Supplier
Et Care INC
Et Care INC was paid $35.55M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 18 billing codes. Its largest line is A4554, Disposable underpads, all sizes — 21% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoET CARE INC
HICKORY, NC 28602
HICKORY, NC 28602
33aNPI1992861736assigned 12/28/2006
33bProvider typeCustomized Equipment (DME)
28Total paid$35.55M
24GClaims527,716
24DCodes billed18
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Customized Equipment (DME) providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#1 of 74
Median peer was paid$310K
This provider vs. median115×
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 | 67,616 | $4.68M | |
| 2019 | 82,509 | $5.15M | |
| 2020 | 82,240 | $5.93M | |
| 2021 | 73,264 | $4.90M | |
| 2022 | 74,432 | $4.97M | |
| 2023 | 73,808 | $5.03M | |
| 2024incomplete | 73,847 | $4.90M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A4554 | Disposable underpads, all sizes | 21% | 121,248 | 115,533 | $7.45M |
| T4527 | Adult sized disposable incontinence product, protective underwear/pull-on, large size, each | 20% | 45,204 | 43,261 | $7.26M |
| T4526 | Adult sized disposable incontinence product, protective underwear/pull-on, medium size, each | 18% | 44,874 | 42,869 | $6.54M |
| A4927 | Gloves, non-sterile, per 100 | 17% | 131,192 | 124,798 | $6.10M |
| T4528 | Adult sized disposable incontinence product, protective underwear/pull-on, extra large size, each | 9.0% | 19,920 | 19,110 | $3.20M |
| T4544 | Adult sized disposable incontinence product, protective underwear/pull-on, above extra large, each | 4.4% | 6,944 | 6,546 | $1.56M |
| A4335 | Incontinence supply; miscellaneous | 2.9% | 118,143 | 112,661 | $1.05M |
| T4543 | Adult sized disposable incontinence product, protective brief/diaper, above extra large, each | 1.7% | 2,882 | 2,689 | $616K |
| T4523 | Adult sized disposable incontinence product, brief/diaper, large, each | 1.5% | 4,763 | 4,483 | $548K |
| T4525 | Adult sized disposable incontinence product, protective underwear/pull-on, small size, each | 1.4% | 4,081 | 3,842 | $493K |
| T4522 | Adult sized disposable incontinence product, brief/diaper, medium, each | <1% | 2,560 | 2,451 | $337K |
| T4524 | Adult sized disposable incontinence product, brief/diaper, extra large, each | <1% | 2,226 | 2,095 | $281K |
6 more codes
| A4253 | Blood glucose test or reagent strips for home blood glucose monitor, per 50 strips | <1% | 7,973 | $43K |
| E0260 | Hospital bed, semi-electric (head and foot adjustment), with any type side rails, with mattress | <1% | 2,873 | $33K |
| K0001 | Standard wheelchair | <1% | 5,615 | $28K |
| A4256 | Normal, low and high calibrator solution / chips | <1% | 6,851 | $3K |
| E0607 | Home blood glucose monitor | <1% | 344 | $2K |
| E0185 | Gel or gel-like pressure pad for mattress, standard mattress length and width | <1% | 23 | $45.52 |
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 officialSTARNES, MORGAN (PRACTICE MANAGER)