Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Pacific Central Coast Health Centers

Pacific Central Coast Health Centers was paid $78K by Medicaid between Jun 2021 and Nov 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is 99203, doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) — 68% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPACIFIC CENTRAL COAST HEALTH CENTERS
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93401
33aNPI1851988372assigned 12/30/2020
28Total paid$78K
24GClaims1,082
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJun 2021 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Community Health Clinic/Center providers in California

Rank by total paid#235 of 288
Median peer was paid$2.15M
This provider vs. median0.0×

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 MERLO, BRANDON controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$5.0K$10K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
2021116$15K
2022460$50K
2023317$9K
2024incomplete189$4K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99203 Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, low complexity 68% 413 410 $52K
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 16% 475 468 $12K
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 12% 91 89 $9K
31231 1.6% 26 26 $1K
99202 Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, straightforward 1.1% 12 12 $840.59
99215 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis <1% 31 31 $666.78
92557 <1% 17 17 $551.23
92567 <1% 17 17 $240.35

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 officialMERLO, BRANDON (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER)
Parent organizationPACIFIC CENTRAL COAST HEALTH CENTERS
Same official

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