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Lester E Cox Medical Centers

Lester E Cox Medical Centers was paid $795K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 47% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoLESTER E COX MEDICAL CENTERS
SPRINGFIELD, MO 65807
33aNPI1801837505assigned 06/10/2006
28Total paid$795K
24GClaims13,879
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Maternal & Fetal Medicine Physician providers in Missouri

Rank by total paid#5 of 36
Median peer was paid$89K
This provider vs. median8.9×

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

Paid by month

$0$20K$40K2018201920202021202220232024
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
201888$2K
201918$363.04
2020713$38K
20214,022$192K
20223,955$205K
20233,341$239K
2024incomplete1,742$119K
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 47% 5,121 3,677 $370K
76811 Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, fetal and maternal evaluation, detailed 15% 1,588 1,510 $121K
76816 Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, follow-up 14% 3,037 2,742 $111K
76819 Fetal biophysical profile; without non-stress testing 13% 2,868 1,867 $99K
99244 Office or other outpatient consultation, moderate to high complexity 6.7% 315 284 $53K
99212 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward 2.1% 449 347 $17K
99231 Subsequent hospital care, per day, straightforward or low complexity 1.4% 295 117 $11K
99243 <1% 61 58 $7K
76821 <1% 59 36 $2K
76820 <1% 58 37 $1K
99242 <1% 13 12 $1K
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 <1% 15 12 $773.65

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 officialMCWAY, JACOB (SR VP & CFO)
Same official

Other billing entities under MCWAY, JACOB

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ProviderLocationPaid
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$112.33M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$25.78M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$16.97M
Lester E. Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$3.50M
Lester E. Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$2.78M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$2.37M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersLebanon, MO$1.44M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersOzark, MO$1.40M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersNixa, MO$1.35M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$1.23M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$1.13M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$1.07M
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$771K
Lester E. Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$593K
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$592K
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$560K
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$553K
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$440K
Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO$376K
Lester E Cox Medical CentersWillow Springs, MO$367K

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.