Physician
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
CHICAGO, IL 60622
33aNPI1821009440assigned 08/10/2006
33bProvider typeVascular & Interventional Radiology Physician
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
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 | 59 | $2K | |
| 2019 | 265 | $6K | |
| 2020 | 156 | $4K | |
| 2021 | 219 | $2K | |
| 2022 | 210 | $4K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.