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Pacific Central Coast Health Centers

Pacific Central Coast Health Centers was paid $1.29M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 21 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 31% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPACIFIC CENTRAL COAST HEALTH CENTERS
SANTA MARIA, CA 93454
33aNPI1407272636assigned 03/12/2014
28Total paid$1.29M
24GClaims9,993
24DCodes billed21
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Community Health Clinic/Center providers in California

Rank by total paid#162 of 288
Median peer was paid$2.15M
This provider vs. median0.6×

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

Paid by month

$0$20K$40K$60K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20181,251$112K
20191,294$116K
20201,676$207K
20211,915$320K
20221,599$312K
20231,448$120K
2024incomplete810$106K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 31% 3,767 3,669 $401K
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 24% 2,082 1,967 $307K
43281 16% 203 160 $211K
97803 8.4% 1,680 1,661 $109K
43775 7.9% 158 131 $102K
97804 4.4% 1,157 1,150 $56K
97802 1.7% 285 283 $21K
99203 Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity 1.5% 127 127 $19K
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 1.4% 80 80 $19K
99244 Office or other outpatient consultation, moderate to high complexity 1.3% 99 99 $17K
90791 Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation 1.1% 66 66 $14K
99245 <1% 28 28 $6K
9 more codes
47562 <1% 27 $5K
99212 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward <1% 29 $2K
99243 <1% 14 $2K
99232 Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day <1% 23 $1K
G2012 Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m service provided within the previous 7 days nor leading to an e/m service or procedure within the next 24 hours or soonest available appointment; 5-10 minutes of medical discussion <1% 33 $412.84
3079F <1% 47 $0.01
3074F 0% 61 $0.00
3075F 0% 13 $0.00
3078F 0% 14 $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 officialMERLO, BRANDON (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER)
Parent organizationPACIFIC CENTRAL COAST HEALTH CENTERS
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