Copper, Tara

Copper, Tara was paid $433K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Feb 2023, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is 99285, emergency room visit (most serious) — 49% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCOPPER, TARA
SAINT LOUIS, MO 63110

33aNPI1417261967assigned 07/27/2010

33bProvider typePediatrics Physician

28Total paid$433K

24GClaims2,592

24DCodes billed4

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Feb 2023

Compared with peers

Next to other Pediatrics Physician providers in Missouri

Rank by total paid#83 of 992

Median peer was paid$40K

This provider vs. median11×

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	1,151	$219K
2019	946	$147K
2020	408	$57K
2021	59	$6K
2022	16	$2K
2023	12	$1K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
99285	Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life	49%	952	909	$214K
99284	Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity	25%	636	628	$110K
99283	Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity	24%	915	905	$104K
99282	Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity	1.2%	89	89	$5K

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.