Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Lester E Cox Medical Centers

Lester E Cox Medical Centers was paid $27K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Mar 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 55% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoLESTER E COX MEDICAL CENTERS
BUFFALO, MO 65622
33aNPI1124054432assigned 06/26/2006
28Total paid$27K
24GClaims369
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Mar 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Family Medicine Physician providers in Missouri

Rank by total paid#371 of 911
Median peer was paid$16K
This provider vs. median1.7×

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.

Auditor's notes

Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official MCWAY, JACOB controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$1.0K$2.0K$3.0K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
201886$6K
2019158$11K
202027$1K
202184$7K
2024incomplete14$2K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
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 55% 154 134 $15K
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 45% 215 196 $12K

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 officialMCWAY, JACOB (SR VP & CFO)
Same official

Other billing entities under MCWAY, JACOB

Full network →
ProviderLocationPaid
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$112.33M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$25.78M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$16.97M
Lester E. Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$3.50M
Lester E. Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$2.78M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$2.37M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersLebanon, MO$1.44M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersOzark, MO$1.40M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersNixa, MO$1.35M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$1.23M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$1.13M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$1.07M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$795K
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$771K
Lester E. Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$593K
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$592K
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$560K
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$553K
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$440K
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$376K

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.