Piedmont Nephrology & Hypertension Associates, PA
Piedmont Nephrology & Hypertension Associates, PA was paid $384K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 90960, End-stage renal disease related services monthly, for patients 20 years and older, with 4 or more face-to-face visits — 98% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPIEDMONT NEPHROLOGY & HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATES, PA
HICKORY, NC 28602
HICKORY, NC 28602
33aNPI1689673279assigned 07/18/2005
33bProvider typeSpecialist
28Total paid$384K
24GClaims8,906
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Specialist providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#55 of 172
Median peer was paid$83K
This provider vs. median4.7×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1,340 | $35K | |
| 2019 | 1,510 | $50K | |
| 2020 | 2,078 | $70K | |
| 2021 | 1,511 | $67K | |
| 2022 | 892 | $58K | |
| 2023 | 689 | $55K | |
| 2024incomplete | 886 | $50K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90960 | End-stage renal disease related services monthly, for patients 20 years and older, with 4 or more face-to-face visits | 98% | 8,530 | 6,043 | $375K |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 1.6% | 233 | 104 | $6K |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity | <1% | 24 | 16 | $2K |
| 90935 | Hemodialysis procedure with single evaluation by a physician | <1% | 63 | 24 | $678.64 |
| 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% | 13 | 12 | $293.11 |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | <1% | 17 | 12 | $283.80 |
| 90961 | <1% | 26 | 15 | $282.65 |
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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialWEAVER, LINDA (PRACTICE MANAGER)