Hospital
Lucas County Health Center
Lucas County Health Center was paid $905K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 37 billing codes. Its largest line is 99283, emergency room visit (moderate) — 27% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLUCAS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER
CHARITON, IA 50049
CHARITON, IA 50049
33aNPI1588636351assigned 02/06/2006
33bProvider typeCritical Access Hospital
28Total paid$905K
24GClaims21,656
24DCodes billed37
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Critical Access Hospital providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#38 of 79
Median peer was paid$801K
This provider vs. median1.1×
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 | 2,770 | $125K | |
| 2019 | 1,869 | $84K | |
| 2020 | 1,150 | $54K | |
| 2021 | 3,707 | $151K | |
| 2022 | 3,954 | $158K | |
| 2023 | 4,998 | $185K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,208 | $148K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99283 | Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity | 27% | 1,594 | 1,233 | $241K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 9.1% | 3,286 | 2,666 | $82K |
| 99282 | Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity | 8.3% | 704 | 612 | $75K |
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | 8.3% | 1,432 | 1,374 | $75K |
| 87502 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets | 8.2% | 1,175 | 1,132 | $74K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 7.4% | 2,065 | 1,639 | $67K |
| 99211 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity | 6.3% | 4,418 | 4,068 | $57K |
| 99284 | Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity | 5.0% | 263 | 197 | $45K |
| 87651 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe | 4.5% | 1,472 | 1,415 | $40K |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | 3.8% | 2,427 | 1,893 | $35K |
| 87428 | 2.3% | 235 | 229 | $20K | |
| 87491 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe | 1.7% | 145 | 134 | $16K |
25 more codes
| 87591 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe | 1.6% | 145 | $15K |
| 87811 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | 1.6% | 698 | $14K |
| 99285 | Emergency room visit (most serious) | 1.0% | 28 | $9K |
| U0003 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r | <1% | 126 | $7K |
| 96361 | Intravenous infusion, hydration; each additional hour | <1% | 45 | $6K |
| 93005 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | <1% | 103 | $5K |
| 99281 | Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, self-limited or minor | <1% | 490 | $5K |
| 71046 | Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | <1% | 25 | $2K |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | <1% | 44 | $1K |
| 81003 | <1% | 218 | $1K | |
| 87086 | Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine | <1% | 26 | $1K |
| C9803 | Hospital outpatient clinic visit specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), any specimen source | <1% | 104 | $1K |
| 82550 | <1% | 32 | $1K | |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | <1% | 49 | $1K |
| 87420 | <1% | 16 | $971.20 | |
| 84484 | <1% | 24 | $818.18 | |
| J2704 | Injection, propofol, 10 mg | <1% | 29 | $806.70 |
| 82553 | <1% | 20 | $787.92 | |
| 87807 | <1% | 20 | $577.39 | |
| 96375 | Therapeutic injection; each additional sequential IV push | <1% | 16 | $456.90 |
| 96374 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; intravenous push, single or initial substance | <1% | 17 | $377.65 |
| J1885 | Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | <1% | 12 | $352.01 |
| 81002 | <1% | 46 | $342.25 | |
| J7120 | Ringers lactate infusion, up to 1000 cc | <1% | 14 | $202.42 |
| A9270 | Non-covered item or service | 0% | 93 | $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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialJOHNSON, LORI (CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Lucas County Health Center | Chariton, IA | $8.13M |
| Clay County | Moorhead, MN | $3.26M |
| A Caring Heart, LLC | Florissant, MO | $2.49M |
| Lucas County Health Center | Chariton, IA | $75K |
| Lucas County Health Center | Chariton, IA | $69K |
| Lucas County Health Center | Chariton, IA | $353.00 |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.