Physician
Joseph S. Ghazal, M.D., a Professional Corporation
Joseph S. Ghazal, M.D., a Professional Corporation was paid $3.45M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is 93306, Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete — 29% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoJOSEPH S. GHAZAL, M.D., A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
LOS ANGELES, CA 90027
LOS ANGELES, CA 90027
33aNPI1881975761assigned 09/06/2011
33bProvider typeCardiovascular Disease Physician
28Total paid$3.45M
24GClaims49,979
24DCodes billed20
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#26 of 714
Median peer was paid$28K
This provider vs. median122×
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 | 8,402 | $327K | |
| 2019 | 7,598 | $500K | |
| 2020 | 6,768 | $552K | |
| 2021 | 6,132 | $437K | |
| 2022 | 5,949 | $413K | |
| 2023 | 8,085 | $690K | |
| 2024incomplete | 7,045 | $535K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93306 | Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete | 29% | 6,143 | 6,132 | $1.00M |
| 78452 | Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic (SPECT); multiple studies at rest and/or stress | 29% | 2,515 | 2,513 | $995K |
| 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% | 19,190 | 18,739 | $539K |
| 93000 | 7.0% | 9,950 | 9,896 | $242K | |
| 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 | 4.8% | 3,427 | 3,417 | $166K |
| 93224 | 4.4% | 1,907 | 1,905 | $150K | |
| 93015 | 2.9% | 2,849 | 2,846 | $102K | |
| A9500 | Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | 2.8% | 2,434 | 2,432 | $97K |
| 36475 | 2.0% | 64 | 63 | $68K | |
| 93970 | 1.0% | 284 | 284 | $35K | |
| 93351 | <1% | 263 | 263 | $20K | |
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 238 | 236 | $11K |
8 more codes
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 officialGHAZAL, JOSEPH (PRESIDENT)