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Cherokee Medical Center

Cherokee Medical Center was paid $999.11 by Medicaid between Oct 2019 and Sep 2023, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is 93010, Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only — 62% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER
GAFFNEY, SC 29340
33aNPI1972154458assigned 09/25/2019
28Total paid$999.11
24GClaims146
24DCodes billed2
24AFirst – last monthOct 2019 – Sep 2023
Compared with peers

Next to other Internal Medicine Physician providers in South Carolina

Rank by total paid#241 of 273
Median peer was paid$19K
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 MEINKE, KENNETH controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$200$4002018201920202021202220232024
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
201959$564.05
202048$231.73
202339$203.33
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
93010 Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only 62% 130 93 $619.19
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 38% 16 16 $379.92

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 officialMEINKE, KENNETH (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER)
Parent organizationSPARTANBURG REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT, INC.
Same official

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