Lester E. Cox Medical Centers

Lester E. Cox Medical Centers was paid $593K by Medicaid between Jun 2020 and Apr 2023, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is A0431, Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (rotary wing) — 92% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoLESTER E. COX MEDICAL CENTERS
SPRINGFIELD, MO 65807

33aNPI1578680286assigned 03/26/2007

33bProvider typeAir Ambulance

28Total paid$593K

24GClaims294

24DCodes billed2

24AFirst – last monthJun 2020 – Apr 2023

Compared with peers

Next to other Air Ambulance providers in Missouri

Rank by total paid#8 of 14

Median peer was paid$593K

This provider vs. median1.0×

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 MCWAY, JACOB 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	74	$89K
2021	114	$253K
2022	92	$202K
2023	14	$50K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
A0431	Ambulance service, conventional air services, transport, one way (rotary wing)	92%	214	200	$548K
A0436	Rotary wing air mileage, per statute mile	7.7%	80	76	$46K

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 officialMCWAY, JACOB (EXEC. VICE-PRESIDENT & CFO)

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Other billing entities under MCWAY, JACOB

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Provider	Location	Paid
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$112.33M
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$25.78M
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$16.97M
Lester E. Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$3.50M
Lester E. Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$2.78M
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$2.37M
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Lebanon, MO	$1.44M
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Ozark, MO	$1.40M
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Nixa, MO	$1.35M
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$1.23M
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$1.13M
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$1.07M
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$795K
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$771K
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$592K
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$560K
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$553K
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$440K
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$376K
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Willow Springs, MO	$367K

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.