Physician
The Children's Hospital of Alabama
The Children's Hospital of Alabama was paid $11.98M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 36 billing codes. Its largest line is 99233, hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex) — 41% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA
BIRMINGHAM, AL 35233
BIRMINGHAM, AL 35233
33aNPI1114025103assigned 09/21/2006
33bProvider typePsychiatry Physician
28Total paid$11.98M
24GClaims113,547
24DCodes billed36
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Psychiatry Physician providers in Alabama
Rank by total paid#1 of 55
Median peer was paid$43K
This provider vs. median279×
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.
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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7,697 | $457K | |
| 2019 | 7,023 | $467K | |
| 2020 | 18,363 | $1.63M | |
| 2021 | 22,899 | $2.42M | |
| 2022 | 19,278 | $2.28M | |
| 2023 | 21,444 | $2.42M | |
| 2024incomplete | 16,843 | $2.30M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 41% | 47,211 | 8,386 | $4.93M |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 13% | 18,135 | 11,028 | $1.51M |
| 99245 | 11% | 6,160 | 4,288 | $1.27M | |
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity | 8.6% | 8,293 | 7,468 | $1.03M |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 7.8% | 11,171 | 2,137 | $939K |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 4.7% | 2,759 | 1,960 | $566K |
| 90847 | Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes | 2.3% | 2,467 | 1,589 | $272K |
| 99239 | Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 1.9% | 2,080 | 1,480 | $225K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 1.7% | 2,290 | 2,000 | $199K |
| 99244 | Office or other outpatient consultation, moderate to high complexity | 1.6% | 1,079 | 812 | $189K |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation | 1.2% | 1,253 | 844 | $140K |
| 99255 | 1.1% | 806 | 485 | $134K |
24 more codes
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex) | 1.0% | 1,748 | $125K |
| 90792 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | <1% | 562 | $104K |
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 268 | $56K |
| 90853 | Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) | <1% | 3,383 | $41K |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | <1% | 255 | $38K |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hour | <1% | 379 | $36K |
| 96132 | <1% | 350 | $35K | |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital care, per day, straightforward or low complexity | <1% | 768 | $33K |
| 99211 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity | <1% | 872 | $21K |
| 96130 | <1% | 167 | $19K | |
| 99238 | Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | <1% | 242 | $19K |
| 96133 | <1% | 124 | $10K | |
| 96137 | <1% | 138 | $10K | |
| 96136 | <1% | 168 | $7K | |
| 90832 | Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutes | <1% | 73 | $6K |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved) | <1% | 49 | $6K |
| 96101 | <1% | 44 | $6K | |
| 99254 | <1% | 18 | $3K | |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 62 | $3K |
| 90846 | Family psychotherapy without the patient present, 50 minutes | <1% | 73 | $3K |
| 99253 | <1% | 16 | $2K | |
| 96131 | <1% | 18 | $1K | |
| 96139 | <1% | 33 | $1K | |
| 96138 | <1% | 33 | $280.15 |
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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialWALTON, DAWN (CFO)
Parent organizationTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA
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