Ernest G. Buchanan, IV, M.D., PC

Ernest G. Buchanan, IV, M.D., PC was paid $28K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Feb 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 80% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoERNEST G. BUCHANAN, IV, M.D., PC
COOKEVILLE, TN 38501

33aNPI1740478486assigned 10/09/2007

33bProvider typeFamily Medicine Physician

28Total paid$28K

24GClaims890

24DCodes billed3

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Feb 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Family Medicine Physician providers in Tennessee

Rank by total paid#403 of 754

Median peer was paid$34K

This provider vs. median0.8×

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	89	$2K
2019	62	$1K
2020	16	$665.80
2021	14	$273.57
2022	334	$12K
2023	358	$12K
2024incomplete	17	$671.25

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	80%	845	722	$22K
0240U		12%	29	26	$3K
0241U	Neonatal screening for hereditary disorders, genomic sequence analysis panel	8.0%	16	15	$2K

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 officialBUCHANAN, ERNEST (OWNER)