Hospital
Northwest Medical Center INC.
Northwest Medical Center INC. was paid $1.60M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 59 billing codes. Its largest line is 99284, emergency room visit (serious) — 24% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoNORTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER INC.
WINFIELD, AL 35594
WINFIELD, AL 35594
33aNPI1750495941assigned 08/18/2006
33bProvider typeGeneral Acute Care Hospital
28Total paid$1.60M
24GClaims59,273
24DCodes billed59
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Acute Care Hospital providers in Alabama
Rank by total paid#33 of 77
Median peer was paid$1.13M
This provider vs. median1.4×
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 | 9,924 | $151K | |
| 2019 | 10,028 | $185K | |
| 2020 | 4,378 | $106K | |
| 2021 | 7,341 | $159K | |
| 2022 | 9,295 | $275K | |
| 2023 | 11,492 | $474K | |
| 2024incomplete | 6,815 | $249K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99284 | Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity | 24% | 5,986 | 5,553 | $390K |
| 99285 | Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life | 20% | 1,339 | 1,267 | $317K |
| 11042 | Debridement, subcutaneous tissue (includes epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue); first 20 sq cm | 16% | 3,157 | 1,398 | $256K |
| 99283 | Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity | 16% | 7,456 | 6,896 | $253K |
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | 4.9% | 1,964 | 1,865 | $79K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 4.0% | 6,900 | 6,241 | $64K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 3.5% | 7,629 | 6,799 | $57K |
| 87430 | 2.2% | 2,076 | 2,003 | $34K | |
| 87400 | 1.6% | 2,275 | 2,167 | $25K | |
| 80306 | 1.2% | 1,699 | 1,583 | $18K | |
| 81001 | <1% | 4,554 | 4,205 | $16K | |
| G0463 | Hospital outpatient clinic visit for assessment and management of a patient | <1% | 694 | 511 | $13K |
47 more codes
| 87081 | <1% | 1,000 | $10K | |
| 87426 | Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | <1% | 337 | $10K |
| 97597 | <1% | 533 | $9K | |
| 93005 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | <1% | 1,003 | $8K |
| 85610 | <1% | 1,587 | $6K | |
| 71045 | Radiologic examination, chest; single view | <1% | 1,033 | $4K |
| G0378 | Hospital observation service, per hour | <1% | 111 | $3K |
| 87086 | Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine | <1% | 371 | $3K |
| 85730 | <1% | 1,537 | $3K | |
| U0003 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r | <1% | 44 | $3K |
| 84484 | <1% | 385 | $2K | |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | <1% | 121 | $2K |
| 70450 | Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material | <1% | 37 | $2K |
| J0696 | Injection, ceftriaxone sodium, per 250 mg | <1% | 1,169 | $2K |
| 74176 | Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; without contrast material | <1% | 31 | $1K |
| 87420 | <1% | 49 | $973.82 | |
| 99282 | Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity | <1% | 44 | $953.41 |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | <1% | 53 | $899.78 |
| 82553 | <1% | 106 | $850.42 | |
| 66984 | Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis | <1% | 21 | $762.36 |
| 87070 | <1% | 140 | $738.62 | |
| J1100 | Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg | <1% | 668 | $399.40 |
| 82550 | <1% | 73 | $330.98 | |
| 83690 | <1% | 55 | $284.46 | |
| J2270 | Injection, morphine sulfate, up to 10 mg | <1% | 161 | $264.05 |
| 87186 | <1% | 51 | $255.60 | |
| J1885 | Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | <1% | 196 | $216.94 |
| 85027 | <1% | 30 | $198.52 | |
| 87077 | <1% | 51 | $182.10 | |
| J2405 | Injection, ondansetron hydrochloride, per 1 mg | <1% | 655 | $178.44 |
| 82805 | <1% | 13 | $174.64 | |
| 81025 | <1% | 40 | $169.72 | |
| J2550 | Injection, promethazine hcl, up to 50 mg | <1% | 128 | $142.52 |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | <1% | 16 | $123.30 |
| 87040 | <1% | 13 | $80.88 | |
| 82150 | <1% | 13 | $72.63 | |
| 83735 | <1% | 15 | $69.24 | |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | <1% | 1,048 | $66.33 |
| J2704 | Injection, propofol, 10 mg | 0% | 12 | $0.00 |
| 96374 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; intravenous push, single or initial substance | 0% | 46 | $0.00 |
| 96361 | Intravenous infusion, hydration; each additional hour | 0% | 48 | $0.00 |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | 0% | 55 | $0.00 |
| 96375 | Therapeutic injection; each additional sequential IV push | 0% | 64 | $0.00 |
| J2250 | Injection, midazolam hydrochloride, per 1 mg | 0% | 13 | $0.00 |
| A9270 | Non-covered item or service | 0% | 334 | $0.00 |
| C1780 | Lens, intraocular (new technology) | 0% | 21 | $0.00 |
| G1004 | Clinical decision support mechanism national decision support company, as defined by the medicare appropriate use criteria program | 0% | 13 | $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 officialMITCHELL, CATHY (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| NWMC Winfield Physicians LLC | Winfield, AL | $820K |
| Northwest Medical Center INC. | Sulligent, AL | $583K |
| NWMC Emergency Physicians LLC | Winfield, AL | $438K |
| Northwest Medical Center INC. | Winfield, AL | $68K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.