Buchanan, Christopher

Buchanan, Christopher was paid $191K by Medicaid between Jul 2018 and Mar 2024, across 16 billing codes. Its largest line is 76816, Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, follow-up — 35% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoBUCHANAN, CHRISTOPHER
RICHMOND HEIGHTS, MO 63117

33aNPI1952691404assigned 04/18/2011

33bProvider typeObstetrics & Gynecology Physician

28Total paid$191K

24GClaims4,809

24DCodes billed16

24AFirst – last monthJul 2018 – Mar 2024

Compared with peers

Next to other Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician providers in Missouri

Rank by total paid#43 of 358

Median peer was paid$16K

This provider vs. median12×

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	1,073	$44K
2019	2,184	$84K
2020	1,035	$42K
2021	165	$7K
2022	190	$8K
2023	149	$6K
2024incomplete	13	$388.28

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
76816	Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, follow-up	35%	1,699	1,535	$67K
76818		19%	646	528	$36K
76817	Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, transvaginal	11%	590	538	$20K
76820		7.0%	442	358	$13K
76811	Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, fetal and maternal evaluation, detailed	6.9%	193	184	$13K
76805	Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, fetal and maternal evaluation	4.9%	224	221	$9K
99231	Subsequent hospital care, per day, straightforward or low complexity	3.8%	258	122	$7K
76821		3.4%	197	149	$7K
76819	Fetal biophysical profile; without non-stress testing	2.2%	143	124	$4K
76815	Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, limited	2.0%	126	115	$4K
59025	Fetal non-stress test	2.0%	165	64	$4K
99221		1.3%	43	41	$2K

4 more codes

0502F		1.2%	43	$2K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)	<1%	13	$617.15
99238	Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less	<1%	12	$609.29
76801		<1%	15	$602.11

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.