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Meng, Tze-Kong

Meng, Tze-Kong was paid $8K by Medicaid between Mar 2018 and Apr 2023, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 71045, Radiologic examination, chest; single view — 67% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoMENG, TZE-KONG
LAGUNA BEACH, CA 92651
33aNPI1831142496assigned 05/17/2006
28Total paid$8K
24GClaims637
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthMar 2018 – Apr 2023
Compared with peers

Next to other Diagnostic Radiology Physician providers in California

Rank by total paid#379 of 797
Median peer was paid$6K
This provider vs. median1.3×

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$500$1.0K2018201920202021202220232024
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
201839$1K
201952$440.32
202075$673.02
2021144$2K
2022257$3K
202370$592.67
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
71045 Radiologic examination, chest; single view 67% 579 526 $5K
70450 Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material 20% 44 41 $2K
74177 Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; with contrast material 13% 14 13 $981.23

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.