J Walter Sledge MD PLLC

J Walter Sledge MD PLLC was paid $88K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Apr 2021, across 9 billing codes. Its largest line is 93306, Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete — 52% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoJ WALTER SLEDGE MD PLLC
CHATTANOOGA, TN 37404

33aNPI1720179567assigned 09/27/2006

33bProvider typeCardiovascular Disease Physician

28Total paid$88K

24GClaims5,534

24DCodes billed9

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Apr 2021

Compared with peers

Next to other Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Tennessee

Rank by total paid#33 of 136

Median peer was paid$21K

This provider vs. median4.1×

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.

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	2,217	$33K
2019	1,793	$30K
2020	1,396	$21K
2021	128	$3K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
93306	Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete	52%	1,994	1,534	$46K
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	32%	2,046	1,629	$28K
93000		6.4%	1,002	840	$6K
99215	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis	4.5%	184	141	$4K
78452	Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic (SPECT); multiple studies at rest and/or stress	1.8%	54	41	$2K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	1.1%	72	60	$958.58
99223	Prolong inpt eval add15 m	<1%	35	25	$701.72
99232	Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity	<1%	131	25	$687.00
99152		<1%	16	12	$64.81

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 officialANDREWS, DURIE (BILLING OFFICE OWNER)

Same official

Other billing entities under ANDREWS, DURIE

Full network →

Provider	Location	Paid
Adult Medicine Health Center PC	Chattanooga, TN	$5K

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