Payment Breakdown by Category
Payments by Nature
| Nature of Payment | Amount | Transactions | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Beverage | $233.33 | 7 | 100.0% |
Top Paying Companies
| Company | Total | Records | Latest Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABIOMED | $130.80 | 1 | $0 (2024) |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | $27.94 | 2 | $0 (2019) |
| Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $27.18 | 1 | $0 (2017) |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $25.27 | 2 | $0 (2021) |
| LivaNova USA, Inc. | $22.14 | 1 | $0 (2021) |
Payment History by Year
| Year | Amount | Transactions | Top Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $130.80 | 1 | ABIOMED ($130.80) |
| 2021 | $34.42 | 2 | LivaNova USA, Inc. ($22.14) |
| 2020 | $12.99 | 1 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP ($12.99) |
| 2019 | $27.94 | 2 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ($27.94) |
| 2017 | $27.18 | 1 | Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ($27.18) |
All Payment Transactions
7 individual payment records from CMS Open Payments
| Date | Company | Product | Nature | Form | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/17/2024 | ABIOMED | Impella (Device) | Food and Beverage | Cash or cash equivalent | $130.80 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 11/18/2021 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | LOKELMA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.28 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular and Metabolism | ||||||
| 04/30/2021 | LivaNova USA, Inc. | LifeSPARC System (Device) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $22.14 | General |
| Category: Cardiology/Vascular Diseases | ||||||
| 02/21/2020 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | LOKELMA (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $12.99 | General |
| Category: Cardiovascular and Metabolism | ||||||
| 12/10/2019 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | ENTRESTO (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $11.55 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 08/20/2019 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | ENTRESTO (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $16.39 | General |
| Category: CARDIOVASCULAR | ||||||
| 10/30/2017 | Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | OFEV (Drug) | Food and Beverage | In-kind items and services | $27.18 | General |
| Category: ONCOLOGY | ||||||
Medicare Billing by Year
| Year | Procedures | Beneficiaries | Services | Submitted | Medicare Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | 368 | 583 | $189,600 | $60,165 |
| 2022 | 8 | 396 | 653 | $244,929 | $74,849 |
| 2021 | 8 | 361 | 698 | $295,565 | $90,513 |
| 2020 | 9 | 568 | 1,015 | $386,377 | $139,824 |
All Medicare Procedures & Services
32 procedure records from CMS Medicare Utilization — Page 1 of 2
| HCPCS | Description | Setting | Year | Patients | Services | Charges | Medicare Paid | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99291 | Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 126 | 213 | $108,630 | $34,374 | 31.6% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 69 | 125 | $30,375 | $11,048 | 36.4% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 83 | 134 | $20,636 | $7,619 | 36.9% |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 43 | 62 | $6,386 | $2,263 | 35.4% |
| 31500 | Emergent insertion of breathing tube into windpipe using an endoscope | Facility | 2023 | 17 | 18 | $8,334 | $1,956 | 23.5% |
| 31624 | Irrigation and suction of lung airways to obtain cells using an endoscope | Facility | 2023 | 14 | 15 | $11,655 | $1,531 | 13.1% |
| 99239 | Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | Facility | 2023 | 16 | 16 | $3,584 | $1,375 | 38.4% |
| 99291 | Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 135 | 308 | $157,080 | $51,217 | 32.6% |
| 99233 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 35 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 81 | 120 | $29,160 | $9,362 | 32.1% |
| 99232 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 25 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 104 | 144 | $22,176 | $7,823 | 35.3% |
| 31624 | Irrigation and suction of lung airways to obtain cells using an endoscope | Facility | 2022 | 19 | 22 | $17,094 | $2,286 | 13.4% |
| 31500 | Emergent insertion of breathing tube into windpipe using an endoscope | Facility | 2022 | 17 | 17 | $7,401 | $1,871 | 25.3% |
| 99239 | Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 12 | 12 | $2,688 | $966.86 | 36.0% |
| 36556 | Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | Facility | 2022 | 12 | 12 | $7,476 | $789.66 | 10.6% |
| 99231 | Follow-up hospital inpatient care per day, typically 15 minutes | Facility | 2022 | 16 | 18 | $1,854 | $534.00 | 28.8% |
| 99291 | Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2021 | 142 | 423 | $215,730 | $71,394 | 33.1% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 59 | 73 | $17,739 | $5,647 | 31.8% |
| 99232 | Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 63 | 96 | $14,784 | $5,252 | 35.5% |
| 31500 | Emergent insertion of breathing tube into windpipe cartilage using an endoscope | Facility | 2021 | 24 | 25 | $10,400 | $2,643 | 25.4% |
| 31624 | Irrigation and suction of lung airways to obtain cells using an endoscope | Facility | 2021 | 24 | 25 | $18,951 | $2,521 | 13.3% |
| 36556 | Insertion of central venous catheter for infusion, patient 5 years or older, not tunneled | Facility | 2021 | 19 | 20 | $12,460 | $1,259 | 10.1% |
| 99221 | Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 14 | 15 | $3,338 | $1,170 | 35.1% |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day | Facility | 2021 | 16 | 21 | $2,163 | $626.43 | 29.0% |
| 99291 | Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes | Facility | 2020 | 223 | 545 | $277,950 | $105,840 | 38.1% |
| 99233 | Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day | Facility | 2020 | 127 | 199 | $48,357 | $16,956 | 35.1% |
About Dr. Carol Choe, MD
Dr. Carol Choe, MD is a Emergency Medicine healthcare provider based in West Columbia, South Carolina. This provider has been registered with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) since 06/05/2009. The National Provider Identifier (NPI) number assigned to this provider is 1104052091.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments database, Dr. Carol Choe, MD has received a total of $233.33 in payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, with $130.80 received in 2024. These payments were reported across 7 transactions from 5 companies. The most common payment nature is "Food and Beverage" ($233.33).
As a Medicare-enrolled provider, Choe has provided services to 1,693 Medicare beneficiaries, totaling 2,949 services with total Medicare billing of $365,350. Data is available for 4 years (2020–2023), covering 32 distinct procedure/service records.
Practice Information
- Specialty Emergency Medicine
- Other Specialties Critical Care Medicine
- Location West Columbia, SC
- Active Since 06/05/2009
- Last Updated 10/15/2020
- Taxonomy Code 207P00000X
- Entity Type Individual
- NPI Number 1104052091
Products in Payments
- Impella (Device) $130.80
- ENTRESTO (Drug) $27.94
- OFEV (Drug) $27.18
- LOKELMA (Drug) $25.27
- LifeSPARC System (Device) $22.14
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Data Sources
Provider data from NPPES. Payment data from CMS Open Payments. Medicare data from CMS Medicare Provider Utilization. All data is public and updated periodically.
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