Physician
Nelson, Richard
Nelson, Richard was paid $89K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 14 billing codes. Its largest line is 71045, Radiologic examination, chest; single view — 26% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoNELSON, RICHARD
FORT SMITH, AR 72908
FORT SMITH, AR 72908
33aNPI1356317689assigned 02/27/2006
33bProvider typeDiagnostic Radiology Physician
28Total paid$89K
24GClaims5,654
24DCodes billed14
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Diagnostic Radiology Physician providers in Arkansas
Rank by total paid#27 of 121
Median peer was paid$28K
This provider vs. median3.2×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 999 | $17K | |
| 2019 | 689 | $10K | |
| 2020 | 673 | $10K | |
| 2021 | 929 | $14K | |
| 2022 | 702 | $9K | |
| 2023 | 924 | $20K | |
| 2024incomplete | 738 | $9K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71045 | Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 26% | 2,980 | 2,242 | $24K |
| 70450 | Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material | 26% | 396 | 328 | $23K |
| 74177 | Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; with contrast material | 21% | 199 | 175 | $19K |
| 71046 | Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 13% | 1,310 | 1,121 | $12K |
| 71020 | 3.0% | 265 | 201 | $3K | |
| 71010 | 2.3% | 186 | 135 | $2K | |
| 77067 | Screening mammography, bilateral, including computer-aided detection | 1.8% | 41 | 38 | $2K |
| 77063 | Screening digital breast tomosynthesis, bilateral | 1.4% | 39 | 36 | $1K |
| 72125 | Computed tomography, cervical spine; without contrast material | 1.3% | 12 | 12 | $1K |
| 74018 | <1% | 129 | 81 | $767.80 | |
| 76705 | Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; limited | <1% | 16 | 15 | $717.51 |
| 73630 | <1% | 52 | 37 | $555.85 |
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.