Physician
Hester, Thomas
Hester, Thomas was paid $2K by Medicaid between Jul 2019 and Aug 2019, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 93% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHESTER, THOMAS
CHARLESTON, SC 29414
CHARLESTON, SC 29414
33aNPI1154361624assigned 06/06/2006
33bProvider typeOtolaryngology Physician
28Total paid$2K
24GClaims45
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthJul 2019 – Aug 2019
Compared with peers
Next to other Otolaryngology Physician providers in South Carolina
Rank by total paid#35 of 43
Median peer was paid$5K
This provider vs. median0.4×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 45 | $2K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 93% | 33 | 33 | $2K |
| 92567 | 6.6% | 12 | 12 | $139.68 |
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.