Hospital
Forrest County General Hospital
Forrest County General Hospital was paid $3.80M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 64 billing codes. Its largest line is 99283, emergency room visit (moderate) — 33% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoFORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL
PRENTISS, MS 39474
PRENTISS, MS 39474
33aNPI1295013316assigned 07/22/2011
33bProvider typeCritical Access Hospital
28Total paid$3.80M
24GClaims94,742
24DCodes billed64
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Critical Access Hospital providers in Mississippi
Rank by total paid#18 of 32
Median peer was paid$3.94M
This provider vs. median1.0×
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.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official HESTER, BEN controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | 16,016 | $641K | |
| 2019 | 16,856 | $760K | |
| 2020 | 9,976 | $400K | |
| 2021 | 12,247 | $468K | |
| 2022 | 14,742 | $536K | |
| 2023 | 14,646 | $584K | |
| 2024incomplete | 10,259 | $411K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99283 | Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity | 33% | 9,979 | 8,555 | $1.25M |
| 99284 | Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity | 13% | 2,975 | 2,670 | $493K |
| 96374 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; intravenous push, single or initial substance | 8.2% | 3,012 | 2,597 | $313K |
| 99285 | Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life | 6.2% | 1,126 | 1,001 | $236K |
| 97110 | Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion | 5.4% | 5,359 | 1,116 | $206K |
| 99282 | Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity | 4.5% | 1,960 | 1,769 | $170K |
| 87502 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets | 3.2% | 2,079 | 1,764 | $120K |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | 2.9% | 3,582 | 3,138 | $109K |
| 71046 | Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 2.5% | 2,136 | 1,897 | $95K |
| 70450 | Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material | 2.4% | 969 | 869 | $90K |
| 87634 | 2.3% | 2,067 | 1,753 | $87K | |
| 71045 | Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 1.7% | 1,761 | 1,547 | $66K |
52 more codes
| U0002 | 2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc | 1.7% | 2,107 | $65K |
| 93005 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | 1.4% | 2,500 | $54K |
| 80307 | Drug test(s), presumptive, any number of drug classes; immunoassay | 1.3% | 1,264 | $50K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 1.3% | 5,923 | $48K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | <1% | 6,687 | $36K |
| 87651 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe | <1% | 1,281 | $29K |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | <1% | 2,409 | $28K |
| 96375 | Therapeutic injection; each additional sequential IV push | <1% | 1,114 | $26K |
| 87426 | Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | <1% | 773 | $23K |
| 94640 | Pressurized or nonpressurized inhalation treatment for acute airway obstruction | <1% | 191 | $21K |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 6,640 | $17K |
| 84484 | <1% | 2,042 | $16K | |
| A9270 | Non-covered item or service | <1% | 3,034 | $14K |
| 82553 | <1% | 1,990 | $14K | |
| 81001 | <1% | 4,754 | $11K | |
| 87430 | <1% | 884 | $11K | |
| 96361 | Intravenous infusion, hydration; each additional hour | <1% | 368 | $9K |
| 83880 | <1% | 378 | $9K | |
| 82550 | <1% | 2,306 | $9K | |
| 36592 | <1% | 1,033 | $6K | |
| 81025 | <1% | 1,083 | $6K | |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | <1% | 820 | $6K |
| G0378 | Hospital observation service, per hour | <1% | 13 | $6K |
| 87086 | Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine | <1% | 755 | $5K |
| 87081 | <1% | 819 | $5K | |
| 96365 | Intravenous infusion, for therapy, prophylaxis, or diagnosis; initial, up to 1 hour | <1% | 41 | $5K |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | <1% | 420 | $4K |
| Q9967 | Low osmolar contrast material, 300-399 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml | <1% | 60 | $3K |
| 82150 | <1% | 586 | $3K | |
| 74177 | Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; with contrast material | <1% | 15 | $2K |
| 96360 | Intravenous infusion, hydration; initial, 31 minutes to 1 hour | <1% | 21 | $2K |
| 97530 | Therapeutic activities, direct patient contact, each 15 minutes | <1% | 52 | $2K |
| 73562 | <1% | 39 | $2K | |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | <1% | 286 | $2K |
| 87186 | <1% | 160 | $1K | |
| J1885 | Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | <1% | 1,900 | $1K |
| 87077 | <1% | 162 | $1K | |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | <1% | 132 | $1K |
| 72100 | <1% | 13 | $870.62 | |
| 73610 | <1% | 13 | $845.68 | |
| 87420 | <1% | 58 | $707.82 | |
| 97162 | <1% | 15 | $505.75 | |
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | <1% | 13 | $463.15 |
| J2405 | Injection, ondansetron hydrochloride, per 1 mg | <1% | 460 | $443.50 |
| 82306 | Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed | <1% | 14 | $430.67 |
| J0696 | Injection, ceftriaxone sodium, per 250 mg | <1% | 1,487 | $323.27 |
| 85378 | <1% | 32 | $284.51 | |
| 82962 | <1% | 107 | $243.10 | |
| 83735 | <1% | 15 | $85.29 | |
| 85610 | <1% | 26 | $77.94 | |
| J1100 | Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg | <1% | 365 | $34.48 |
| J2930 | Injection, methylprednisolone sodium succinate, up to 125 mg | 0% | 77 | $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 officialHESTER, BEN (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Forrest County General Hospital | Hattiesburg, MS | $81.63M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Picayune, MS | $21.66M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Columbia, MS | $9.51M |
| Walthall General Hospital | Tylertown, MS | $6.16M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Poplarville, MS | $3.74M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Poplarville, MS | $2.80M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Picayune, MS | $2.76M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Richton, MS | $1.58M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Richton, MS | $1.36M |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Columbia, MS | $1.03M |
| Walthall General Hospital | Tylertown, MS | $953K |
| Forrest General Hospital | Hattiesburg, MS | $850K |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Poplarville, MS | $253K |
| FGH Physician Billing | Hattiesburg, MS | $224K |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Prentiss, MS | $204K |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Picayune, MS | $65K |
| FGH Trauma Surgery Clinic | Hattiesburg, MS | $47K |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Poplarville, MS | $22K |
| Forrest County General Hospital | Richton, MS | $18K |
| Walthall General Hospital | Tylertown, MS | $3K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.