Physician
Ledbetter, Joel
Ledbetter, Joel was paid $112K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2020, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is 99215, doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex) — 82% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLEDBETTER, JOEL
CHATTANOOGA, TN 37403
CHATTANOOGA, TN 37403
33aNPI1639101785assigned 07/07/2006
33bProvider typePediatric Pulmonology Physician
28Total paid$112K
24GClaims1,226
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Pulmonology Physician providers in Tennessee
Rank by total paid#3 of 6
Median peer was paid$110K
This provider vs. median1.0×
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 | 350 | $33K | |
| 2019 | 537 | $46K | |
| 2020 | 339 | $33K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | 82% | 927 | 828 | $92K |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 9.9% | 223 | 69 | $11K |
| 31624 | 5.6% | 31 | 28 | $6K | |
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | 2.6% | 17 | 17 | $3K |
| 94010 | <1% | 28 | 27 | $297.45 |
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.