Clinic
Columbia Surgical Specialists, PS
Columbia Surgical Specialists, PS was paid $1.15M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is 42820, Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy; younger than age 12 — 53% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCOLUMBIA SURGICAL SPECIALISTS, PS
SPOKANE, WA 99201
SPOKANE, WA 99201
33aNPI1477617751assigned 12/20/2006
33bProvider typeAmbulatory Surgical Clinic/Center
28Total paid$1.15M
24GClaims4,775
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Ambulatory Surgical Clinic/Center providers in Washington
Rank by total paid#9 of 73
Median peer was paid$69K
This provider vs. median17×
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 | 1,168 | $261K | |
| 2019 | 1,141 | $299K | |
| 2020 | 366 | $113K | |
| 2021 | 251 | $69K | |
| 2022 | 828 | $179K | |
| 2023 | 785 | $151K | |
| 2024incomplete | 236 | $79K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42820 | Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy; younger than age 12 | 53% | 1,709 | 1,693 | $608K |
| 69436 | Tympanostomy (requiring insertion of ventilating tube), general anesthesia | 40% | 2,258 | 1,180 | $465K |
| 42821 | 2.4% | 81 | 81 | $27K | |
| 42830 | 2.1% | 62 | 61 | $24K | |
| L8699 | Prosthetic implant, not otherwise specified | 2.0% | 611 | 582 | $23K |
| 30140 | <1% | 26 | 13 | $4K | |
| C1781 | Mesh (implantable) | <1% | 14 | 14 | $1K |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 14 | 14 | $30.52 |
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)
Parent organizationCOLUMBIA SURGICAL SPECIALISTS, PS
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Cancer Care Northwest Centers P S | Spokane Valley, WA | $3.00M |
| Columbia Surgical Specialists, PS | Spokane, WA | $2.22M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.