Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC

Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC was paid $1.06M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 18 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 68% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPALMETTO PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, LLC
HAMPTON, SC 29924

33aNPI1710209564assigned 02/22/2010

33bProvider typePediatrics Physician

28Total paid$1.06M

24GClaims23,461

24DCodes billed18

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Pediatrics Physician providers in South Carolina

Rank by total paid#56 of 471

Median peer was paid$18K

This provider vs. median60×

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	4,128	$175K
2019	3,723	$166K
2020	3,507	$172K
2021	4,159	$186K
2022	3,038	$139K
2023	2,850	$126K
2024incomplete	2,056	$91K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	68%	13,729	11,905	$716K
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	23%	3,998	3,640	$242K
87502	Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets	2.4%	290	274	$25K
99212	Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward	2.2%	586	543	$23K
87635	Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe	2.2%	454	395	$23K
99394	Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, adolescent (12-17 years)	<1%	91	87	$9K
96372	Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular	<1%	1,569	1,357	$4K
36415	Collection of venous blood by venipuncture	<1%	1,957	1,787	$4K
99393	Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, late childhood (5-11 years)	<1%	40	39	$4K
99202	Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, straightforward	<1%	32	26	$2K
J1030	Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg	<1%	124	119	$608.27
99211	Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity	<1%	21	18	$446.22

6 more codes

90674		<1%	101	$440.96
81003		<1%	232	$402.35
87880	Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A	<1%	12	$138.10
J1885	Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg	<1%	164	$127.57
81025		<1%	12	$81.32
G0008	Administration of influenza virus vaccine	0%	49	$0.00

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