Lester E Cox Medical Centers
Lester E Cox Medical Centers was paid $592K by Medicaid between Jul 2022 and Nov 2024, across 17 billing codes. Its largest line is 99291, Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes — 73% of everything it billed.
SPRINGFIELD, MO 65807
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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.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1,333 | $160K | |
| 2023 | 2,450 | $264K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,807 | $168K |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99291 | Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes | 73% | 2,276 | 1,058 | $435K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 9.9% | 1,087 | 1,055 | $59K |
| 95811 | 4.0% | 255 | 242 | $24K | |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 3.6% | 306 | 181 | $21K |
| 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 | 3.1% | 236 | 228 | $19K |
| 95810 | Polysomnography; sleep staging with 4 or more additional parameters | 1.7% | 80 | 78 | $10K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 1.6% | 237 | 230 | $9K |
| 95806 | 1.1% | 191 | 189 | $6K | |
| 94727 | <1% | 293 | 288 | $3K | |
| 94729 | <1% | 293 | 288 | $2K | |
| 94060 | <1% | 159 | 156 | $1K | |
| 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 | <1% | 14 | 13 | $1K |
5 more codes
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.
Who's on the registration
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $112.33M |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $25.78M |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $16.97M |
| Lester E. Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $3.50M |
| Lester E. Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $2.78M |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $2.37M |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Lebanon, MO | $1.44M |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Ozark, MO | $1.40M |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Nixa, MO | $1.35M |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $1.23M |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $1.13M |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $1.07M |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $795K |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $771K |
| Lester E. Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $593K |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $560K |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $553K |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $440K |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $376K |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Willow Springs, MO | $367K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.