Physician
Lester E Cox Medical Centers
Lester E Cox Medical Centers was paid $278K by Medicaid between Jul 2020 and Nov 2024, across 13 billing codes. Its largest line is 99283, emergency room visit (moderate) — 59% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLESTER E COX MEDICAL CENTERS
SPRINGFIELD, MO 65807
SPRINGFIELD, MO 65807
33aNPI1477998169assigned 05/08/2013
33bProvider typeHospitalist Physician
28Total paid$278K
24GClaims4,346
24DCodes billed13
24AFirst – last monthJul 2020 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Hospitalist Physician providers in Missouri
Rank by total paid#8 of 71
Median peer was paid$14K
This provider vs. median20×
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 SHAMEL, BROCK controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 275 | $16K | |
| 2021 | 1,439 | $94K | |
| 2022 | 780 | $40K | |
| 2023 | 1,100 | $72K | |
| 2024incomplete | 752 | $55K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99283 | Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity | 59% | 2,670 | 2,482 | $164K |
| 99284 | Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity | 18% | 541 | 507 | $51K |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 4.6% | 95 | 92 | $13K |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 4.0% | 162 | 127 | $11K |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 3.5% | 215 | 147 | $10K |
| 99238 | Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | 3.1% | 146 | 138 | $8K |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital care, per day, straightforward or low complexity | 2.1% | 153 | 84 | $6K |
| 99281 | Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, self-limited or minor | 1.6% | 210 | 187 | $5K |
| 99282 | Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity | 1.1% | 76 | 71 | $3K |
| 99285 | Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life | <1% | 25 | 19 | $3K |
| 99221 | <1% | 25 | 25 | $3K | |
| 99222 | Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | <1% | 12 | 12 | $1K |
1 more codes
| 99239 | Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | <1% | 16 | $1K |
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 officialSHAMEL, BROCK (VICE PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $9.19M |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $3.36M |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $2.44M |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $1.92M |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $1.85M |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Ozark, MO | $1.02M |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Brookline, MO | $1.00M |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $867K |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $792K |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $736K |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $513K |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $385K |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $378K |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Nixa, MO | $362K |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $361K |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $360K |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $359K |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $289K |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Lebanon, MO | $272K |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Harrison, AR | $146K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.