Supplier
Patients First Medical Equipment of Spartanburg, LLC
Patients First Medical Equipment of Spartanburg, LLC was paid $908K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jul 2023, across 23 billing codes. Its largest line is E1390, Oxygen concentrator, single delivery port, capable of delivering 85 percent or greater oxygen concentration at the prescribed flow rate — 39% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPATIENTS FIRST MEDICAL EQUIPMENT OF SPARTANBURG, LLC
GREER, SC 29650
GREER, SC 29650
33aNPI1821069816assigned 01/30/2006
33bProvider typeDurable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
28Total paid$908K
24GClaims31,374
24DCodes billed23
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jul 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies providers in South Carolina
Rank by total paid#40 of 160
Median peer was paid$125K
This provider vs. median7.2×
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 GRIGGS, STEPHEN 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1,480 | $36K | |
| 2019 | 3,112 | $94K | |
| 2020 | 6,924 | $248K | |
| 2021 | 7,065 | $200K | |
| 2022 | 8,124 | $219K | |
| 2023 | 4,669 | $112K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E1390 | Oxygen concentrator, single delivery port, capable of delivering 85 percent or greater oxygen concentration at the prescribed flow rate | 39% | 6,356 | 4,877 | $351K |
| E0601 | Continuous positive airway pressure (cpap) device | 17% | 4,518 | 3,521 | $157K |
| A7030 | Full face mask used with positive airway pressure device, each | 8.8% | 1,588 | 1,102 | $80K |
| E0570 | Nebulizer, with compressor | 8.4% | 2,806 | 2,141 | $76K |
| E0431 | Portable gaseous oxygen system, rental; includes portable container, regulator, flowmeter, humidifier, cannula or mask, and tubing | 7.0% | 4,906 | 3,871 | $63K |
| A7031 | Face mask interface, replacement for full face mask, each | 4.5% | 1,435 | 1,008 | $41K |
| E0562 | Humidifier, heated, used with positive airway pressure device | 4.0% | 338 | 253 | $37K |
| A4604 | Tubing with integrated heating element for use with positive airway pressure device | 3.6% | 2,217 | 1,469 | $33K |
| A7034 | Nasal interface (mask or cannula type) used with positive airway pressure device, with or without head strap | 2.0% | 653 | 452 | $18K |
| A7035 | Headgear used with positive airway pressure device | 1.9% | 1,580 | 1,092 | $17K |
| A7038 | Filter, disposable, used with positive airway pressure device | 1.3% | 2,954 | 2,048 | $12K |
| A7032 | Cushion for use on nasal mask interface, replacement only, each | <1% | 221 | 157 | $6K |
11 more codes
| A7046 | Water chamber for humidifier, used with positive airway pressure device, replacement, each | <1% | 1,087 | $5K |
| A4627 | Spacer, bag or reservoir, with or without mask, for use with metered dose inhaler | <1% | 83 | $2K |
| K0001 | Standard wheelchair | <1% | 133 | $2K |
| A7037 | Tubing used with positive airway pressure device | <1% | 68 | $1K |
| E0470 | Respiratory assist device, bi-level pressure capability, without backup rate feature, used with noninvasive interface, e.g., nasal or facial mask (intermittent assist device with continuous positive airway pressure device) | <1% | 25 | $1K |
| A7005 | Administration set, with small volume nonfiltered pneumatic nebulizer, non-disposable | <1% | 47 | $775.87 |
| E0260 | Hospital bed, semi-electric (head and foot adjustment), with any type side rails, with mattress | <1% | 48 | $756.98 |
| E0143 | Walker, folding, wheeled, adjustable or fixed height | <1% | 32 | $701.62 |
| A7003 | Administration set, with small volume nonfiltered pneumatic nebulizer, disposable | <1% | 157 | $443.02 |
| E1392 | Portable oxygen concentrator, rental | <1% | 47 | $314.57 |
| A7015 | Aerosol mask, used with dme nebulizer | <1% | 75 | $100.32 |
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 officialGRIGGS, STEPHEN (CEO - PRESIDENT)
Parent organizationAEROCARE HOLDINGS LLC
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Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.