Physician
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC was paid $1.08M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 32 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 38% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPALMETTO PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, LLC
N CHARLESTON, SC 29406
N CHARLESTON, SC 29406
33aNPI1629017694assigned 06/05/2006
33bProvider typeDiagnostic Radiology Physician
28Total paid$1.08M
24GClaims31,196
24DCodes billed32
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Diagnostic Radiology Physician providers in South Carolina
Rank by total paid#8 of 117
Median peer was paid$482.86
This provider vs. median2,244×
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.
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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 | 6,141 | $227K | |
| 2019 | 5,097 | $187K | |
| 2020 | 4,558 | $173K | |
| 2021 | 5,333 | $194K | |
| 2022 | 4,512 | $143K | |
| 2023 | 3,612 | $113K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,943 | $46K |
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 | 38% | 8,151 | 7,518 | $411K |
| 87502 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets | 13% | 1,701 | 1,588 | $141K |
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | 12% | 2,629 | 2,442 | $132K |
| 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 | 12% | 1,696 | 1,593 | $131K |
| 76536 | 3.7% | 733 | 714 | $40K | |
| 70553 | Magnetic resonance imaging, brain; without contrast material, followed by contrast material and further sequences | 3.2% | 274 | 257 | $34K |
| 71046 | Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 1.8% | 1,813 | 1,752 | $19K |
| 72100 | 1.6% | 1,168 | 1,139 | $17K | |
| 72148 | Magnetic resonance imaging, lumbar spine; without contrast material | 1.6% | 180 | 177 | $17K |
| A9577 | Injection, gadobenate dimeglumine (multihance), per ml | 1.6% | 671 | 634 | $17K |
| 76705 | Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; limited | 1.5% | 460 | 450 | $16K |
| 93306 | Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete | 1.5% | 243 | 232 | $16K |
20 more codes
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | 1.4% | 6,110 | $15K |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | 1.3% | 1,095 | $15K |
| 74177 | Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; with contrast material | 1.1% | 119 | $12K |
| 73562 | <1% | 703 | $9K | |
| 76700 | Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; complete | <1% | 180 | $9K |
| Q9967 | Low osmolar contrast material, 300-399 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml | <1% | 1,237 | $9K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 194 | $8K |
| 72040 | <1% | 329 | $4K | |
| 81003 | <1% | 801 | $2K | |
| 73630 | <1% | 115 | $1K | |
| 73030 | <1% | 126 | $1K | |
| 74176 | Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; without contrast material | <1% | 25 | $1K |
| 87651 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe | <1% | 52 | $1K |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | <1% | 233 | $789.96 |
| 73610 | <1% | 33 | $391.17 | |
| 81025 | <1% | 56 | $388.33 | |
| 0011A | <1% | 13 | $385.00 | |
| 72070 | <1% | 27 | $374.94 | |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | <1% | 17 | $123.20 |
| J1100 | Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg | <1% | 12 | $11.65 |
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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