Hospital
Palmer Lutheran Health Center, INC.
Palmer Lutheran Health Center, INC. was paid $389K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 48 billing codes. Its largest line is 99283, emergency room visit (moderate) — 18% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPALMER LUTHERAN HEALTH CENTER, INC.
WEST UNION, IA 52175
WEST UNION, IA 52175
33aNPI1598765398assigned 07/22/2005
33bProvider typeCritical Access Hospital
28Total paid$389K
24GClaims8,168
24DCodes billed48
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Critical Access Hospital providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#57 of 79
Median peer was paid$801K
This provider vs. median0.5×
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 | 2,866 | $88K | |
| 2019 | 1,971 | $69K | |
| 2020 | 947 | $57K | |
| 2021 | 910 | $64K | |
| 2022 | 575 | $46K | |
| 2023 | 317 | $15K | |
| 2024incomplete | 582 | $50K |
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 | 18% | 472 | 390 | $70K |
| 99282 | Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity | 15% | 551 | 476 | $58K |
| 99284 | Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity | 14% | 280 | 232 | $55K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 7.0% | 1,518 | 1,334 | $27K |
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | 5.9% | 212 | 202 | $23K |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | 4.3% | 340 | 311 | $17K |
| 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 | 3.8% | 135 | 128 | $15K |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | 3.8% | 374 | 333 | $15K |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | 3.7% | 359 | 344 | $14K |
| 87502 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets | 3.6% | 74 | 70 | $14K |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | 2.8% | 354 | 347 | $11K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 2.3% | 354 | 321 | $9K |
36 more codes
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | 2.2% | 842 | $8K |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | 1.8% | 139 | $7K |
| G0463 | Hospital outpatient clinic visit for assessment and management of a patient | 1.4% | 102 | $6K |
| 84100 | 1.4% | 252 | $5K | |
| 82248 | 1.4% | 256 | $5K | |
| 82565 | <1% | 237 | $3K | |
| 96374 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; intravenous push, single or initial substance | <1% | 53 | $3K |
| 87798 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; not otherwise specified, amplified probe, each organism | <1% | 17 | $3K |
| U0005 | 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, cdc or non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies, completed within 2 calendar days from date of specimen collection (list separately in addition to either hcpcs code u0003 or u0004) as described by cms-2020-01-r2 | <1% | 98 | $3K |
| 87081 | <1% | 104 | $2K | |
| 71046 | Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | <1% | 15 | $2K |
| 71045 | Radiologic examination, chest; single view | <1% | 20 | $2K |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | <1% | 79 | $2K |
| 0011A | <1% | 38 | $1K | |
| 87491 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe | <1% | 12 | $998.99 |
| 0012A | <1% | 35 | $961.77 | |
| 82947 | <1% | 84 | $897.72 | |
| J7030 | Infusion, normal saline solution , 1000 cc | <1% | 36 | $733.87 |
| 87591 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe | <1% | 12 | $606.39 |
| 83718 | <1% | 12 | $598.23 | |
| 93005 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | <1% | 16 | $568.89 |
| 83655 | <1% | 15 | $554.26 | |
| 11721 | <1% | 21 | $484.16 | |
| 82465 | <1% | 12 | $368.40 | |
| 85018 | <1% | 16 | $350.40 | |
| 83605 | <1% | 14 | $299.69 | |
| 85027 | <1% | 13 | $248.30 | |
| J1885 | Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | <1% | 18 | $202.92 |
| 84460 | <1% | 13 | $198.36 | |
| 84132 | <1% | 13 | $134.85 | |
| 81001 | <1% | 16 | $131.12 | |
| 86140 | <1% | 13 | $126.70 | |
| P9604 | Travel allowance one way in connection with medically necessary laboratory specimen collection drawn from home bound or nursing home bound patient; prorated trip charge | <1% | 421 | $105.93 |
| 85610 | <1% | 13 | $53.76 | |
| 91301 | 0% | 68 | $0.00 | |
| T1015 | A visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate) | 0% | 20 | $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 officialKUENNEN, PATRICE (CEO)
Parent organizationGUNDERSEN LUTHERAN HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Palmer Lutheran Health Center, INC | West Union, IA | $5.98M |
| Palmer Lutheran Health Center, INC. | Postville, IA | $3.54M |
| Palmer Lutheran Health Center, INC. | Fayette, IA | $653K |
| Palmer Lutheran Health Center, INC | West Union, IA | $438K |
| Palmer Lutheran Health Center, INC | West Union, IA | $130K |
| Palmer Lutheran Health Center, INC. | West Union, IA | $66K |
| Palmer Lutheran Health Center, INC | Oelwein, IA | $33K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.