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Lester E Cox Medical Centers

Lester E Cox Medical Centers was paid $1.40M by Medicaid between Mar 2020 and Dec 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 87% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoLESTER E COX MEDICAL CENTERS
OZARK, MO 65721
33aNPI1669923884assigned 10/24/2016
28Total paid$1.40M
24GClaims20,419
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthMar 2020 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Urgent Care Clinic/Center providers in Missouri

Rank by total paid#7 of 37
Median peer was paid$456K
This provider vs. median3.1×

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 MCWAY, JACOB controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$50K$100K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
2020399$18K
20212,668$115K
20225,124$340K
20237,331$540K
2024incomplete4,897$390K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 87% 14,258 14,002 $1.23M
99212 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward 4.5% 1,551 1,544 $64K
87880 Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A 4.5% 3,611 3,569 $63K
87428 3.0% 530 527 $41K
87426 Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) <1% 177 176 $8K
71046 Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views <1% 35 35 $715.12
81003 <1% 214 211 $493.25
81025 <1% 43 42 $371.10

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 officialMCWAY, JACOB (EXEC. VP & CFO)
Same official

Other billing entities under MCWAY, JACOB

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ProviderLocationPaid
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$112.33M
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Lester E. Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$2.78M
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Lester E Cox Medical CentersLebanon, MO$1.44M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersNixa, MO$1.35M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$1.23M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$1.13M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$1.07M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$795K
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Lester E. Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$593K
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$592K
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$560K
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$553K
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$440K
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$376K
Lester E Cox Medical CentersWillow Springs, MO$367K

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