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Avera Queen of Peace

Avera Queen of Peace was paid $1.27M by Medicaid between Aug 2022 and Dec 2024, across 18 billing codes. Its largest line is 99285, emergency room visit (most serious) — 27% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoAVERA QUEEN OF PEACE
MITCHELL, SD 57301
33aNPI1992466635assigned 01/05/2022
33bProvider typeCritical Access Hospital
28Total paid$1.27M
24GClaims11,061
24DCodes billed18
24AFirst – last monthAug 2022 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Critical Access Hospital providers in South Dakota

Rank by total paid#2 of 22
Median peer was paid$53K
This provider vs. median24×

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

$0$50K$100K2018201920202021202220232024
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
20221,048$85K
20234,496$523K
2024incomplete5,517$659K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99285 Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life 27% 3,057 791 $343K
A9270 Non-covered item or service 26% 2,569 385 $329K
J3490 Unclassified drugs 19% 1,095 668 $236K
99284 Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity 16% 2,012 1,225 $197K
99283 Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity 6.3% 1,010 782 $79K
99282 Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity 2.0% 180 168 $25K
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity 1.8% 564 145 $23K
00170 Anesthesia for intraoral procedures, including biopsy 1.4% 90 38 $18K
Q9967 Low osmolar contrast material, 300-399 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml <1% 54 41 $6K
99291 Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes <1% 34 12 $6K
80053 Comprehensive metabolic panel <1% 102 90 $2K
G0463 Hospital outpatient clinic visit for assessment and management of a patient <1% 49 24 $2K
6 more codes
69436 Tympanostomy (requiring insertion of ventilating tube), general anesthesia <1% 14 $474.40
85025 Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count <1% 129 $322.20
J3010 Injection, fentanyl citrate, 0.1 mg 0% 17 $0.00
J1010 Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 1 mg 0% 13 $0.00
J2250 Injection, midazolam hydrochloride, per 1 mg 0% 26 $0.00
J2704 Injection, propofol, 10 mg 0% 46 $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 officialEKEREN, DOUGLAS (CEO)
Same official

Other billing entities under EKEREN, DOUGLAS

Full network →
ProviderLocationPaid
Avera Queen of PeaceMitchell, SD$802K
Avera Queen of PeaceMitchell, SD$286K
Sacred Heart Health ServicesCreighton, NE$273K
Sacred Heart Health ServicesYankton, SD$76K
Sacred Heart Health ServicesYankton, SD$46K
Sacred Heart Health ServicesCreighton, NE$11K
Sacred Heart Health ServicesYankton, SD$7K
Avera Queen of PeaceSalem, SD$2K
Avera Queen of PeaceDe Smet, SD$1K

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