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Primary Health Choice, INC.

Primary Health Choice, INC. was paid $82K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Feb 2023, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 57% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPRIMARY HEALTH CHOICE, INC.
LUMBERTON, NC 28358
33aNPI1598903072assigned 01/22/2009
33bProvider typeCounselor
28Total paid$82K
24GClaims1,573
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Feb 2023
Compared with peers

Next to other Counselor providers in North Carolina

Rank by total paid#85 of 123
Median peer was paid$318K
This provider vs. median0.3×

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 LOCKLEAR, ASHLEY controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$5.0K$10K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
2018961$51K
2019337$14K
2020137$8K
202279$5K
202359$4K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99214 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity 57% 676 622 $46K
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 15% 325 285 $13K
90832 Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient 12% 241 198 $10K
90791 Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation 5.9% 67 65 $5K
90834 Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient 4.2% 199 171 $3K
90847 Family psychotherapy with the patient present, 50 minutes 3.8% 51 48 $3K
99205 Prolong outpt/office vis 2.3% 14 14 $2K

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 officialLOCKLEAR, ASHLEY (CFO)
Same official

Other billing entities under LOCKLEAR, ASHLEY

Full network →
ProviderLocationPaid
Primary Health Choice, INC.Lumberton, NC$93.14M
A Primary Choice, INC.Monroe, NC$70.92M
A Primary ChoiceLumberton, NC$15.53M
Primary Health Choice, INC.Lumberton, NC$6.14M
A Primary Choice, INC.Laurinburg, NC$4.48M
A Primary Choice, INC.Sanford, NC$3.49M
A Primary Choice, INC.Winston Salem, NC$2.64M
A Primary Choice, INC.Wadesboro, NC$2.28M
A Primary Choice, INC.Greensboro, NC$1.81M
A Primary Choice, INC.Asheboro, NC$1.63M
A Primary Choice, INC.Pembroke, NC$1.60M
A Primary Choice, INC.Burlington, NC$815K
A Primary Choice, INC.Monroe, NC$639K
A Primary Choice, INC.Tarboro, NC$516K
A Primary Choice, INC.Lenoir, NC$260K
A Primary Choice, INC.Kinston, NC$217K
A Primary Choice, INC.Forest City, NC$184K
A Primary Choice, INC.Red Springs, NC$144K
A Primary Choice, INC.Greenville, NC$133K
Primary Health Choice, INC.Lumberton, NC$132K

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