Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC

Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC was paid $279K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 62% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPALMETTO PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, LLC
SUMMERVILLE, SC 29483
33aNPI1497075733assigned 06/09/2010
28Total paid$279K
24GClaims5,427
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Family Medicine Physician providers in South Carolina

Rank by total paid#119 of 696
Median peer was paid$14K
This provider vs. median19×

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 ARNAU, THOMAS controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$5.0K$10K$15K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
20181,828$91K
2019891$58K
2020377$25K
2021470$28K
2022343$19K
2023667$28K
2024incomplete851$31K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
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 62% 2,484 2,318 $172K
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 33% 1,707 1,592 $92K
87635 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe 3.8% 202 184 $11K
87502 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets <1% 27 25 $2K
36415 Collection of venous blood by venipuncture <1% 533 519 $953.01
96372 Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular <1% 236 211 $804.23
81003 <1% 185 178 $489.77
81025 <1% 13 12 $104.53
J3301 Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg <1% 14 13 $93.54
90661 <1% 14 14 $63.62
G0008 Administration of influenza virus vaccine 0% 12 12 $0.00

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.

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Authorized officialARNAU, THOMAS (PRESIDENT)
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