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Forrest County General Hospital

Forrest County General Hospital was paid $1.36M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 59 billing codes. Its largest line is 99283, emergency room visit (moderate) — 37% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoFORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL
RICHTON, MS 39476
33aNPI1932143989assigned 06/16/2006
28Total paid$1.36M
24GClaims43,997
24DCodes billed59
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024

Auditor's notes

Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official HESTER, BEN controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$20K$40K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20185,510$140K
20194,344$197K
20203,886$122K
20217,034$158K
20228,051$202K
20239,500$282K
2024incomplete5,672$255K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99283 Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity 37% 5,336 3,730 $500K
99284 Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity 14% 1,357 966 $188K
99282 Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity 10% 2,274 1,679 $138K
71046 Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views 4.1% 1,477 1,164 $56K
99285 Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life 3.7% 244 188 $50K
87502 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets 3.5% 1,303 942 $48K
87635 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe 3.4% 1,112 958 $46K
96374 Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; intravenous push, single or initial substance 2.6% 540 431 $35K
80053 Comprehensive metabolic panel 2.3% 4,668 3,606 $32K
85025 Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count 1.9% 5,640 4,281 $26K
U0002 2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc 1.9% 1,265 919 $25K
87634 1.7% 760 560 $22K
47 more codes
97110 Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion 1.6% 579 $22K
96372 Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular 1.5% 646 $21K
70450 Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material 1.4% 147 $18K
93005 Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report 1.1% 877 $15K
87426 Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) 1.0% 723 $14K
36415 Collection of venous blood by venipuncture <1% 5,794 $11K
G0483 Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms (any type, single or tandem and excluding immunoassays (e.g., ia, eia, elisa, emit, fpia) and enzymatic methods (e.g., alcohol dehydrogenase)), (2) stable isotope or other universally recognized internal standards in all samples (e.g., to control for matrix effects, interferences and variations in signal strength), and (3) method or drug-specific calibration and matrix-matched quality control material (e.g., to control for instrument variations and mass spectral drift); qualitative or quantitative, all sources, includes specimen validity testing, per day; 22 or more drug class(es), including metabolite(s) if performed <1% 45 $10K
87651 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe <1% 500 $8K
84443 Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) <1% 703 $8K
87880 Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A <1% 563 $7K
80307 Drug test(s), presumptive, any number of drug classes; immunoassay <1% 207 $7K
80061 Lipid panel <1% 735 $6K
87804 Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type <1% 371 $4K
83036 Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) <1% 683 $4K
Q9967 Low osmolar contrast material, 300-399 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml <1% 112 $4K
74177 Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; with contrast material <1% 36 $4K
81000 <1% 1,026 $3K
99281 Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, self-limited or minor <1% 74 $3K
87275 <1% 243 $3K
87276 <1% 213 $3K
M0243 Intravenous infusion or subcutaneous injection, casirivimab and imdevimab includes infusion or injection, and post administration monitoring <1% 12 $2K
96375 Therapeutic injection; each additional sequential IV push <1% 141 $2K
71045 Radiologic examination, chest; single view <1% 76 $2K
81001 <1% 1,287 $2K
80305 <1% 206 $2K
81025 <1% 315 $1K
84484 <1% 296 $1K
83880 <1% 30 $839.72
74018 <1% 23 $784.82
73030 <1% 12 $543.28
0012A <1% 16 $408.50
81002 <1% 173 $391.19
96361 Intravenous infusion, hydration; each additional hour <1% 19 $365.38
0031A <1% 18 $341.29
99454 <1% 47 $301.09
0011A <1% 17 $239.00
82553 <1% 37 $212.09
J1885 Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg <1% 257 $92.81
36592 <1% 55 $79.54
87086 Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine <1% 12 $59.28
83690 <1% 19 $48.09
J2405 Injection, ondansetron hydrochloride, per 1 mg <1% 108 $16.13
J0696 Injection, ceftriaxone sodium, per 250 mg <1% 14 $4.20
99458 0% 42 $0.00
91301 0% 13 $0.00
99457 0% 42 $0.00
S9110 Telemonitoring of patient in their home, including all necessary equipment; computer system, connections, and software; maintenance; patient education and support; per month 0% 457 $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 officialHESTER, BEN (CFO)
Parent organizationFORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL
Same official

Other billing entities under HESTER, BEN

Full network →
ProviderLocationPaid
Forrest County General HospitalHattiesburg, MS$81.63M
Forrest County General HospitalPicayune, MS$21.66M
Forrest County General HospitalColumbia, MS$9.51M
Walthall General HospitalTylertown, MS$6.16M
Forrest County General HospitalPrentiss, MS$3.80M
Forrest County General HospitalPoplarville, MS$3.74M
Forrest County General HospitalPoplarville, MS$2.80M
Forrest County General HospitalPicayune, MS$2.76M
Forrest County General HospitalRichton, MS$1.58M
Forrest County General HospitalColumbia, MS$1.03M
Walthall General HospitalTylertown, MS$953K
Forrest General HospitalHattiesburg, MS$850K
Forrest County General HospitalPoplarville, MS$253K
FGH Physician BillingHattiesburg, MS$224K
Forrest County General HospitalPrentiss, MS$204K
Forrest County General HospitalPicayune, MS$65K
FGH Trauma Surgery ClinicHattiesburg, MS$47K
Forrest County General HospitalPoplarville, MS$22K
Forrest County General HospitalRichton, MS$18K
Walthall General HospitalTylertown, MS$3K

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.