Physician
Columbia Lutheran Charities
Columbia Lutheran Charities was paid $4.69M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 68 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 36% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCOLUMBIA LUTHERAN CHARITIES
ASTORIA, OR 97103
ASTORIA, OR 97103
33aNPI1821254129assigned 08/06/2008
33bProvider typeCardiovascular Disease Physician
28Total paid$4.69M
24GClaims108,724
24DCodes billed68
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Oregon
Rank by total paid#1 of 17
Median peer was paid$105K
This provider vs. median45×
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 | 11,725 | $512K | |
| 2019 | 15,233 | $687K | |
| 2020 | 13,468 | $533K | |
| 2021 | 15,148 | $543K | |
| 2022 | 17,060 | $708K | |
| 2023 | 19,439 | $939K | |
| 2024incomplete | 16,651 | $762K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 36% | 33,796 | 27,253 | $1.71M |
| 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 | 28% | 22,965 | 17,830 | $1.30M |
| 99392 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, early childhood (1-4 years) | 8.4% | 3,971 | 3,843 | $391K |
| 99391 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, infant (under 1 year) | 7.7% | 4,288 | 3,744 | $363K |
| 90834 | Psychotherapy session, about 45 minutesPsychotherapy, 45 minutes with patient | 3.0% | 1,272 | 901 | $141K |
| 99393 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, late childhood (5-11 years) | 2.4% | 1,198 | 1,142 | $113K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | 2.4% | 1,524 | 1,109 | $113K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 2.1% | 1,848 | 1,362 | $97K |
| 96110 | Developmental screening, with scoring and documentation, per standardized instrument | 1.8% | 10,334 | 9,311 | $84K |
| 90686 | 1.4% | 3,453 | 3,372 | $65K | |
| 11042 | Debridement, subcutaneous tissue (includes epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue); first 20 sq cm | <1% | 1,479 | 503 | $45K |
| 90670 | <1% | 1,929 | 1,855 | $35K |
56 more codes
| 90698 | <1% | 1,644 | $30K | |
| 11721 | <1% | 4,257 | $21K | |
| D0191 | <1% | 2,123 | $20K | |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved) | <1% | 202 | $18K |
| 90680 | <1% | 794 | $14K | |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 298 | $12K |
| 90837 | Psychotherapy session, about an hour | <1% | 131 | $11K |
| 99394 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, adolescent (12-17 years) | <1% | 95 | $10K |
| 93010 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only | <1% | 2,128 | $10K |
| 90633 | <1% | 345 | $6K | |
| 90685 | <1% | 294 | $5K | |
| 96127 | <1% | 1,093 | $5K | |
| 90648 | <1% | 285 | $4K | |
| 20610 | <1% | 234 | $4K | |
| 90656 | <1% | 273 | $4K | |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | <1% | 925 | $4K |
| 90744 | <1% | 218 | $4K | |
| 90471 | Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine | <1% | 292 | $4K |
| 87651 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe | <1% | 140 | $3K |
| 90677 | <1% | 161 | $3K | |
| 87502 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets | <1% | 40 | $3K |
| 90723 | <1% | 152 | $3K | |
| 99441 | <1% | 163 | $2K | |
| 83655 | <1% | 227 | $2K | |
| 96161 | <1% | 1,202 | $2K | |
| 36416 | <1% | 413 | $2K | |
| 90791 | Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation | <1% | 16 | $2K |
| 99406 | <1% | 543 | $2K | |
| J3301 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | <1% | 328 | $2K |
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 12 | $1K |
| 96150 | <1% | 37 | $1K | |
| 99442 | <1% | 74 | $1K | |
| 99211 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity | <1% | 234 | $1K |
| 11056 | <1% | 138 | $1K | |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | <1% | 84 | $896.57 |
| 51798 | <1% | 136 | $822.54 | |
| 99188 | <1% | 71 | $711.66 | |
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | <1% | 19 | $591.09 |
| 91321 | <1% | 16 | $587.44 | |
| 85610 | <1% | 217 | $462.79 | |
| G2025 | Payment for a telehealth distant site service furnished by a rural health clinic (rhc) or federally qualified health center (fqhc) only | <1% | 21 | $442.02 |
| 99401 | <1% | 15 | $337.05 | |
| 99408 | <1% | 17 | $319.14 | |
| 96160 | <1% | 141 | $310.30 | |
| 11057 | <1% | 35 | $302.48 | |
| 90619 | <1% | 15 | $274.13 | |
| 90710 | <1% | 14 | $274.10 | |
| 90696 | <1% | 12 | $257.83 | |
| 90707 | <1% | 12 | $231.52 | |
| 90716 | <1% | 13 | $231.52 | |
| 81002 | <1% | 116 | $231.23 | |
| 93793 | <1% | 28 | $147.48 | |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 105 | $104.67 |
| 90480 | <1% | 17 | $80.00 | |
| 85018 | <1% | 37 | $69.38 | |
| 93296 | <1% | 15 | $25.79 |
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 officialTHORSEN, ERIK (CEO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia Lutheran Charities | Astoria, OR | $21.46M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.