Hospital
Palo Alto County Hospital
Palo Alto County Hospital was paid $675K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 31 billing codes. Its largest line is 99211, Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity — 19% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITAL
EMMETSBURG, IA 50536
EMMETSBURG, IA 50536
33aNPI1790793651assigned 08/04/2006
33bProvider typeCritical Access Hospital
28Total paid$675K
24GClaims21,218
24DCodes billed31
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Critical Access Hospital providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#45 of 79
Median peer was paid$801K
This provider vs. median0.8×
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 | 3,333 | $113K | |
| 2019 | 2,866 | $80K | |
| 2020 | 2,522 | $56K | |
| 2021 | 4,178 | $149K | |
| 2022 | 3,963 | $142K | |
| 2023 | 2,899 | $87K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,457 | $48K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99211 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity | 19% | 3,125 | 2,765 | $129K |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | 18% | 8,664 | 6,693 | $120K |
| 99283 | Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity | 17% | 950 | 850 | $115K |
| 99284 | Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity | 8.7% | 331 | 290 | $59K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 8.1% | 2,149 | 1,655 | $54K |
| 87651 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe | 4.6% | 657 | 618 | $31K |
| 87502 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets | 4.1% | 407 | 386 | $27K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 3.9% | 755 | 624 | $27K |
| 87426 | Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | 2.7% | 559 | 536 | $18K |
| C9803 | Hospital outpatient clinic visit specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), any specimen source | 2.2% | 1,027 | 987 | $15K |
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | 2.0% | 324 | 302 | $14K |
| 99285 | Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life | 1.9% | 55 | 51 | $13K |
19 more codes
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | 1.7% | 315 | $11K |
| T1015 | A visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate) | 1.7% | 267 | $11K |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | 1.6% | 756 | $11K |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | <1% | 143 | $4K |
| 81001 | <1% | 195 | $3K | |
| 93005 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | <1% | 45 | $3K |
| 85027 | <1% | 68 | $2K | |
| 85018 | <1% | 77 | $1K | |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | <1% | 32 | $1K |
| 84484 | <1% | 19 | $1K | |
| 87420 | <1% | 19 | $913.26 | |
| 87634 | <1% | 13 | $826.12 | |
| 0241U | Neonatal screening for hereditary disorders, genomic sequence analysis panel | <1% | 15 | $803.79 |
| 87070 | <1% | 14 | $559.97 | |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | <1% | 20 | $368.04 |
| G2023 | Specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), any specimen source | <1% | 16 | $190.29 |
| 81003 | <1% | 12 | $153.31 | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) | 0% | 164 | $0.00 |
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) | 0% | 25 | $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 officialEINSWEILER, DESIREE (ADMINISTRATOR/CEO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto County Hospital | Emmetsburg, IA | $4.73M |
| Palo Alto County Hospital | Graettinger, IA | $756K |
| Palo Alto County Hospital | West Bend, IA | $615K |
| Palo Alto County Hospital | Emmetsburg, IA | $66K |
| Palo Alto County Hospital | Emmetsburg, IA | $6K |
| Palo Alto County Hospital | Emmetsburg, IA | $3K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.