Supplier
Superior Medical Equipment INC
Superior Medical Equipment INC was paid $363K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 10 billing codes. Its largest line is E1390, Oxygen concentrator, single delivery port, capable of delivering 85 percent or greater oxygen concentration at the prescribed flow rate — 71% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSUPERIOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT INC
CHARLESTON, IL 61920
CHARLESTON, IL 61920
33aNPI1568415107assigned 05/17/2006
33bProvider typeOxygen Equipment & Supplies (DME)
28Total paid$363K
24GClaims6,542
24DCodes billed10
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Oxygen Equipment & Supplies (DME) providers in Illinois
Rank by total paid#19 of 42
Median peer was paid$200K
This provider vs. median1.8×
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 | 682 | $34K | |
| 2019 | 1,100 | $53K | |
| 2020 | 992 | $48K | |
| 2021 | 1,143 | $60K | |
| 2022 | 986 | $62K | |
| 2023 | 1,148 | $73K | |
| 2024incomplete | 491 | $33K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E1390 | Oxygen concentrator, single delivery port, capable of delivering 85 percent or greater oxygen concentration at the prescribed flow rate | 71% | 3,460 | 3,267 | $258K |
| E0601 | Continuous positive airway pressure (cpap) device | 22% | 1,424 | 1,384 | $80K |
| E0431 | Portable gaseous oxygen system, rental; includes portable container, regulator, flowmeter, humidifier, cannula or mask, and tubing | 3.5% | 787 | 730 | $13K |
| E0562 | Humidifier, heated, used with positive airway pressure device | 1.7% | 229 | 208 | $6K |
| A7038 | Filter, disposable, used with positive airway pressure device | <1% | 427 | 420 | $2K |
| K0738 | Portable gaseous oxygen system, rental; home compressor used to fill portable oxygen cylinders; includes portable containers, regulator, flowmeter, humidifier, cannula or mask, and tubing | <1% | 38 | 38 | $998.68 |
| A7035 | Headgear used with positive airway pressure device | <1% | 37 | 37 | $977.63 |
| A4604 | Tubing with integrated heating element for use with positive airway pressure device | <1% | 37 | 37 | $856.07 |
| A7046 | Water chamber for humidifier, used with positive airway pressure device, replacement, each | <1% | 63 | 61 | $578.48 |
| A7039 | Filter, non disposable, used with positive airway pressure device | <1% | 40 | 39 | $307.35 |
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 officialFRAHM, OLEN (PRESIDENT)