Physician
Hester, Richard
Hester, Richard was paid $315K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jun 2020, across 13 billing codes. Its largest line is 99213, doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) — 83% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHESTER, RICHARD
POPLAR BLUFF, MO 63901
POPLAR BLUFF, MO 63901
33aNPI1831280197assigned 09/28/2006
33bProvider typeFamily Medicine Physician
28Total paid$315K
24GClaims2,698
24DCodes billed13
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jun 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other Family Medicine Physician providers in Missouri
Rank by total paid#81 of 911
Median peer was paid$16K
This provider vs. median20×
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 | 948 | $112K | |
| 2019 | 1,166 | $132K | |
| 2020 | 584 | $72K |
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 | 83% | 2,131 | 1,901 | $263K |
| 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 | 6.5% | 110 | 102 | $20K |
| 87502 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets | 3.4% | 45 | 45 | $11K |
| 87651 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe | 2.9% | 94 | 94 | $9K |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity | 1.5% | 25 | 24 | $5K |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | 1.1% | 104 | 98 | $3K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | <1% | 26 | 26 | $1K |
| Q3014 | Telehealth originating site facility fee | <1% | 67 | 53 | $915.69 |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | <1% | 27 | 27 | $885.60 |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | <1% | 30 | 30 | $783.90 |
| 96127 | <1% | 14 | 12 | $510.30 | |
| 3008F | 0% | 12 | 12 | $0.00 |
1 more codes
| 1159F | 0% | 13 | $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.