Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Kao, Bob

Kao, Bob was paid $18K by Medicaid between May 2018 and Oct 2022, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 70450, Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material — 80% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoKAO, BOB
CHICAGO, IL 60622
33aNPI1821009440assigned 08/10/2006
28Total paid$18K
24GClaims909
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthMay 2018 – Oct 2022
Compared with peers

Next to other Vascular & Interventional Radiology Physician providers in Illinois

Rank by total paid#40 of 89
Median peer was paid$9K
This provider vs. median2.1×

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$2.0K2018201920202021202220232024
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
201859$2K
2019265$6K
2020156$4K
2021219$2K
2022210$4K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
70450 Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material 80% 180 163 $15K
71045 Radiologic examination, chest; single view 17% 650 579 $3K
71046 Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views 2.7% 79 74 $502.04

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.