Physician
San Diego Heart Center, a Medical Corporation
San Diego Heart Center, a Medical Corporation was paid $1.68M by Medicaid between Jul 2019 and Dec 2024, across 32 billing codes. Its largest line is 93229, — 25% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSAN DIEGO HEART CENTER, A MEDICAL CORPORATION
NATIONAL CITY, CA 91950
NATIONAL CITY, CA 91950
33aNPI1861949828assigned 09/07/2016
33bProvider typeCardiovascular Disease Physician
28Total paid$1.68M
24GClaims24,609
24DCodes billed32
24AFirst – last monthJul 2019 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#60 of 714
Median peer was paid$28K
This provider vs. median59×
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.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official KIM, JAMES controls 11+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 176 | $711.69 | |
| 2020 | 1,100 | $74K | |
| 2021 | 2,921 | $251K | |
| 2022 | 6,265 | $389K | |
| 2023 | 8,630 | $518K | |
| 2024incomplete | 5,517 | $449K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93229 | 25% | 770 | 768 | $422K | |
| 93306 | Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete | 19% | 2,028 | 2,013 | $321K |
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity | 16% | 4,079 | 3,987 | $276K |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity | 6.2% | 949 | 943 | $105K |
| 99454 | 5.6% | 3,385 | 3,378 | $94K | |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | 4.0% | 881 | 856 | $67K |
| 93351 | 3.9% | 299 | 293 | $66K | |
| 93000 | 3.7% | 4,817 | 4,722 | $62K | |
| 99457 | 3.1% | 2,726 | 2,718 | $52K | |
| 78452 | Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic (SPECT); multiple studies at rest and/or stress | 2.0% | 152 | 149 | $34K |
| 93923 | 2.0% | 560 | 552 | $33K | |
| 93228 | 1.8% | 768 | 766 | $30K |
20 more codes
| 93970 | 1.4% | 167 | $24K | |
| J2785 | Injection, regadenoson, 0.1 mg | <1% | 155 | $14K |
| A9502 | Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose | <1% | 117 | $13K |
| 99490 | Ccm add 20min | <1% | 548 | $11K |
| 93015 | <1% | 159 | $9K | |
| 93040 | <1% | 560 | $9K | |
| 96374 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; intravenous push, single or initial substance | <1% | 135 | $7K |
| 93880 | <1% | 50 | $6K | |
| 93298 | <1% | 280 | $5K | |
| 95923 | <1% | 266 | $4K | |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex) | <1% | 69 | $3K |
| 93922 | <1% | 97 | $3K | |
| 93925 | <1% | 25 | $2K | |
| 99439 | <1% | 145 | $2K | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) | <1% | 32 | $2K |
| 95924 | <1% | 41 | $2K | |
| 95921 | <1% | 198 | $2K | |
| 99458 | <1% | 99 | $2K | |
| 99453 | <1% | 26 | $317.62 | |
| 94761 | <1% | 26 | $11.66 |
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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialKIM, JAMES (CARDIOLOGIST)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| James Myung Ju Kim DDS INC | San Bernardino, CA | $15.91M |
| James J Kim MD INC | Los Angeles, CA | $1.74M |
| Burke Rest Home INC | Morganton, NC | $1.25M |
| Indiana Retina Center LLC | Fort Wayne, IN | $832K |
| Kimtre Corp. | Fort Lee, NJ | $554K |
| Optoid Print3d Eyewear LLC | Brooklyn, NY | $448K |
| JJ Kim Dental Corporation | Anaheim, CA | $89K |
| James Y Kim D.D.S INC | Hacienda Heights, CA | $44K |
| Bellingham Bay Ophthalmology PLLC | Bellingham, WA | $23K |
| James Kim MD PC | Reidsville, NC | $5K |
| Capital Pain Consultants, INC. | Sacramento, CA | $453.95 |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.