Smithbower, Melissa
Smithbower, Melissa was paid $70K by Medicaid between Dec 2020 and Dec 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is 98941, Chiropractic manipulative treatment; spinal, 3-4 regions — 32% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSMITHBOWER, MELISSA
ALTOONA, PA 16601
ALTOONA, PA 16601
33aNPI1104097229assigned 03/17/2008
33bProvider typeChiropractor
28Total paid$70K
24GClaims6,342
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthDec 2020 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Chiropractor providers in Pennsylvania
Rank by total paid#100 of 590
Median peer was paid$15K
This provider vs. median4.8×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 46 | $557.70 | |
| 2021 | 1,536 | $14K | |
| 2022 | 1,598 | $16K | |
| 2023 | 1,882 | $22K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,280 | $17K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98941 | Chiropractic manipulative treatment; spinal, 3-4 regions | 32% | 1,777 | 875 | $23K |
| 97110 | Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion | 27% | 1,089 | 538 | $19K |
| 97014 | 17% | 1,565 | 789 | $12K | |
| 97012 | 13% | 1,335 | 609 | $9K | |
| 98940 | 11% | 576 | 286 | $8K |
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.