Medicaid Provider Spending

$1.09 trillion in Medicaid claims data, 2018–2024 · 617K+ providers

FORREST GENERAL HOSPITAL

NPI: 1053512087 · HATTIESBURG, MS 39404 · Internal Medicine Physician · NPI assigned 05/29/2007

Billing Flags · Automated signals — not evidence of fraud
Entity Proliferation

Authorized official HESTER, BEN controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more

$850K
Total Medicaid Paid
90,465
Total Claims
77,255
Beneficiaries
37
Codes Billed
2018-01
First Month
2024-12
Last Month

Provider Details

Authorized OfficialHESTER, BEN (CFO)
NPI Enumeration Date05/29/2007

Related Entities

Other providers sharing the same authorized official: HESTER, BEN

ProviderCityStateTotal Paid
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL HATTIESBURG MS $81.63M
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL PICAYUNE MS $21.66M
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL COLUMBIA MS $9.51M
WALTHALL GENERAL HOSPITAL TYLERTOWN MS $6.16M
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL PRENTISS MS $3.80M
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL POPLARVILLE MS $3.74M
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL POPLARVILLE MS $2.80M
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL PICAYUNE MS $2.76M
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL RICHTON MS $1.58M
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL RICHTON MS $1.36M
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL COLUMBIA MS $1.03M
WALTHALL GENERAL HOSPITAL TYLERTOWN MS $953K
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL POPLARVILLE MS $253K
FGH PHYSICIAN BILLING HATTIESBURG MS $224K
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL PRENTISS MS $204K
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL PICAYUNE MS $65K
FGH TRAUMA SURGERY CLINIC HATTIESBURG MS $47K
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL POPLARVILLE MS $22K
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL RICHTON MS $18K
WALTHALL GENERAL HOSPITAL TYLERTOWN MS $3K

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Breakdown

YearClaimsTotal Paid
2018 16,768 $172K
2019 15,819 $161K
2020 12,019 $126K
2021 12,453 $146K
2022 11,621 $114K
2023 11,998 $83K
2024 9,787 $49K

Billing Codes

CodeDescriptionClaimsBeneficiariesTotal Paid
99214 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity 11,302 10,701 $362K
93010 Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only 64,604 54,043 $204K
93306 Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete 3,455 3,228 $118K
99213 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 3,299 2,675 $62K
78452 Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic (SPECT); multiple studies at rest and/or stress 515 468 $26K
93303 Transthoracic echocardiography for congenital cardiac anomalies, follow-up or limited study 502 428 $20K
93000 1,380 1,342 $17K
99309 Subsequent nursing facility care, per day, low to moderate complexity 371 355 $9K
99204 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity 423 348 $7K
99232 Subsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity 335 119 $6K
99215 Prolong outpt/office vis 409 380 $4K
99233 Prolong inpt eval add15 m 97 33 $4K
99407 190 178 $2K
99443 112 63 $2K
99238 Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less 67 61 $1K
93314 12 12 $1K
99391 Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, infant (under 1 year) 17 12 $857.76
99211 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity 161 105 $662.32
85610 147 92 $599.58
99203 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity 20 14 $404.11
36415 Collection of venous blood by venipuncture 158 138 $394.65
93298 102 78 $314.98
99223 Prolong inpt eval add15 m 27 26 $312.11
93320 12 12 $232.21
G2211 Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's single, serious condition or a complex condition. (add-on code, list separately in addition to office/outpatient evaluation and management visit, new or established) 1,346 1,270 $206.63
93016 320 285 $205.49
93018 333 297 $175.64
93325 12 12 $101.48
3077F 186 125 $0.00
3078F 241 162 $0.00
3074F 83 58 $0.00
3079F 78 44 $0.00
93227 21 12 $0.00
3080F 43 26 $0.00
3048F 37 25 $0.00
3008F 25 15 $0.00
3075F 23 13 $0.00