Physician
Columbia Surgical Specialists, PS
Columbia Surgical Specialists, PS was paid $2.22M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2022, across 42 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 22% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCOLUMBIA SURGICAL SPECIALISTS, PS
SPOKANE, WA 99201
SPOKANE, WA 99201
33aNPI1417067372assigned 08/30/2006
33bProvider typeOtolaryngology Physician
28Total paid$2.22M
24GClaims59,592
24DCodes billed42
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Otolaryngology Physician providers in Washington
Rank by total paid#1 of 21
Median peer was paid$29K
This provider vs. median77×
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 | 13,760 | $480K | |
| 2019 | 14,151 | $552K | |
| 2020 | 9,548 | $340K | |
| 2021 | 10,640 | $374K | |
| 2022 | 11,493 | $473K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 22% | 9,965 | 9,727 | $495K |
| 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 | 16% | 3,322 | 3,267 | $350K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 15% | 4,564 | 4,479 | $323K |
| 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 | 7.1% | 2,203 | 2,161 | $157K |
| 92557 | 6.2% | 7,017 | 6,920 | $137K | |
| 92567 | 5.2% | 13,506 | 13,272 | $115K | |
| 99244 | Office or other outpatient consultation, moderate to high complexity | 3.4% | 686 | 680 | $76K |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 3.3% | 1,242 | 506 | $74K |
| 99243 | 2.5% | 734 | 721 | $54K | |
| 42820 | Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy; younger than age 12 | 2.4% | 319 | 317 | $53K |
| 92504 | 2.3% | 3,375 | 3,253 | $50K | |
| 92587 | 1.9% | 3,334 | 3,249 | $42K |
30 more codes
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 1.9% | 1,295 | $41K |
| 31575 | 1.7% | 591 | $37K | |
| 92579 | 1.6% | 1,282 | $35K | |
| 31231 | 1.4% | 308 | $31K | |
| V5257 | Hearing aid, digital, monaural, bte | 1.4% | 68 | $30K |
| 92585 | <1% | 269 | $20K | |
| V5264 | Ear mold/insert, not disposable, any type | <1% | 420 | $16K |
| 97110 | Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion | <1% | 489 | $11K |
| 97112 | Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; neuromuscular reeducation of movement, balance, coordination | <1% | 436 | $10K |
| 69436 | Tympanostomy (requiring insertion of ventilating tube), general anesthesia | <1% | 77 | $9K |
| 95117 | <1% | 1,291 | $7K | |
| 92555 | <1% | 504 | $7K | |
| 97530 | Therapeutic activities, direct patient contact, each 15 minutes | <1% | 281 | $5K |
| 92652 | <1% | 75 | $4K | |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex) | <1% | 30 | $4K |
| 92552 | <1% | 216 | $4K | |
| 31237 | <1% | 17 | $3K | |
| 92604 | <1% | 56 | $3K | |
| 51798 | <1% | 425 | $2K | |
| 99242 | <1% | 38 | $2K | |
| 69210 | <1% | 90 | $2K | |
| 92556 | <1% | 78 | $2K | |
| 92626 | <1% | 46 | $2K | |
| 81002 | <1% | 549 | $2K | |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital care, per day, straightforward or low complexity | <1% | 54 | $1K |
| 97140 | Manual therapy techniques, each 15 minutes (e.g., mobilization/manipulation, manual lymphatic drainage) | <1% | 49 | $958.03 |
| 99202 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, straightforward | <1% | 15 | $816.07 |
| 95115 | <1% | 158 | $740.43 | |
| 92582 | <1% | 12 | $536.46 | |
| 81000 | <1% | 106 | $281.18 |
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 officialEMERSON, ROD (CEO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Cancer Care Northwest Centers P S | Spokane Valley, WA | $3.00M |
| Columbia Surgical Specialists, PS | Spokane, WA | $1.15M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.