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Palmetto Oxygen LLC

Palmetto Oxygen LLC was paid $98K by Medicaid between Apr 2023 and Dec 2024, across 20 billing codes. Its largest line is E1390, Oxygen concentrator, single delivery port, capable of delivering 85 percent or greater oxygen concentration at the prescribed flow rate — 28% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoPALMETTO OXYGEN LLC
GASTONIA, NC 28054
33aNPI1962034835assigned 02/10/2020
28Total paid$98K
24GClaims7,445
24DCodes billed20
24AFirst – last monthApr 2023 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition Supplies (DME) providers in North Carolina

Rank by total paid#58 of 61
Median peer was paid$1.02M
This provider vs. median0.1×

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.

Auditor's notes

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

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

Paid by month

$0$5.0K$10K$15K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20231,986$31K
2024incomplete5,459$68K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
E1390 Oxygen concentrator, single delivery port, capable of delivering 85 percent or greater oxygen concentration at the prescribed flow rate 28% 1,597 1,192 $27K
E0260 Hospital bed, semi-electric (head and foot adjustment), with any type side rails, with mattress 18% 982 738 $17K
E0601 Continuous positive airway pressure (cpap) device 11% 630 502 $11K
K0001 Standard wheelchair 11% 1,140 877 $10K
E0570 Nebulizer, with compressor 9.1% 759 553 $9K
E0143 Walker, folding, wheeled, adjustable or fixed height 5.5% 175 158 $5K
K0738 Portable gaseous oxygen system, rental; home compressor used to fill portable oxygen cylinders; includes portable containers, regulator, flowmeter, humidifier, cannula or mask, and tubing 4.5% 624 468 $4K
A7030 Full face mask used with positive airway pressure device, each 3.6% 85 73 $4K
E1392 Portable oxygen concentrator, rental 2.3% 348 265 $2K
A7031 Face mask interface, replacement for full face mask, each 1.8% 140 110 $2K
A4604 Tubing with integrated heating element for use with positive airway pressure device 1.6% 103 90 $2K
E0431 Portable gaseous oxygen system, rental; includes portable container, regulator, flowmeter, humidifier, cannula or mask, and tubing 1.0% 199 162 $999.86
8 more codes
A7035 Headgear used with positive airway pressure device <1% 106 $969.99
A7038 Filter, disposable, used with positive airway pressure device <1% 417 $632.36
E0562 Humidifier, heated, used with positive airway pressure device <1% 13 $589.52
A7005 Administration set, with small volume nonfiltered pneumatic nebulizer, non-disposable <1% 46 $573.68
E0630 Patient lift, hydraulic or mechanical, includes any seat, sling, strap(s) or pad(s) <1% 15 $167.40
E0156 Seat attachment, walker <1% 32 $131.29
A7046 Water chamber for humidifier, used with positive airway pressure device, replacement, each <1% 17 $61.85
A7013 Filter, disposable, used with aerosol compressor or ultrasonic generator <1% 17 $6.61

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 officialRUSSALESI, WENDY (CCO)
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