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Central Iowa Hospital Corporation
Central Iowa Hospital Corporation was paid $1.15M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 29 billing codes. Its largest line is 99284, emergency room visit (serious) — 34% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCENTRAL IOWA HOSPITAL CORPORATION
WEST DES MOINES, IA 50266
WEST DES MOINES, IA 50266
33aNPI1598905762assigned 03/02/2009
33bProvider typeAmbulance
28Total paid$1.15M
24GClaims28,105
24DCodes billed29
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Ambulance providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#10 of 45
Median peer was paid$85K
This provider vs. median14×
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
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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 | 1,879 | $47K | |
| 2019 | 3,054 | $89K | |
| 2020 | 2,536 | $84K | |
| 2021 | 3,930 | $151K | |
| 2022 | 5,088 | $210K | |
| 2023 | 4,865 | $177K | |
| 2024incomplete | 6,753 | $394K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99284 | Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity | 34% | 1,470 | 1,398 | $393K |
| G0463 | Hospital outpatient clinic visit for assessment and management of a patient | 23% | 3,761 | 3,328 | $264K |
| 99211 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity | 12% | 12,671 | 12,151 | $135K |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hourPsychotherapy, 53 minutes with patient | 8.7% | 873 | 567 | $100K |
| 99283 | Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity | 6.7% | 432 | 419 | $77K |
| 99285 | Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life | 5.2% | 155 | 144 | $61K |
| 96374 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; intravenous push, single or initial substance | 3.8% | 283 | 269 | $43K |
| 0202U | Oncology (prostate), multianalyte, gene expression profiling | 2.1% | 78 | 76 | $24K |
| 95913 | 1.1% | 27 | 27 | $12K | |
| J0585 | Injection, onabotulinumtoxina, 1 unit | <1% | 21 | 12 | $8K |
| 90792 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services | <1% | 59 | 59 | $8K |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | <1% | 73 | 54 | $7K |
17 more codes
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation | <1% | 56 | $7K |
| 96361 | Intravenous infusion, hydration; each additional hour | <1% | 96 | $5K |
| 96375 | Therapeutic injection; each additional sequential IV push | <1% | 110 | $5K |
| 99281 | Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, self-limited or minor | <1% | 428 | $2K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | <1% | 1,927 | $894.89 |
| 96127 | <1% | 1,267 | $887.81 | |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 2,370 | $831.68 |
| 93005 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | <1% | 100 | $196.96 |
| 81001 | <1% | 656 | $66.42 | |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | <1% | 691 | $49.97 |
| J1885 | Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | <1% | 72 | $34.47 |
| 83690 | <1% | 162 | $5.79 | |
| 81025 | 0% | 39 | $0.00 | |
| Q9967 | Low osmolar contrast material, 300-399 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml | 0% | 25 | $0.00 |
| 84484 | 0% | 17 | $0.00 | |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | 0% | 25 | $0.00 |
| 95886 | 0% | 161 | $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.
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