Hospital
Howard County Medical Center
Howard County Medical Center was paid $411K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Feb 2024, across 24 billing codes. Its largest line is 80053, Comprehensive metabolic panel — 20% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHOWARD COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER
SAINT PAUL, NE 68873
SAINT PAUL, NE 68873
33aNPI1922106152assigned 09/20/2006
33bProvider typeCritical Access Hospital
28Total paid$411K
24GClaims11,163
24DCodes billed24
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Feb 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Critical Access Hospital providers in Nebraska
Rank by total paid#30 of 53
Median peer was paid$593K
This provider vs. median0.7×
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 | 2,592 | $78K | |
| 2019 | 2,163 | $67K | |
| 2020 | 1,549 | $44K | |
| 2021 | 2,101 | $85K | |
| 2022 | 2,242 | $114K | |
| 2023 | 490 | $22K | |
| 2024incomplete | 26 | $870.48 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 20% | 1,696 | 1,510 | $80K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 12% | 1,754 | 1,487 | $51K |
| 99282 | Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity | 10% | 310 | 288 | $42K |
| 99283 | Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity | 8.2% | 190 | 176 | $34K |
| 87400 | 7.0% | 279 | 267 | $29K | |
| 97110 | Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion | 6.0% | 386 | 75 | $25K |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | 5.8% | 529 | 520 | $24K |
| 99211 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity | 5.0% | 908 | 848 | $21K |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | 4.0% | 2,132 | 1,739 | $16K |
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | 3.4% | 260 | 243 | $14K |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | 3.0% | 309 | 305 | $12K |
| 81001 | 2.9% | 724 | 617 | $12K |
12 more codes
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | 2.1% | 373 | $9K |
| Q3014 | Telehealth originating site facility fee | 2.0% | 414 | $8K |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | 2.0% | 246 | $8K |
| 97140 | Manual therapy techniques, each 15 minutes (e.g., mobilization/manipulation, manual lymphatic drainage) | 1.6% | 116 | $6K |
| 87631 | 1.5% | 107 | $6K | |
| 86140 | <1% | 118 | $4K | |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | <1% | 87 | $4K |
| 87633 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, respiratory virus, 12-25 targets | <1% | 13 | $2K |
| 81003 | <1% | 126 | $2K | |
| 83735 | <1% | 42 | $831.72 | |
| 87086 | Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine | <1% | 13 | $330.72 |
| 85610 | <1% | 31 | $210.72 |
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 officialMEYER, MORGAN (CFO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Howard County Medical Center | Saint Paul, NE | $948K |
| Howard County Medical Center | Saint Paul, NE | $12K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.