Medicaid Provider Spending

$1.09 trillion in Medicaid claims data, 2018–2024 · 617K+ providers

FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL

NPI: 1427320993 · COLUMBIA, MS 39429 · General Acute Care Hospital · NPI assigned 01/31/2012

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Entity Proliferation

Authorized official HESTER, BEN controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more

$9.51M
Total Medicaid Paid
297,615
Total Claims
242,928
Beneficiaries
136
Codes Billed
2018-01
First Month
2024-12
Last Month

Provider Details

Authorized OfficialHESTER, BEN (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER)
NPI Enumeration Date01/31/2012

Related Entities

Other providers sharing the same authorized official: HESTER, BEN

ProviderCityStateTotal Paid
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL HATTIESBURG MS $81.63M
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL PICAYUNE MS $21.66M
WALTHALL GENERAL HOSPITAL TYLERTOWN MS $6.16M
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL PRENTISS MS $3.80M
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL POPLARVILLE MS $3.74M
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL POPLARVILLE MS $2.80M
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL PICAYUNE MS $2.76M
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL RICHTON MS $1.58M
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL RICHTON MS $1.36M
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL COLUMBIA MS $1.03M
WALTHALL GENERAL HOSPITAL TYLERTOWN MS $953K
FORREST GENERAL HOSPITAL HATTIESBURG MS $850K
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL POPLARVILLE MS $253K
FGH PHYSICIAN BILLING HATTIESBURG MS $224K
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL PRENTISS MS $204K
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL PICAYUNE MS $65K
FGH TRAUMA SURGERY CLINIC HATTIESBURG MS $47K
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL POPLARVILLE MS $22K
FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL RICHTON MS $18K
WALTHALL GENERAL HOSPITAL TYLERTOWN MS $3K

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Breakdown

YearClaimsTotal Paid
2018 49,535 $1.45M
2019 45,562 $1.44M
2020 31,551 $889K
2021 35,268 $1.19M
2022 46,877 $1.52M
2023 49,947 $1.68M
2024 38,875 $1.34M

