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Ko Chiao, PT

Physical Therapist in Private Practice · Santa Monica

NPI 1912447517

Medicare standing
1 flag on the record
Listed below.
Plans that list them
Not verified
Not the same as out of network.
Offices
2
Since medical school
10 years
Graduated 2016

On the public record

  • Medicare does not list them as allowed to order and refer

Offices

2 locations · Cypress Physical Therapy Center Inc · California Luna Care Physical Therapy PC

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Plan participation

Not verified

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Original Medicare doctor bills

$95,769

Medicare paid this office $95,769 for 176 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

Largest Original Medicare bills
Therapy procedure using functional activities154$70,085$24
Therapy procedure to re-educate brain-to-nerve-to-muscle function, each 15 minutes44$14,177$23
Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 30 minutes81$6,226$74
Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes60$4,474$17

Who their Medicare patients are

176 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Women 69% · Also on Medicaid 0% · Health risk score 0.91. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical physical therapist in private practice clinician is at 1.03.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 54% · Coronary heart disease 35% · Depression 24% · Cancer 19% · Atrial fibrillation 16% · Diabetes 14% · COPD 10% · Heart failure 9% · Chronic kidney disease 9% · Stroke 7%.

The office billed $244,260, Medicare allowed $124,150 and paid $95,769; for 3,879 services of 7 kinds.

Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.

Year by year

Original Medicare by year
20241763,879760.91$244,260$95,769
20231463,532760.94$223,510$90,092
20221673,188770.91$200,640$79,341
20211523,801760.89$238,440$96,011
2020671,493770.98$93,440$39,436

Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.

See the services billed each year

2023: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Therapy procedure using functional activities123$61,352$25
Therapy procedure to re-educate brain-to-nerve-to-muscle function, each 15 minutes60$14,661$22
Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 30 minutes80$6,621$82
Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes67$5,978$18

2022: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Therapy procedure using functional activities146$34,040$27
Therapy procedure to re-educate brain-to-nerve-to-muscle function, each 15 minutes131$26,967$23
Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes102$11,221$18
Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 20 minutes40$3,097$76
Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 30 minutes30$2,636$85
Training for self-care or home management, each 15 minutes22$821$22

2021: 6 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Therapy procedure using functional activities142$41,357$29
Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes118$22,949$19
Therapy procedure to re-educate brain-to-nerve-to-muscle function, each 15 minutes122$22,520$24
Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 20 minutes51$4,392$84
Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 30 minutes28$2,512$90
Training for self-care or home management, each 15 minutes14$1,231$25

2020: 4 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Therapy procedure using functional activities60$19,094$30
Therapy procedure to re-educate brain-to-nerve-to-muscle function, each 15 minutes41$8,670$25
Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes52$8,539$19
Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 30 minutes19$1,470$77

Professional record

NPI
1912447517
Licence
CA 292812
Group
Cypress Physical Therapy Center Inc · California Luna Care Physical Therapy PC
Gender
Female
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 225100000X (225100000X)
Mailing address
1811 Centinela Ave, Santa Monica, CA, 90404
NPI first listed
2017-03-01
NPI last updated
2025-10-03
NPI record certified
2025-10-03

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.