Physician
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
LAGUNA BEACH, CA 92651
33aNPI1831142496assigned 05/17/2006
33bProvider typeDiagnostic Radiology Physician
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
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 | 39 | $1K | |
| 2019 | 52 | $440.32 | |
| 2020 | 75 | $673.02 | |
| 2021 | 144 | $2K | |
| 2022 | 257 | $3K | |
| 2023 | 70 | $592.67 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.