Lester E Cox Medical Centers

Lester E Cox Medical Centers was paid $1.35M by Medicaid between Jan 2021 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
NIXA, MO 65714

33aNPI1740895440assigned 09/10/2020

33bProvider typeUrgent Care Clinic/Center

28Total paid$1.35M

24GClaims19,672

24DCodes billed8

24AFirst – last monthJan 2021 – Dec 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Urgent Care Clinic/Center providers in Missouri

Rank by total paid#8 of 37

Median peer was paid$456K

This provider vs. median3.0×

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

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
2021	2,147	$85K
2022	5,102	$327K
2023	7,871	$576K
2024incomplete	4,552	$358K

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	87%	13,725	13,477	$1.17M
99212	Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward	5.0%	1,497	1,476	$67K
87880	Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A	4.5%	3,637	3,584	$61K
87428		2.3%	437	429	$31K
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	<1%	52	51	$6K
87426	Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)	<1%	132	129	$5K
71046	Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views	<1%	29	29	$507.34
81003		<1%	163	161	$354.47

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. VICE-PRESIDENT & CFO)

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Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$112.33M
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$25.78M
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Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$795K
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$771K
Lester E. Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$593K
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$592K
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$560K
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$553K
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$440K
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Springfield, MO	$376K
Lester E Cox Medical Centers	Willow Springs, MO	$367K

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