Palepu, Sai Prashanth

Palepu, Sai Prashanth was paid $31K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Apr 2022, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 99232, hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day — 80% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPALEPU, SAI PRASHANTH
ST. LOUIS, MO 63128

33aNPI1558673152assigned 07/12/2010

33bProvider typeHospitalist Physician

28Total paid$31K

24GClaims1,155

24DCodes billed7

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Apr 2022

Compared with peers

Next to other Hospitalist Physician providers in Missouri

Rank by total paid#28 of 71

Median peer was paid$14K

This provider vs. median2.2×

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	319	$6K
2019	402	$6K
2020	21	$224.10
2021	225	$10K
2022	188	$8K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
99232	Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity	80%	925	316	$25K
99284	Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity	11%	89	89	$3K
99238	Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less	4.2%	87	87	$1K
99220		2.0%	12	12	$625.95
99222	Initial hospital care, per day, moderate complexity	1.6%	12	12	$486.12
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	1.1%	12	12	$340.20
G8731	Pain assessment using a standardized tool is documented as negative, no follow-up plan required	0%	18	17	$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.