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Spencer Municipal Hospital

Spencer Municipal Hospital was paid $3.20M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 64 billing codes. Its largest line is 99283, emergency room visit (moderate) — 29% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoSPENCER MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL
SPENCER, IA 51301
33aNPI1255328621assigned 09/30/2005
33bProvider typeAmbulance
28Total paid$3.20M
24GClaims55,586
24DCodes billed64
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Ambulance providers in Iowa

Rank by total paid#7 of 45
Median peer was paid$85K
This provider vs. median38×

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

$0$50K$100K$150K2018201920202021202220232024
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
201813,053$449K
20198,666$387K
20206,636$242K
20217,391$457K
20228,502$544K
20236,453$680K
2024incomplete4,885$447K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99283 Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity 29% 11,179 7,436 $915K
42820 Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy; younger than age 12 18% 129 127 $566K
99284 Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity 15% 3,753 2,657 $481K
G0463 Hospital outpatient clinic visit for assessment and management of a patient 12% 10,628 6,746 $377K
A0999 Unlisted ambulance service 8.6% 317 273 $277K
69436 Tympanostomy (requiring insertion of ventilating tube), general anesthesia 4.5% 206 192 $145K
99282 Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity 4.4% 2,412 1,707 $141K
99232 Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity 1.7% 1,511 578 $54K
99223 Prolong inpt eval add15 m <1% 286 260 $30K
99239 Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes <1% 453 403 $25K
96413 Chemotherapy administration, intravenous infusion; up to 1 hour, single or initial substance <1% 112 60 $17K
A0425 Ground mileage, per statute mile <1% 1,272 1,013 $17K
52 more codes
0241U Neonatal screening for hereditary disorders, genomic sequence analysis panel <1% 149 $15K
99214 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) <1% 555 $12K
87635 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe <1% 277 $11K
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient <1% 12 $11K
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) <1% 763 $11K
D2999 <1% 12 $10K
97597 <1% 166 $9K
87081 <1% 1,359 $9K
93010 Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only <1% 1,458 $9K
99233 Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex) <1% 108 $7K
41899 Unlisted procedure, dentoalveolar structures <1% 49 $6K
U0001 Cdc 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-ncov) real-time rt-pcr diagnostic panel <1% 200 $5K
96374 Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; intravenous push, single or initial substance <1% 45 $5K
A0427 Emergency ambulance ride, advanced life support <1% 93 $5K
85025 Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count <1% 5,980 $4K
82306 Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed <1% 149 $4K
97530 Therapeutic activities, direct patient contact, each 15 minutes <1% 116 $4K
A0429 Emergency ambulance ride, basic life support <1% 90 $3K
80053 Comprehensive metabolic panel <1% 4,226 $3K
99285 Emergency room visit (most serious) <1% 17 $3K
36415 Collection of venous blood by venipuncture <1% 3,623 $2K
99212 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward <1% 179 $2K
90791 Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation <1% 12 $1K
90853 Group psychotherapy (other than of a multiple-family group) <1% 51 $1K
99238 Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less <1% 17 $825.56
74018 <1% 14 $565.21
Q3014 Telehealth originating site facility fee <1% 54 $556.29
J7120 Ringers lactate infusion, up to 1000 cc <1% 144 $543.68
71046 Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views <1% 13 $460.28
71045 Radiologic examination, chest; single view <1% 15 $451.46
87077 <1% 41 $377.24
81001 <1% 423 $271.62
87086 Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine <1% 52 $235.07
83605 <1% 27 $207.82
J1100 Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg <1% 601 $142.04
J2704 Injection, propofol, 10 mg <1% 614 $112.64
86140 <1% 13 $110.96
J2405 Injection, ondansetron hydrochloride, per 1 mg <1% 576 $97.94
C9803 Hospital outpatient clinic visit specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), any specimen source <1% 121 $45.92
82728 <1% 76 $35.09
J3010 Injection, fentanyl citrate, 0.1 mg <1% 390 $9.74
87804 Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type <1% 80 $7.46
83550 <1% 38 $2.16
83540 <1% 38 $1.46
87430 0% 81 $0.00
J3490 Unclassified drugs 0% 36 $0.00
J2250 Injection, midazolam hydrochloride, per 1 mg 0% 12 $0.00
96372 Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular 0% 17 $0.00
J1885 Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg 0% 27 $0.00
J7030 Infusion, normal saline solution , 1000 cc 0% 80 $0.00
J8499 Prescription drug, oral, non chemotherapeutic, nos 0% 24 $0.00
93005 Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report 0% 15 $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 officialTIEFENTHALER, BRENDA (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Same official

Other billing entities under TIEFENTHALER, BRENDA

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ProviderLocationPaid
Spencer Municipal HospitalSpencer, IA$3.07M
Spencer Municipal HospitalSpencer, IA$335K
Spencer Municipal HospitalSpencer, IA$210K
Spencer Municipal HospitalSpencer, IA$63K
Spencer Municipal HospitalMilford, IA$23K
Spencer Municipal HospitalSioux Rapids, IA$10K
Spencer Municipal HospitalSpencer, IA$5K
Spencer Municipal HospitalSpirit Lake, IA$3K
Spencer Municipal HospitalHartley, IA$1K

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