Billing Codes

CodeDescriptionClaimsBeneficiariesTotal Paid
99283 Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity 20,430 17,714 $2.64M
99284 Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity 8,077 7,206 $1.18M
96374 Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; intravenous push, single or initial substance 8,269 7,217 $780K
99285 Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life 3,422 3,042 $584K
99282 Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity 4,192 3,778 $351K
87502 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets 5,257 4,442 $288K
74177 Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; with contrast material 1,467 1,321 $212K
87634 5,243 4,429 $210K
94640 Pressurized or nonpressurized inhalation treatment for acute airway obstruction 3,290 1,688 $210K
99291 Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes 1,113 975 $207K
G0378 Hospital observation service, per hour 723 548 $184K
71045 Radiologic examination, chest; single view 7,544 6,388 $177K
U0002 2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc 5,433 4,606 $164K
96365 Intravenous infusion, for therapy, prophylaxis, or diagnosis; initial, up to 1 hour 1,707 1,415 $140K
71046 Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views 3,393 3,007 $129K
93005 Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report 7,697 6,398 $128K
70450 Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material 3,376 3,038 $128K
96372 Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular 4,956 4,350 $127K
96360 Intravenous infusion, hydration; initial, 31 minutes to 1 hour 1,324 1,190 $126K
96361 Intravenous infusion, hydration; each additional hour 4,123 3,578 $117K
80307 Drug test(s), presumptive, any number of drug classes; immunoassay 3,173 2,768 $116K
80053 Comprehensive metabolic panel 16,740 13,060 $96K
97110 Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion 1,955 357 $89K
74176 Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; without contrast material 1,053 948 $81K
96375 Therapeutic injection; each additional sequential IV push 5,094 4,391 $79K
85025 Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count 19,641 14,721 $78K
87651 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe 3,237 2,767 $76K
87804 Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type 6,831 3,177 $72K
87426 Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) 2,371 2,189 $67K
74018 741 643 $41K
84443 Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) 3,952 3,537 $39K
73562 969 898 $34K
87430 2,735 2,525 $33K
84484 5,945 4,845 $30K
73630 702 630 $28K
72100 572 498 $28K
83880 2,430 2,057 $27K
82553 5,755 4,791 $24K
81001 12,219 10,617 $21K
36415 Collection of venous blood by venipuncture 11,347 8,341 $21K
81025 3,594 3,150 $20K
80061 Lipid panel 2,000 1,820 $18K
82550 6,677 4,950 $18K
87040 2,826 2,251 $16K
73610 328 299 $15K
73130 367 324 $14K
87086 Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine 3,078 2,782 $14K
87081 2,557 2,367 $14K
83036 Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) 2,206 2,030 $14K
80048 Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) 2,569 2,152 $13K
83605 2,923 2,505 $11K
87186 2,135 1,859 $11K
87077 2,193 1,899 $11K
83690 2,936 2,546 $11K
83735 3,588 2,437 $10K
G0480 Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms (any type, single or tandem and excluding immunoassays (e.g., ia, eia, elisa, emit, fpia) and enzymatic methods (e.g., alcohol dehydrogenase)), (2) stable isotope or other universally recognized internal standards in all samples (e.g., to control for matrix effects, interferences and variations in signal strength), and (3) method or drug-specific calibration and matrix-matched quality control material (e.g., to control for instrument variations and mass spectral drift); qualitative or quantitative, all sources, includes specimen validity testing, per day; 1-7 drug class(es), including metabolite(s) if performed 211 181 $10K
73030 302 282 $10K
74022 169 143 $9K
72125 Computed tomography, cervical spine; without contrast material 239 231 $8K
82962 4,498 2,954 $7K
71275 Computed tomographic angiography, chest, with contrast material 86 79 $6K
M0243 Intravenous infusion or subcutaneous injection, casirivimab and imdevimab includes infusion or injection, and post administration monitoring 36 29 $5K
82150 1,459 1,254 $5K
82306 Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed 258 216 $5K
85610 2,036 1,611 $4K
85379 1,049 951 $4K
73110 79 67 $4K
99281 Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, self-limited or minor 80 79 $4K
96366 Intravenous infusion, for therapy, prophylaxis, or diagnosis; each additional hour 160 132 $4K
87420 313 289 $4K
85730 1,258 1,138 $3K
U0003 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r 57 57 $3K
87635 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe 84 81 $3K
J0561 Injection, penicillin g benzathine, 100,000 units 18 13 $2K
Q9967 Low osmolar contrast material, 300-399 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml 3,024 2,371 $2K
82607 251 218 $2K
84439 355 327 $2K
93306 Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete 13 12 $2K
86140 582 427 $2K
86900 42 38 $1K
U0005 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, cdc or non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies, completed within 2 calendar days from date of specimen collection (list separately in addition to either hcpcs code u0003 or u0004) as described by cms-2020-01-r2 96 95 $1K
97014 113 24 $1K
80069 500 246 $1K
85027 225 197 $1K
J0696 Injection, ceftriaxone sodium, per 250 mg 2,864 2,298 $1K
73502 40 37 $943.79
82803 94 80 $885.79
73090 18 12 $831.90
90471 Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine 45 42 $816.28
93971 26 24 $802.62
36600 26 24 $780.21
87591 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe 35 28 $726.34
87491 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe 35 28 $720.34
97140 Manual therapy techniques, each 15 minutes (e.g., mobilization/manipulation, manual lymphatic drainage) 42 13 $703.28
97530 Therapeutic activities, direct patient contact, each 15 minutes 44 12 $502.64
J1650 Injection, enoxaparin sodium, 10 mg 341 159 $468.00
86901 42 38 $402.20
86308 76 74 $356.87
J1885 Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg 3,649 3,219 $299.61
97162 13 13 $285.32
J2405 Injection, ondansetron hydrochloride, per 1 mg 3,155 2,611 $279.73
J1940 Injection, furosemide, up to 20 mg 217 171 $204.67
86738 13 13 $186.30
82746 15 15 $167.39
85651 86 78 $163.38
84703 26 24 $162.56
86803 14 12 $123.73
J2930 Injection, methylprednisolone sodium succinate, up to 125 mg 867 689 $123.07
86850 13 13 $119.43
36592 8,989 7,542 $106.72
85007 29 24 $95.90
87070 16 12 $85.36
82728 13 12 $74.12
84550 25 24 $69.76
82043 14 13 $69.36
82140 34 24 $68.58
82565 18 12 $67.76
87205 30 25 $65.28
J1100 Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg 1,869 1,684 $62.95
A9270 Non-covered item or service 6,630 5,009 $45.15
96376 379 327 $35.10
J2919 Injection, methylprednisolone sodium succinate, 5 mg 83 52 $33.28
J0134 Injection, acetaminophen (fresenius kabi), not therapeutically equivalent to j0131, 10 mg 338 281 $14.86
Q9963 High osmolar contrast material, 350-399 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml 89 70 $10.80
84145 45 33 $5.44
J3475 Injection, magnesium sulfate, per 500 mg 179 126 $4.25
J1200 Injection, diphenhydramine hcl, up to 50 mg 17 13 $1.46
C9113 Injection, pantoprazole sodium, per vial 198 133 $0.00
J2270 Injection, morphine sulfate, up to 10 mg 91 74 $0.00
J7510 Prednisolone oral, per 5 mg 132 115 $0.00
90715 19 18 $0.00
J2550 Injection, promethazine hcl, up to 50 mg 29 13 $0.00
J1170 Injection, hydromorphone, up to 4 mg 107 78 $0.00
J0131 Injection, acetaminophen, not otherwise specified,10 mg 215 200 $0.00
94760 133 57 $0.00
J2060 Injection, lorazepam, 2 mg 30 27 $0.00