Physician
Whitson, Melissa
Whitson, Melissa was paid $1.40M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 42 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 22% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWHITSON, MELISSA
SAINT LOUIS, MO 63109
SAINT LOUIS, MO 63109
33aNPI1609879337assigned 05/26/2005
33bProvider typePediatrics Physician
28Total paid$1.40M
24GClaims34,315
24DCodes billed42
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatrics Physician providers in Missouri
Rank by total paid#24 of 992
Median peer was paid$40K
This provider vs. median34×
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 | 9,321 | $307K | |
| 2019 | 8,374 | $304K | |
| 2020 | 5,294 | $204K | |
| 2021 | 5,686 | $214K | |
| 2022 | 2,081 | $128K | |
| 2023 | 2,160 | $142K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,399 | $96K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 22% | 4,880 | 4,461 | $302K |
| 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 | 21% | 4,229 | 3,917 | $295K |
| 99393 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, late childhood (5-11 years) | 8.9% | 1,653 | 1,515 | $124K |
| 99392 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, early childhood (1-4 years) | 8.3% | 1,470 | 1,384 | $116K |
| 92551 | 6.3% | 1,969 | 1,747 | $89K | |
| 87502 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets | 5.7% | 773 | 664 | $80K |
| 99391 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, infant (under 1 year) | 5.6% | 935 | 916 | $78K |
| 99394 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, adolescent (12-17 years) | 5.5% | 1,022 | 942 | $77K |
| 92587 | 3.6% | 1,740 | 1,690 | $51K | |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 1.9% | 723 | 707 | $26K |
| 87651 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe | 1.7% | 602 | 592 | $24K |
| 87426 | Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | 1.6% | 499 | 478 | $23K |
30 more codes
| 83655 | 1.4% | 1,594 | $19K | |
| 81002 | <1% | 4,098 | $13K | |
| 90698 | <1% | 394 | $13K | |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex) | <1% | 124 | $12K |
| 90686 | <1% | 1,051 | $7K | |
| 90700 | <1% | 368 | $7K | |
| 90670 | <1% | 869 | $6K | |
| 90707 | <1% | 280 | $5K | |
| 85018 | <1% | 1,791 | $4K | |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | <1% | 98 | $4K |
| 90680 | <1% | 388 | $4K | |
| 90633 | <1% | 319 | $2K | |
| 98925 | <1% | 80 | $2K | |
| 90651 | <1% | 300 | $2K | |
| 90716 | <1% | 282 | $2K | |
| 90734 | <1% | 266 | $2K | |
| 90715 | <1% | 98 | $2K | |
| 99072 | <1% | 325 | $1K | |
| 90744 | <1% | 222 | $1K | |
| 87807 | <1% | 76 | $1K | |
| 0071A | <1% | 16 | $876.80 | |
| 0072A | <1% | 43 | $840.00 | |
| 90685 | <1% | 108 | $712.15 | |
| 90713 | <1% | 111 | $674.13 | |
| 90656 | <1% | 50 | $553.00 | |
| 90621 | <1% | 70 | $405.19 | |
| 97802 | <1% | 26 | $390.00 | |
| 90648 | <1% | 32 | $201.36 | |
| 96110 | Developmental screening, with scoring and documentation, per standardized instrument | 0% | 12 | $0.00 |
| 98960 | 0% | 329 | $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.