Lab
Athena Esoterix, LLC.
Athena Esoterix, LLC. was paid $30K by Medicaid between Jul 2021 and Feb 2022, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is U0004, 2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r — 73% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoATHENA ESOTERIX, LLC.
CHATTANOOGA, TN 37402
CHATTANOOGA, TN 37402
33aNPI1023684826assigned 06/02/2021
33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory
28Total paid$30K
24GClaims1,078
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJul 2021 – Feb 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in Tennessee
Rank by total paid#47 of 70
Median peer was paid$141K
This provider vs. median0.2×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 386 | $8K | |
| 2022 | 692 | $22K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U0004 | 2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r | 73% | 504 | 412 | $22K |
| U0005 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, cdc or non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies, completed within 2 calendar days from date of specimen collection (list separately in addition to either hcpcs code u0003 or u0004) as described by cms-2020-01-r2 | 21% | 426 | 357 | $6K |
| G2023 | Specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), any specimen source | 6.7% | 148 | 114 | $2K |
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 officialFORRESTER, ELIZABETH (FOUNDER/TECHNICAL DIRECTOR)