Lab
Houston County Healthcare Authority
Houston County Healthcare Authority was paid $2.13M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 109 billing codes. Its largest line is 87633, Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, respiratory virus, 12-25 targets — 9.6% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHOUSTON COUNTY HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY
DOTHAN, AL 36301
DOTHAN, AL 36301
33aNPI1114161601assigned 04/28/2009
33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory
28Total paid$2.13M
24GClaims166,644
24DCodes billed109
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in Alabama
Rank by total paid#17 of 61
Median peer was paid$46K
This provider vs. median47×
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 | 23,352 | $188K | |
| 2019 | 20,649 | $283K | |
| 2020 | 18,085 | $277K | |
| 2021 | 29,469 | $462K | |
| 2022 | 28,649 | $370K | |
| 2023 | 26,455 | $298K | |
| 2024incomplete | 19,985 | $246K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87633 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, respiratory virus, 12-25 targets | 9.6% | 1,026 | 983 | $205K |
| 87801 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; amplified probe, multiple organisms | 8.8% | 3,830 | 3,605 | $188K |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | 5.8% | 6,853 | 6,248 | $123K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 4.1% | 10,915 | 9,950 | $87K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 3.7% | 8,524 | 7,773 | $80K |
| 86780 | 3.3% | 5,421 | 5,020 | $69K | |
| 87081 | 3.2% | 9,932 | 9,187 | $67K | |
| 87389 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique, HIV-1 antigen with HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies | 3.1% | 3,449 | 3,197 | $66K |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | 3.1% | 5,880 | 5,387 | $66K |
| 82306 | Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed | 3.0% | 2,874 | 2,615 | $64K |
| 87086 | Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine | 2.9% | 7,735 | 7,009 | $62K |
| 83655 | 2.7% | 3,957 | 3,848 | $57K |
97 more codes
| 87661 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Trichomonas vaginalis, amplified probe | 2.4% | 2,885 | $51K |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | 2.3% | 5,169 | $50K |
| 88142 | 2.2% | 2,458 | $47K | |
| 87798 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; not otherwise specified, amplified probe, each organism | 2.1% | 1,666 | $45K |
| 87150 | 1.8% | 2,167 | $39K | |
| 86762 | 1.7% | 2,535 | $36K | |
| 87186 | 1.6% | 4,297 | $35K | |
| 87340 | 1.6% | 3,278 | $34K | |
| 87581 | 1.6% | 1,257 | $33K | |
| 88305 | Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination | 1.6% | 751 | $33K |
| 87486 | 1.6% | 1,258 | $33K | |
| 88175 | Cytopathology, cervical or vaginal, any reporting system; collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer | 1.5% | 1,479 | $33K |
| 82607 | 1.5% | 2,510 | $32K | |
| 87077 | 1.5% | 4,458 | $32K | |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | 1.3% | 3,282 | $29K |
| 87591 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe | 1.3% | 1,641 | $28K |
| 82728 | 1.3% | 2,433 | $27K | |
| 84702 | 1.1% | 2,310 | $23K | |
| 83735 | 1.1% | 3,679 | $23K | |
| 87481 | 1.1% | 992 | $22K | |
| 84439 | <1% | 2,689 | $20K | |
| 84466 | <1% | 1,487 | $19K | |
| 86803 | <1% | 1,468 | $19K | |
| 86850 | <1% | 2,836 | $19K | |
| 87810 | <1% | 1,281 | $17K | |
| 87070 | <1% | 1,819 | $16K | |
| 82784 | <1% | 855 | $15K | |
| 85027 | <1% | 3,541 | $14K | |
| 84144 | <1% | 777 | $13K | |
| 83540 | <1% | 1,727 | $10K | |
| 80076 | <1% | 1,348 | $9K | |
| 87046 | <1% | 565 | $7K | |
| 82950 | <1% | 1,383 | $7K | |
| 86900 | <1% | 2,644 | $6K | |
| 86901 | <1% | 2,611 | $6K | |
| 86140 | <1% | 1,342 | $6K | |
| 80050 | General health panel | <1% | 142 | $5K |
| 87045 | <1% | 540 | $5K | |
| 86665 | <1% | 136 | $4K | |
| 87491 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe | <1% | 1,609 | $4K |
| 84153 | <1% | 280 | $4K | |
| 87807 | <1% | 401 | $4K | |
| 84146 | <1% | 190 | $4K | |
| 87427 | <1% | 414 | $4K | |
| 85660 | <1% | 888 | $4K | |
| 87493 | <1% | 201 | $4K | |
| 83516 | <1% | 155 | $3K | |
| 85610 | <1% | 769 | $3K | |
| 83525 | <1% | 329 | $3K | |
| 85014 | <1% | 1,235 | $3K | |
| 86038 | <1% | 243 | $3K | |
| 86003 | <1% | 39 | $3K | |
| 85652 | <1% | 1,077 | $3K | |
| 84156 | <1% | 808 | $3K | |
| 88312 | <1% | 244 | $3K | |
| 85018 | <1% | 1,060 | $3K | |
| 82570 | <1% | 475 | $2K | |
| 86664 | <1% | 136 | $2K | |
| 87209 | <1% | 121 | $2K | |
| 87624 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; human papillomavirus (HPV), high-risk types | <1% | 91 | $2K |
| 86364 | <1% | 211 | $2K | |
| 86663 | <1% | 124 | $1K | |
| 83001 | <1% | 78 | $1K | |
| 86706 | <1% | 125 | $1K | |
| 84481 | <1% | 113 | $1K | |
| 82951 | <1% | 175 | $1K | |
| 82746 | <1% | 109 | $1K | |
| 87328 | <1% | 104 | $1K | |
| 87147 | <1% | 258 | $997.37 | |
| 84403 | <1% | 42 | $978.38 | |
| 82550 | <1% | 133 | $918.22 | |
| 83615 | <1% | 210 | $903.34 | |
| 87329 | <1% | 104 | $886.30 | |
| 82657 | <1% | 26 | $808.72 | |
| 82565 | <1% | 163 | $799.34 | |
| 87177 | <1% | 121 | $780.78 | |
| 82105 | <1% | 40 | $694.10 | |
| 82043 | <1% | 133 | $679.46 | |
| 83550 | <1% | 187 | $658.73 | |
| 84550 | <1% | 137 | $631.67 | |
| 82952 | <1% | 222 | $560.37 | |
| 83993 | <1% | 27 | $471.60 | |
| 81001 | <1% | 166 | $448.91 | |
| 86704 | <1% | 41 | $436.32 | |
| 83002 | <1% | 28 | $429.68 | |
| 87425 | <1% | 34 | $304.07 | |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 1,921 | $293.38 |
| 86592 | <1% | 62 | $273.21 | |
| 82947 | <1% | 83 | $258.60 | |
| 84436 | <1% | 175 | $254.90 | |
| 86255 | <1% | 19 | $247.89 | |
| 0202U | Oncology (prostate), multianalyte, gene expression profiling | <1% | 325 | $241.99 |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | <1% | 34 | $234.52 |
| 83520 | <1% | 15 | $222.80 | |
| 86708 | <1% | 12 | $180.00 | |
| 82785 | <1% | 15 | $174.04 | |
| 82150 | <1% | 15 | $77.00 |
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 officialWOODHAM, DEBORAH (CONTRACT MANAGER)
Parent organizationHOUSTON COUNTY HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY