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Primary Health Choice, INC.

Primary Health Choice, INC. was paid $6.14M by Medicaid between Nov 2022 and Nov 2024, across 14 billing codes. Its largest line is T1017, case management, billed per 15 minutes — 59% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPRIMARY HEALTH CHOICE, INC.
LUMBERTON, NC 28358
33aNPI1609182575assigned 08/30/2010
28Total paid$6.14M
24GClaims27,271
24DCodes billed14
24AFirst – last monthNov 2022 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor providers in North Carolina

Rank by total paid#18 of 222
Median peer was paid$168K
This provider vs. median37×

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$200K$400K$600K2018201920202021202220232024
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
2022612$146K
202311,028$2.24M
2024incomplete15,631$3.75M
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
T1017 Case management, billed per 15 minutesTargeted case management, each 15 minutes 59% 13,042 11,148 $3.62M
H2022 Community-based wrap-around services, per diem 27% 6,032 557 $1.68M
H0038 Self-help/peer services, per 15 minutes 8.4% 3,349 533 $518K
T2013 Habilitation, educational, waiver; per hour 1.2% 522 41 $74K
90791 Psychiatric diagnostic evaluationPsychiatric diagnostic evaluation <1% 305 299 $50K
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 <1% 590 531 $40K
90834 Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient <1% 574 405 $35K
Q3014 Telehealth originating site facility fee <1% 1,623 1,080 $31K
96130 <1% 193 169 $26K
90832 Psychotherapy session, about 30 minutesPsychotherapy, 30 minutes with patient <1% 636 453 $23K
96137 <1% 180 155 $23K
96136 <1% 167 158 $7K
2 more codes
99205 Prolong outpt/office vis <1% 30 $4K
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) <1% 28 $1K

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
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
Primary Health Choice, INC.Lumberton, NC$82K

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