Physician
Alston, Charles
Alston, Charles was paid $411K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 22 billing codes. Its largest line is 59409, Vaginal delivery only (with or without episiotomy and/or forceps) — 56% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoALSTON, CHARLES
CHICAGO, IL 60643
CHICAGO, IL 60643
33aNPI1922070382assigned 02/01/2006
33bProvider typeFamily Medicine Physician
28Total paid$411K
24GClaims11,454
24DCodes billed22
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Family Medicine Physician providers in Illinois
Rank by total paid#252 of 2,947
Median peer was paid$43K
This provider vs. median9.7×
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 | 996 | $76K | |
| 2019 | 930 | $65K | |
| 2020 | 690 | $55K | |
| 2021 | 2,911 | $104K | |
| 2022 | 1,700 | $22K | |
| 2023 | 2,698 | $66K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,529 | $23K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59409 | Vaginal delivery only (with or without episiotomy and/or forceps) | 56% | 258 | 250 | $231K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 18% | 1,496 | 1,300 | $73K |
| 0502F | 6.3% | 461 | 271 | $26K | |
| 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 | 5.4% | 341 | 280 | $22K |
| 81025 | 3.1% | 2,647 | 2,249 | $13K | |
| 81002 | 2.8% | 4,346 | 3,402 | $11K | |
| 87660 | 1.8% | 429 | 385 | $7K | |
| G2012 | Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m service provided within the previous 7 days nor leading to an e/m service or procedure within the next 24 hours or soonest available appointment; 5-10 minutes of medical discussion | 1.2% | 368 | 358 | $5K |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | 1.0% | 181 | 157 | $4K |
| 99238 | Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less | <1% | 150 | 139 | $4K |
| 99385 | <1% | 39 | 32 | $3K | |
| 99396 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, 40-64 years | <1% | 26 | 24 | $2K |
10 more codes
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day | <1% | 101 | $2K |
| 99211 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity | <1% | 157 | $2K |
| 99219 | <1% | 16 | $1K | |
| 88150 | <1% | 142 | $1K | |
| 99395 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, 18-39 years | <1% | 15 | $918.41 |
| 99202 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, straightforward | <1% | 16 | $509.12 |
| Q3014 | Telehealth originating site facility fee | <1% | 14 | $358.08 |
| 96127 | <1% | 16 | $237.98 | |
| Q0091 | Screening papanicolaou smear; obtaining, preparing and conveyance of cervical or vaginal smear to laboratory | 0% | 25 | $0.00 |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | 0% | 210 | $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.