
93015 8.2% 420 376 $24K
99243 7.8% 285 272 $23K
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 7.7% 1,142 962 $23K
A9500 Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose 1.1% 50 41 $3K
93000 <1% 183 165 $2K
99203 Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity <1% 34 33 $2K
99212 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward <1% 12 12 $280.34

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.