Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Pacific Central Coast Health Centers

Pacific Central Coast Health Centers was paid $282K by Medicaid between May 2018 and Oct 2024, across 14 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 39% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPACIFIC CENTRAL COAST HEALTH CENTERS
SANTA MARIA, CA 93454
33aNPI1760887368assigned 10/27/2014
28Total paid$282K
24GClaims3,065
24DCodes billed14
24AFirst – last monthMay 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Community Health Clinic/Center providers in California

Rank by total paid#198 of 288
Median peer was paid$2.15M
This provider vs. median0.1×

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
2018451$40K
2019797$74K
2020454$43K
2021157$14K
2022282$31K
2023637$53K
2024incomplete287$27K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 39% 1,181 1,111 $110K
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 20% 647 628 $57K
99238 Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less 11% 407 406 $30K
99460 9.8% 294 291 $28K
99204 Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity 7.6% 137 137 $22K
99215 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis 4.1% 109 104 $12K
99212 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward 2.4% 129 122 $7K
99205 Prolong outpt/office vis 2.4% 48 48 $7K
99203 Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity 1.1% 27 27 $3K
95910 <1% 12 12 $2K
95886 <1% 12 12 $2K
20610 <1% 34 28 $2K
2 more codes
99462 <1% 14 $580.86
G2211 Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's single, serious condition or a complex condition. (add-on code, list separately in addition to office/outpatient evaluation and management visit, new or established) <1% 14 $61.54

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
Same official

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