Hospital
ST. Vincent's Birmingham
ST. Vincent's Birmingham was paid $1.29M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 34 billing codes. Its largest line is 99285, emergency room visit (most serious) — 52% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoST. VINCENT'S BIRMINGHAM
BIRMINGHAM, AL 35205
BIRMINGHAM, AL 35205
33aNPI1841298999assigned 07/12/2005
33bProvider typeGeneral Acute Care Hospital
28Total paid$1.29M
24GClaims32,982
24DCodes billed34
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Acute Care Hospital providers in Alabama
Rank by total paid#37 of 77
Median peer was paid$1.13M
This provider vs. median1.1×
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 | 7,580 | $281K | |
| 2019 | 6,966 | $294K | |
| 2020 | 4,237 | $160K | |
| 2021 | 4,067 | $146K | |
| 2022 | 3,995 | $155K | |
| 2023 | 4,683 | $210K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,454 | $46K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99285 | Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life | 52% | 2,900 | 2,623 | $672K |
| 99284 | Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity | 25% | 5,256 | 4,852 | $321K |
| 99283 | Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity | 11% | 3,966 | 3,683 | $140K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 5.0% | 8,583 | 7,789 | $64K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 4.7% | 6,653 | 6,059 | $61K |
| 93005 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | <1% | 722 | 653 | $8K |
| 81001 | <1% | 946 | 848 | $3K | |
| 84484 | <1% | 359 | 327 | $3K | |
| 71045 | Radiologic examination, chest; single view | <1% | 571 | 539 | $3K |
| 87502 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets | <1% | 56 | 55 | $3K |
| 87636 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus types A and B | <1% | 26 | 25 | $3K |
| 81025 | <1% | 796 | 718 | $2K |
22 more codes
| 83690 | <1% | 375 | $2K | |
| 85610 | <1% | 537 | $2K | |
| U0002 | 2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc | <1% | 60 | $2K |
| 83735 | <1% | 150 | $1K | |
| 85730 | <1% | 437 | $838.08 | |
| 99282 | Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity | <1% | 12 | $387.81 |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | <1% | 29 | $271.26 |
| J1885 | Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | <1% | 77 | $111.44 |
| J2405 | Injection, ondansetron hydrochloride, per 1 mg | <1% | 30 | $5.40 |
| Q9966 | Low osmolar contrast material, 200-299 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml | <1% | 24 | $0.34 |
| 96374 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; intravenous push, single or initial substance | 0% | 51 | $0.00 |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | 0% | 62 | $0.00 |
| J2795 | Injection, ropivacaine hydrochloride, 1 mg | 0% | 23 | $0.00 |
| J2250 | Injection, midazolam hydrochloride, per 1 mg | 0% | 15 | $0.00 |
| T1016 | Case management, each 15 minutes | 0% | 27 | $0.00 |
| J3010 | Injection, fentanyl citrate, 0.1 mg | 0% | 18 | $0.00 |
| J2704 | Injection, propofol, 10 mg | 0% | 33 | $0.00 |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | 0% | 22 | $0.00 |
| 97110 | Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion | 0% | 114 | $0.00 |
| J7030 | Infusion, normal saline solution , 1000 cc | 0% | 14 | $0.00 |
| J1644 | Injection, heparin sodium, per 1000 units | 0% | 18 | $0.00 |
| J3301 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | 0% | 20 | $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 officialHUGHES, CHRISTOPHER (CFO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| ST Vincents Chilton LLC | Clanton, AL | $3.82M |
| Wagoner Care LLC | Glendale, AZ | $932K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.