Physician
Lu, Chao-Ming
Lu, Chao-Ming was paid $346K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is 90960, End-stage renal disease related services monthly, for patients 20 years and older, with 4 or more face-to-face visits — 68% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLU, CHAO-MING
HACIENDA HEIGHTS, CA 91745
HACIENDA HEIGHTS, CA 91745
33aNPI1871515163assigned 07/24/2006
33bProvider typeNephrology Physician
28Total paid$346K
24GClaims7,040
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Nephrology Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#104 of 363
Median peer was paid$80K
This provider vs. median4.3×
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 | 1,022 | $46K | |
| 2019 | 1,303 | $88K | |
| 2020 | 1,010 | $66K | |
| 2021 | 886 | $57K | |
| 2022 | 1,004 | $50K | |
| 2023 | 1,052 | $28K | |
| 2024incomplete | 763 | $12K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90960 | End-stage renal disease related services monthly, for patients 20 years and older, with 4 or more face-to-face visits | 68% | 2,569 | 2,295 | $235K |
| 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 | 29% | 3,665 | 3,598 | $99K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 2.8% | 434 | 430 | $10K |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | <1% | 336 | 321 | $1K |
| 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 | <1% | 36 | 36 | $1K |
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.