Hospital
The East Alabama Health Care Authority
The East Alabama Health Care Authority was paid $582K by Medicaid between Oct 2020 and Nov 2024, across 30 billing codes. Its largest line is 99283, emergency room visit (moderate) — 44% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoTHE EAST ALABAMA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY
VALLEY, AL 36854
VALLEY, AL 36854
33aNPI1780235002assigned 09/27/2019
33bProvider typeGeneral Acute Care Hospital
28Total paid$582K
24GClaims18,215
24DCodes billed30
24AFirst – last monthOct 2020 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Acute Care Hospital providers in Alabama
Rank by total paid#57 of 77
Median peer was paid$1.13M
This provider vs. median0.5×
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 PRICE, SAMUEL 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 769 | $12K | |
| 2021 | 4,209 | $118K | |
| 2022 | 4,770 | $141K | |
| 2023 | 5,884 | $189K | |
| 2024incomplete | 2,583 | $122K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99283 | Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity | 44% | 6,069 | 5,511 | $254K |
| 99284 | Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity | 26% | 2,200 | 1,956 | $152K |
| 99282 | Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity | 6.7% | 839 | 802 | $39K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 4.2% | 1,985 | 1,820 | $24K |
| 87426 | Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | 4.0% | 1,104 | 873 | $23K |
| 87637 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV | 3.8% | 177 | 174 | $22K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 3.1% | 1,948 | 1,776 | $18K |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | 2.5% | 1,219 | 525 | $15K |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | 1.7% | 514 | 508 | $10K |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | <1% | 240 | 229 | $4K |
| 87651 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe | <1% | 89 | 89 | $4K |
| 85027 | <1% | 525 | 517 | $4K |
18 more codes
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | <1% | 135 | $3K |
| 87428 | <1% | 51 | $3K | |
| 87636 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus types A and B | <1% | 17 | $2K |
| 83655 | <1% | 105 | $2K | |
| 81003 | <1% | 328 | $879.13 | |
| 82306 | Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed | <1% | 90 | $853.20 |
| 93005 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | <1% | 74 | $782.50 |
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | <1% | 13 | $523.32 |
| 84439 | <1% | 50 | $474.23 | |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | <1% | 40 | $443.88 |
| 71046 | Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | <1% | 28 | $368.81 |
| J1885 | Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | <1% | 50 | $79.16 |
| 83735 | <1% | 13 | $78.66 | |
| 80076 | <1% | 13 | $75.24 | |
| 81025 | <1% | 14 | $63.31 | |
| J7030 | Infusion, normal saline solution , 1000 cc | <1% | 14 | $30.96 |
| 0241U | Neonatal screening for hereditary disorders, genomic sequence analysis panel | 0% | 256 | $0.00 |
| 87801 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; amplified probe, multiple organisms | 0% | 15 | $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 officialPRICE, SAMUEL (CFO)
Parent organizationTHE EAST ALABAMA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| B. J. Price, INC | Doniphan, MO | $12.49M |
| The East Alabama Health Care Authority | Opelika, AL | $6.19M |
| East Alabama EMS, LLC | Opelika, AL | $2.58M |
| Eamc Er Physicians | Opelika, AL | $2.55M |
| Eamc Physicians Group | Opelika, AL | $1.07M |
| East Alabama Physicians, LLC | Opelika, AL | $771K |
| Primary Medicine Associates, LLC | Auburn, AL | $650K |
| Valley Area Primary Care, LLC | Valley, AL | $502K |
| East Alabama Maternal Fetal Medicine | Auburn, AL | $341K |
| East Alabama Heart and Vascular, LLC | Opelika, AL | $297K |
| Rehabworks LLC | Opelika, AL | $199K |
| East Alabama Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, LLC | Opelika, AL | $158K |
| Neurology Center of East Alabama, LLC | Opelika, AL | $94K |
| East Alabama Health Services LLC | Opelika, AL | $54K |
| Urology Associates of East Alabama LLC | Opelika, AL | $31K |
| Valley Internal Medical Associates LLC | Valley, AL | $15K |
| Endocrinology and Metabolism of East Alabama LLC | Opelika, AL | $2K |
| Eamc-Lanier Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC | Valley, AL | $2K |
| Eamc Eye Clinic, LLC | Opelika, AL | $0.00 |
| The East Alabama Health Care Authority | Opelika, AL | $0.00 |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.