Physician
Catawba Valley Medical Center
Catawba Valley Medical Center was paid $998K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 37% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER
HICKORY, NC 28602
HICKORY, NC 28602
33aNPI1497792469assigned 05/31/2006
33bProvider typePsychiatry Physician
28Total paid$998K
24GClaims18,874
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Psychiatry Physician providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#31 of 165
Median peer was paid$187K
This provider vs. median5.3×
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 GALLAGHER, PAMELA 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3,453 | $163K | |
| 2019 | 2,885 | $127K | |
| 2020 | 1,941 | $91K | |
| 2021 | 1,628 | $94K | |
| 2022 | 2,289 | $129K | |
| 2023 | 2,704 | $138K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,974 | $255K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 37% | 7,467 | 6,281 | $371K |
| 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 | 17% | 2,141 | 1,898 | $174K |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 9.9% | 2,333 | 939 | $99K |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 9.8% | 780 | 638 | $98K |
| 99239 | Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 9.2% | 1,319 | 1,064 | $92K |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital care, per day, straightforward or low complexity | 7.7% | 3,702 | 1,335 | $76K |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 4.3% | 613 | 280 | $43K |
| 99285 | Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life | 2.9% | 291 | 247 | $29K |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | <1% | 130 | 64 | $7K |
| 90792 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | <1% | 37 | 24 | $4K |
| 99284 | Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity | <1% | 22 | 13 | $2K |
| 90833 | Psychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient when performed with an E&M service (add-on) | <1% | 39 | 36 | $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 officialGALLAGHER, PAMELA (VP OF FINANCE)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Catawba Valley Medical Center | Hickory, NC | $17.37M |
| Catawba Valley Medical Group, INC | Newton, NC | $892K |
| Catawba Valley Medical Group, Ing | Hickory, NC | $821K |
| Catawba Valley Medical Group, INC | Conover, NC | $599K |
| Catawba Valley Medical Group, INC | Sherrills Ford, NC | $555K |
| Catawba Valley Medical Group INC | Hickory, NC | $509K |
| Catawba Valley Medical Group, INC | Hickory, NC | $481K |
| Catawba Valley Medical Group, INC | Hickory, NC | $477K |
| Catawba Valley Medical Group, INC | Hickory, NC | $423K |
| Catawba Valley Medical Group INC | Taylorsville, NC | $329K |
| Catawba Valley Medical Group INC | Hickory, NC | $277K |
| Catawba Valley Medical Center | Hickory, NC | $247K |
| Catawba Valley Medical Group, INC | Conover, NC | $218K |
| Catawba Valley Medical Group, INC | Taylorsville, NC | $196K |
| Catawba Valley Medical Center | Hickory, NC | $179K |
| Catawba Valley Medical Center | Hickory, NC | $177K |
| Catawba Valley Medical Group, INC | Hickory, NC | $173K |
| Catawba Valley Medical Group, INC | Maiden, NC | $166K |
| Catawba Valley Medical Group, INC | Hickory, NC | $138K |
| Catawba Valley Medical Center | Hickory, NC | $130K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.