Physician
Ekekezie, Ikechukwu
Ekekezie, Ikechukwu was paid $19K by Medicaid between Mar 2018 and Apr 2019, across 1 billing code. Its largest line is 99479, Subsequent intensive care, per day, very low birth weight infant — 100% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoEKEKEZIE, IKECHUKWU
KANSAS CITY, MO 64108
KANSAS CITY, MO 64108
33aNPI1811987241assigned 10/26/2005
33bProvider typeNeonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician
28Total paid$19K
24GClaims165
24DCodes billed1
24AFirst – last monthMar 2018 – Apr 2019
Compared with peers
Next to other Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician providers in Missouri
Rank by total paid#40 of 51
Median peer was paid$56K
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
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 | 58 | $6K | |
| 2019 | 107 | $13K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99479 | Subsequent intensive care, per day, very low birth weight infant | 100% | 165 | 37 | $19K |
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.