Physician
East Tennessee Center for Orthopaedic Excellence PLLC
East Tennessee Center for Orthopaedic Excellence PLLC was paid $787K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 21 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 39% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoEAST TENNESSEE CENTER FOR ORTHOPAEDIC EXCELLENCE PLLC
MORRISTOWN, TN 37814
MORRISTOWN, TN 37814
33aNPI1235545583assigned 07/08/2014
33bProvider typeOrthopaedic Surgery Physician
28Total paid$787K
24GClaims35,826
24DCodes billed21
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in Tennessee
Rank by total paid#5 of 75
Median peer was paid$42K
This provider vs. median19×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 8,070 | $169K | |
| 2019 | 7,145 | $168K | |
| 2020 | 4,958 | $110K | |
| 2021 | 4,795 | $102K | |
| 2022 | 4,061 | $89K | |
| 2023 | 4,038 | $82K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,759 | $67K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 39% | 10,044 | 7,808 | $305K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 20% | 7,270 | 5,736 | $158K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 13% | 2,282 | 1,941 | $105K |
| 20610 | 13% | 3,942 | 3,056 | $102K | |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity | 3.6% | 489 | 394 | $28K |
| 95886 | 2.9% | 379 | 291 | $22K | |
| J3301 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 1.9% | 5,170 | 3,938 | $15K |
| 73562 | 1.7% | 1,310 | 947 | $14K | |
| J3300 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, preservative free, 1 mg | 1.5% | 249 | 180 | $12K |
| 62323 | <1% | 147 | 110 | $8K | |
| 72100 | <1% | 419 | 363 | $5K | |
| 73110 | <1% | 270 | 198 | $4K |
9 more codes
| 73030 | <1% | 371 | $4K | |
| 73130 | <1% | 242 | $3K | |
| 73502 | <1% | 150 | $1K | |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 75 | $1K |
| 80305 | <1% | 490 | $784.26 | |
| 73080 | <1% | 17 | $232.72 | |
| Q9966 | Low osmolar contrast material, 200-299 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml | <1% | 245 | $224.93 |
| J1100 | Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg | <1% | 21 | $11.96 |
| 99024 | 0% | 2,244 | $0.00 |
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 officialCHRISTOPHER, RONALD (OWNER/PHYSICIAN)