Physician
Lester E Cox Medical Centers
Lester E Cox Medical Centers was paid $10K by Medicaid between Sep 2023 and May 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 99284, emergency room visit (serious) — 62% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLESTER E COX MEDICAL CENTERS
SPRINGFIELD, MO 65807
SPRINGFIELD, MO 65807
33aNPI1659061810assigned 05/11/2023
33bProvider typeHospitalist Physician
28Total paid$10K
24GClaims116
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthSep 2023 – May 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Hospitalist Physician providers in Missouri
Rank by total paid#42 of 71
Median peer was paid$14K
This provider vs. median0.7×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 78 | $6K | |
| 2024incomplete | 38 | $3K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99284 | Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity | 62% | 57 | 53 | $6K |
| 99283 | Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity | 33% | 46 | 42 | $3K |
| 99282 | Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity | 5.8% | 13 | 13 | $560.32 |
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 officialSHAMEL, JONATHAN (SENIOR VP OF OPERATIONS)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Branson, MO | $303K |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers | Springfield, MO | $1K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.