Watauga Orthopaedics PLC

Watauga Orthopaedics PLC was paid $2.51M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 34 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 30% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoWATAUGA ORTHOPAEDICS PLC
JOHNSON CITY, TN 37601

33aNPI1245251404assigned 07/22/2006

33bProvider typeFamily Nurse Practitioner

28Total paid$2.51M

24GClaims79,029

24DCodes billed34

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Family Nurse Practitioner providers in Tennessee

Rank by total paid#7 of 687

Median peer was paid$15K

This provider vs. median172×

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	3,281	$61K
2019	4,814	$119K
2020	5,057	$131K
2021	11,292	$354K
2022	17,832	$608K
2023	21,837	$708K
2024incomplete	14,916	$533K

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	30%	21,591	17,836	$761K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	28%	25,542	21,149	$696K
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	17%	6,050	5,421	$423K
99203	Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity	10%	5,746	5,110	$252K
73721	Magnetic resonance imaging, any joint of lower extremity; without contrast material	4.5%	587	514	$113K
20610		2.3%	2,877	2,023	$58K
73610		1.5%	2,667	2,231	$37K
97110	Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion	1.4%	1,744	549	$35K
J0702	Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg	1.3%	2,940	2,407	$33K
L4361	Walking boot, pneumatic and/or vacuum, with or without joints, with or without interface material, prefabricated, off-the-shelf	<1%	109	105	$18K
73562		<1%	1,441	1,206	$17K
73221		<1%	87	78	$14K

22 more codes

99212	Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward	<1%	716	$8K
73110		<1%	513	$8K
73130		<1%	590	$7K
72100		<1%	635	$7K
73620		<1%	533	$6K
73630		<1%	388	$5K
95886		<1%	102	$4K
99215	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)	<1%	63	$4K
64483		<1%	44	$2K
96372	Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular	<1%	283	$2K
L1902	Ankle orthosis, ankle gauntlet or similar, with or without joints, prefabricated, off-the-shelf	<1%	14	$870.61
J1030	Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg	<1%	101	$580.46
73564		<1%	34	$433.28
J3301	Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	<1%	100	$291.68
73030		<1%	32	$216.64
J1885	Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg	<1%	157	$206.82
72040		<1%	15	$174.99
73560		<1%	20	$77.07
A4565	Slings	<1%	14	$60.86
99024		<1%	3,211	$31.17
J1100	Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg	<1%	71	$30.58
Q9966	Low osmolar contrast material, 200-299 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml	0%	12	$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 officialLYONS, KATHERINE (CREDENTIALING SPECIALIST)