Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC

Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC was paid $515K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 98% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPALMETTO PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, LLC
CHARLESTON, SC 29412

33aNPI1649414632assigned 04/22/2009

33bProvider typeFamily Medicine Physician

28Total paid$515K

24GClaims7,578

24DCodes billed4

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Family Medicine Physician providers in South Carolina

Rank by total paid#74 of 696

Median peer was paid$14K

This provider vs. median36×

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 ARNAU, THOMAS controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more

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	1,343	$87K
2019	1,205	$82K
2020	1,134	$76K
2021	1,212	$87K
2022	1,062	$71K
2023	843	$60K
2024incomplete	779	$52K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
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	98%	6,361	5,565	$505K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	1.4%	116	112	$7K
36415	Collection of venous blood by venipuncture	<1%	1,087	1,030	$2K
96372	Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular	<1%	14	12	$52.80

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 officialARNAU, THOMAS (PRESIDENT)

Same official

Other billing entities under ARNAU, THOMAS

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Provider	Location	Paid
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC	N Charleston, SC	$1.84M
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC	Summerville, SC	$1.54M
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC	N Charleston, SC	$1.08M
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC	Hampton, SC	$1.06M
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC	Moncks Corner, SC	$891K
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC	Summerville, SC	$738K
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC	N Charleston, SC	$563K
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC	Charleston, SC	$549K
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC	Ladson, SC	$457K
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC	Bonneau, SC	$411K
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC	Summerville, SC	$395K
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC	Saint Stephen, SC	$357K
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC	Summerville, SC	$332K
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC	Summerville, SC	$279K
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC	Saint George, SC	$178K
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians,llc	Summerville, SC	$156K
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC	Summerville, SC	$126K
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC	Daniel Island, SC	$118K
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC	Goose Creek, SC	$63K
Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC	Ladson, SC	$54K

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