Clinic
Ascentist Asc Merriam, LLC
Ascentist Asc Merriam, LLC was paid $96K by Medicaid between Mar 2023 and Oct 2024, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 69436, Tympanostomy (requiring insertion of ventilating tube), general anesthesia — 85% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoASCENTIST ASC MERRIAM, LLC
MERRIAM, KS 66204
MERRIAM, KS 66204
33aNPI1255896676assigned 02/11/2019
33bProvider typeAmbulatory Surgical Clinic/Center
28Total paid$96K
24GClaims257
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthMar 2023 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Ambulatory Surgical Clinic/Center providers in Kansas
Rank by total paid#13 of 29
Median peer was paid$43K
This provider vs. median2.2×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 101 | $34K | |
| 2024incomplete | 156 | $63K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69436 | Tympanostomy (requiring insertion of ventilating tube), general anesthesia | 85% | 231 | 186 | $82K |
| 42820 | Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy; younger than age 12 | 15% | 26 | 26 | $15K |
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 officialBOOTH, RONALD (PRESIDENT/ASCENTIST MANAGEMENT, LLC)