Physician
Palmer Lutheran Health Center, INC.
Palmer Lutheran Health Center, INC. was paid $66K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 8 billing codes. Its largest line is T1015, a visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate) — 38% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPALMER LUTHERAN HEALTH CENTER, INC.
WEST UNION, IA 52175
WEST UNION, IA 52175
33aNPI1891744108assigned 05/06/2006
33bProvider typeFamily Medicine Physician
28Total paid$66K
24GClaims1,594
24DCodes billed8
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Family Medicine Physician providers in Iowa
Rank by total paid#143 of 275
Median peer was paid$69K
This provider vs. median1.0×
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.
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 | 219 | $9K | |
| 2019 | 202 | $5K | |
| 2020 | 146 | $3K | |
| 2021 | 152 | $2K | |
| 2022 | 491 | $27K | |
| 2023 | 114 | $7K | |
| 2024incomplete | 270 | $13K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1015 | A visit at a community health center or clinic (one all-in rate)Clinic visit/encounter, all-inclusive | 38% | 157 | 154 | $25K |
| 99283 | Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity | 26% | 348 | 313 | $17K |
| 99282 | Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity | 18% | 482 | 457 | $12K |
| 99284 | Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity | 11% | 87 | 81 | $7K |
| 93010 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only | 4.6% | 374 | 332 | $3K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 2.7% | 108 | 106 | $2K |
| 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 | 0% | 25 | 25 | $0.00 |
| 90471 | Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine | 0% | 13 | 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 officialKUENNEN, PATRICE (CEO)
Parent organizationGUNDERSEN LUTHERAN HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Palmer Lutheran Health Center, INC | West Union, IA | $5.98M |
| Palmer Lutheran Health Center, INC. | Postville, IA | $3.54M |
| Palmer Lutheran Health Center, INC. | Fayette, IA | $653K |
| Palmer Lutheran Health Center, INC | West Union, IA | $438K |
| Palmer Lutheran Health Center, INC. | West Union, IA | $389K |
| Palmer Lutheran Health Center, INC | West Union, IA | $130K |
| Palmer Lutheran Health Center, INC | Oelwein, IA | $33K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.