Supplier
Palmetto Breathing Solutions, INC.
Palmetto Breathing Solutions, INC. was paid $627K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 15 billing codes. Its largest line is E0445, Oximeter device for measuring blood oxygen levels non-invasively — 44% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPALMETTO BREATHING SOLUTIONS, INC.
DARLINGTON, SC 29532
DARLINGTON, SC 29532
33aNPI1992716351assigned 08/11/2006
33bProvider typeDurable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
28Total paid$627K
24GClaims10,476
24DCodes billed15
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies providers in South Carolina
Rank by total paid#47 of 160
Median peer was paid$125K
This provider vs. median5.0×
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 | 1,472 | $108K | |
| 2019 | 2,345 | $158K | |
| 2020 | 1,936 | $120K | |
| 2021 | 1,427 | $84K | |
| 2022 | 1,277 | $58K | |
| 2023 | 1,158 | $64K | |
| 2024incomplete | 861 | $34K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E0445 | Oximeter device for measuring blood oxygen levels non-invasively | 44% | 1,362 | 1,350 | $274K |
| E1390 | Oxygen concentrator, single delivery port, capable of delivering 85 percent or greater oxygen concentration at the prescribed flow rate | 31% | 2,664 | 2,641 | $192K |
| E0570 | Nebulizer, with compressor | 11% | 2,505 | 2,477 | $68K |
| E0601 | Continuous positive airway pressure (cpap) device | 8.6% | 1,210 | 1,204 | $54K |
| E0431 | Portable gaseous oxygen system, rental; includes portable container, regulator, flowmeter, humidifier, cannula or mask, and tubing | 3.9% | 1,613 | 1,604 | $24K |
| K0001 | Standard wheelchair | <1% | 160 | 159 | $3K |
| A7037 | Tubing used with positive airway pressure device | <1% | 174 | 171 | $3K |
| A7035 | Headgear used with positive airway pressure device | <1% | 157 | 156 | $3K |
| A7030 | Full face mask used with positive airway pressure device, each | <1% | 24 | 24 | $2K |
| K0195 | Elevating leg rests, pair (for use with capped rental wheelchair base) | <1% | 153 | 151 | $1K |
| A7038 | Filter, disposable, used with positive airway pressure device | <1% | 174 | 173 | $564.38 |
| A7031 | Face mask interface, replacement for full face mask, each | <1% | 12 | 12 | $383.61 |
3 more codes
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 officialEARLY, CHARLES (OWNER)