Physician
Cherokee Medical Center
Cherokee Medical Center was paid $344K by Medicaid between Nov 2021 and Nov 2024, across 13 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 79% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER
GAFFNEY, SC 29340
GAFFNEY, SC 29340
33aNPI1760023980assigned 09/30/2019
33bProvider typeObstetrics & Gynecology Physician
28Total paid$344K
24GClaims5,920
24DCodes billed13
24AFirst – last monthNov 2021 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician providers in South Carolina
Rank by total paid#43 of 206
Median peer was paid$10K
This provider vs. median35×
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 MEINKE, KENNETH 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 | 75 | $7K | |
| 2022 | 1,536 | $83K | |
| 2023 | 2,499 | $126K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,810 | $129K |
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 | 79% | 3,313 | 2,627 | $273K |
| 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 | 7.6% | 253 | 250 | $26K |
| T1015 | A visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate)Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive | 6.9% | 314 | 278 | $24K |
| J1050 | Injection, medroxyprogesterone acetate, 1 mg | 2.2% | 102 | 102 | $8K |
| 99395 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, 18-39 years | 1.3% | 50 | 50 | $4K |
| 59430 | <1% | 14 | 14 | $2K | |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 783 | 724 | $2K |
| 81003 | <1% | 674 | 519 | $1K | |
| H0002 | Behavioral health screening to determine eligibility for admission to treatment program | <1% | 39 | 38 | $928.47 |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | <1% | 200 | 195 | $698.05 |
| 81025 | <1% | 107 | 105 | $627.05 | |
| 59025 | Fetal non-stress test | <1% | 16 | 13 | $497.70 |
1 more codes
| 87210 | <1% | 55 | $393.40 |
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 officialMEINKE, KENNETH (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER)
Parent organizationSPARTANBURG REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT, INC.
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Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.