Physician

Betty Caroline Tong, M.D.

According to 2025 Medicare claims, Betty Tong, M.D. (NPI: 1871750406) practices thoracic surgery in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC market, with the plurality of this provider's patient population coming from Durham, NC. This provider's primary affiliated billing organization is DUKE HEALTH INTEGRATED PRACTICE, INC. (NPI: 1205553369; TIN: 862109896) and primary practice location at 27710-1000. Tong is affiliated with the Duke Connected Care, LLC (ACO ID: A2419), participating under the MSSP model.

Tong's data goes back to 2015 and runs through 2024. For example, in 2024, this provider had 121 traditional Medicare patients, billed 251 HCPCS/CPT codes, and received $52,997 in Medicare payments. The top billing code was 32663 (Exam of lung with removal of lung lobe using an endoscope). 2023 Part D data shows 15 prescription claims totaling $241 in drug costs. No Open Payments records. You can download detailed data with all billing codes (2015-2024). For more recent data, please contact us.

Over the past 10 years, this provider's Medicare Part B carrier billing has declined steadily, from $117,700 to $52,997. Concurrently, this provider has fewer than 5 years of reported Part D prescription costs data, so a reliable trend cannot be assigned. For DME billing, this provider has fewer than 5 years of reported data, so a reliable trend cannot be assigned.

Part B Carrier Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and claim lines in the table.

Year	Patients	Clm Lines	Payment
2015	299	705	$117,700
2016	335	730	$114,535
2017	356	711	$85,942
2018	289	629	$90,658
2019	261	562	$99,176
2020	208	387	$65,884
2021	229	432	$82,956
2022	236	411	$74,995
2023	207	374	$67,952
2024	121	251	$52,997

Part D Events Trend

Drug cost trend, with N of patients and prescription claims in the table.

Year	Patients	Claims	Drug Cost
2015	12	31	$786
2016	N/R	15	$162
2017	N/R	N/R	N/R
2018	N/R	N/R	N/R
2019	N/R	N/R	N/R
2020	N/R	N/R	N/R
2021	N/R	N/R	N/R
2022	N/R	N/R	N/R
2023	N/R	15	$241
2024	N/R	N/R	N/R

DME Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and DME claim records in the table.

No connected DME records

* / # = suppressed by CMS; 0 = reported zero; N/R = not reported or blank.

Top 5 Part B carrier billing codes in 2024

By total payments.

Code	Description	Patients	Clm Lines	Total Payment
32663	Exam of lung with removal of lung lobe using an endoscope	17	17	$886
32674	Removal of lymph nodes of chest cavity using an endoscope	24	25	$147
99204	New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more	44	44	$94
99214	Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more	31	37	$61
99213	Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more	27	31	$40

Top 5 Part D drugs in 2024

By total drug costs.

No connected Part D drug-level records for 2024.

Top 5 DME services in 2024

No connected or detailed DME service-level records for 2024.

Open Payments Summary

No connected Open Payments records were found for this physician in General Payments, Research Payments, or Ownership / Investment Interests.

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FAQ

What Medicare data is available for Betty Caroline Tong, M.D.?

Tedicare shows public-source Medicare data for Betty Caroline Tong, M.D. (NPI 1871750406), including provider identity, specialty, market context, Medicare Part B activity, Part D prescribing, DME records, Open Payments where available, billing organization details, and ACO affiliation signals where available. Profile data covers 2015-2024, with current attribution based on 2025 claims where available.

Does Betty Caroline Tong, M.D. have ACO affiliation data?

Betty Caroline Tong, M.D. is shown with ACO affiliation data for Duke Connected Care, LLC (MSSP, ACO ID A2419).

What billing organization is linked to Betty Caroline Tong, M.D.?

Betty Caroline Tong, M.D. is linked to DUKE HEALTH INTEGRATED PRACTICE, INC. (billing NPI 1205553369) in the available physician profile data.

Does Betty Caroline Tong, M.D. have Open Payments data?

No connected Open Payments records are shown for this physician in the available General Payments, Research Payments, or Ownership / Investment Interests data.

Can I download physician-level Medicare data from Tedicare?

Yes. Tedicare provides sample physician export data and paid custom physician data exports for research, planning, outreach, and market analysis. Exports can include physician profile fields, market and specialty context, billing organization details, ACO affiliation signals where available, and Medicare utilization data.