Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Watauga Medical Center INC

Watauga Medical Center INC was paid $46K by Medicaid between Aug 2020 and Sep 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is 99238, Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less — 38% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoWATAUGA MEDICAL CENTER INC
BOONE, NC 28607
33aNPI1386268324assigned 06/05/2020
33bProvider typePediatrics Physician
28Total paid$46K
24GClaims743
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthAug 2020 – Sep 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Pediatrics Physician providers in North Carolina

Rank by total paid#326 of 433
Median peer was paid$942K
This provider vs. median0.0×

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 LONG, MARY controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$2.0K$4.0K$6.0K2018201920202021202220232024
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
202088$6K
2021287$17K
2022239$11K
202358$4K
2024incomplete71$7K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99238 Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less 38% 349 254 $17K
99460 38% 255 217 $17K
99239 Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes 20% 106 97 $9K
99222 Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity 3.2% 12 12 $1K
99462 1.4% 21 13 $639.53

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 officialLONG, MARY (SVP MEDICAL STAFF RELATIONS)
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