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Pacific Central Coast Health Centers

Pacific Central Coast Health Centers was paid $337K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 29 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 72% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPACIFIC CENTRAL COAST HEALTH CENTERS
SANTA MARIA, CA 93455
33aNPI1760861306assigned 05/28/2015
28Total paid$337K
24GClaims10,026
24DCodes billed29
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Community Health Clinic/Center providers in California

Rank by total paid#194 of 288
Median peer was paid$2.15M
This provider vs. median0.2×

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 MERLO, BRANDON controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$5.0K$10K$15K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
20181,680$34K
20191,532$46K
20201,607$58K
20211,569$77K
20221,259$65K
20231,532$39K
2024incomplete847$17K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
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 72% 6,109 6,053 $243K
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 7.5% 931 904 $25K
99396 Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, 40-64 years 6.8% 214 214 $23K
90471 Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine 3.6% 700 698 $12K
99395 Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, 18-39 years 3.4% 102 102 $11K
90686 1.7% 353 351 $6K
90674 1.4% 189 189 $5K
99385 <1% 26 26 $3K
G8510 Screening for depression is documented as negative, a follow-up plan is not required <1% 366 364 $3K
90715 <1% 42 42 $1K
G8431 Screening for depression is documented as being positive and a follow-up plan is documented <1% 84 84 $1K
83036 Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) <1% 135 135 $706.34
17 more codes
90732 <1% 12 $678.79
99497 <1% 107 $582.76
90670 <1% 14 $553.80
G0447 Face-to-face behavioral counseling for obesity, 15 minutes <1% 43 $485.29
99215 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex) <1% 13 $278.42
99211 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity <1% 46 $229.14
99204 Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved) <1% 12 $156.73
96127 <1% 22 $116.38
90653 <1% 28 $75.14
90694 <1% 28 $69.62
3078F <1% 135 $0.02
3074F <1% 52 $0.01
3077F 0% 14 $0.00
G0444 Annual depression screening, 5 to 15 minutes 0% 50 $0.00
G0439 Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit 0% 63 $0.00
G0009 Administration of pneumococcal vaccine 0% 14 $0.00
G0008 Administration of influenza virus vaccine 0% 122 $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 officialMERLO, BRANDON (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER)
Parent organizationPACIFIC CENTRAL COAST HEALTH CENTERS
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