Hospital
ST. Vincent's East
ST. Vincent's East was paid $3.04M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 39 billing codes. Its largest line is 99285, emergency room visit (most serious) — 40% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoST. VINCENT'S EAST
BIRMINGHAM, AL 35235
BIRMINGHAM, AL 35235
33aNPI1841308020assigned 08/28/2006
33bProvider typeGeneral Acute Care Hospital
28Total paid$3.04M
24GClaims71,729
24DCodes billed39
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other General Acute Care Hospital providers in Alabama
Rank by total paid#24 of 77
Median peer was paid$1.13M
This provider vs. median2.7×
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 | 14,445 | $467K | |
| 2019 | 12,480 | $459K | |
| 2020 | 7,527 | $271K | |
| 2021 | 8,682 | $317K | |
| 2022 | 9,858 | $497K | |
| 2023 | 14,058 | $777K | |
| 2024incomplete | 4,679 | $254K |
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 | 40% | 4,472 | 4,008 | $1.20M |
| 99284 | Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity | 35% | 16,621 | 15,152 | $1.08M |
| 99283 | Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity | 12% | 9,276 | 8,543 | $362K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 3.6% | 11,324 | 10,288 | $109K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 3.4% | 13,376 | 12,119 | $105K |
| 87636 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus types A and B | 3.1% | 951 | 909 | $93K |
| 87502 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets | 1.3% | 894 | 832 | $38K |
| 81001 | <1% | 2,736 | 2,531 | $9K | |
| 71045 | Radiologic examination, chest; single view | <1% | 1,082 | 1,014 | $7K |
| 93005 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report | <1% | 516 | 479 | $6K |
| U0002 | 2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc | <1% | 427 | 411 | $5K |
| J1885 | Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | <1% | 2,991 | 2,696 | $4K |
27 more codes
| 83690 | <1% | 646 | $3K | |
| 87651 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe | <1% | 128 | $3K |
| 71046 | Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | <1% | 286 | $3K |
| 81025 | <1% | 704 | $2K | |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | <1% | 126 | $2K |
| J0696 | Injection, ceftriaxone sodium, per 250 mg | <1% | 945 | $2K |
| 99282 | Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity | <1% | 29 | $1K |
| J1100 | Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg | <1% | 1,150 | $1K |
| 87070 | <1% | 92 | $956.69 | |
| 84484 | <1% | 113 | $924.73 | |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | <1% | 130 | $863.10 |
| 87086 | Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine | <1% | 70 | $790.85 |
| 85610 | <1% | 196 | $686.30 | |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | <1% | 35 | $353.50 |
| 85730 | <1% | 181 | $346.91 | |
| J2405 | Injection, ondansetron hydrochloride, per 1 mg | <1% | 568 | $144.78 |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | <1% | 15 | $130.13 |
| 84134 | <1% | 19 | $123.50 | |
| Q9967 | Low osmolar contrast material, 300-399 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml | <1% | 36 | $72.12 |
| 82947 | <1% | 12 | $46.50 | |
| 81003 | <1% | 13 | $29.61 | |
| J7030 | Infusion, normal saline solution , 1000 cc | <1% | 639 | $2.69 |
| A9270 | Non-covered item or service | 0% | 236 | $0.00 |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | 0% | 464 | $0.00 |
| 96374 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; intravenous push, single or initial substance | 0% | 104 | $0.00 |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | 0% | 113 | $0.00 |
| 96375 | Therapeutic injection; each additional sequential IV push | 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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialHUGHES, CHRISTOPER (CFO)