Physician
Golden State Imaging Associates INC
Golden State Imaging Associates INC was paid $11.73M by Medicaid between Mar 2020 and Dec 2024, across 132 billing codes. Its largest line is 74177, Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; with contrast material — 17% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoGOLDEN STATE IMAGING ASSOCIATES INC
AUSTIN, TX 78727
AUSTIN, TX 78727
33aNPI1144872052assigned 07/11/2019
33bProvider typeVascular & Interventional Radiology Physician
28Total paid$11.73M
24GClaims632,511
24DCodes billed132
24AFirst – last monthMar 2020 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Vascular & Interventional Radiology Physician providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#1 of 25
Median peer was paid$5K
This provider vs. median2,250×
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.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official VAUGHN, KAREN controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 45,709 | $834K | |
| 2021 | 86,721 | $1.76M | |
| 2022 | 106,494 | $2.09M | |
| 2023 | 200,752 | $3.70M | |
| 2024incomplete | 192,835 | $3.34M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74177 | Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; with contrast material | 17% | 31,956 | 30,901 | $1.99M |
| 74176 | Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; without contrast material | 15% | 34,324 | 33,101 | $1.77M |
| 70450 | Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material | 12% | 57,648 | 53,506 | $1.39M |
| 71045 | Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 11% | 233,519 | 171,643 | $1.24M |
| 71275 | Computed tomographic angiography, chest, with contrast material | 3.2% | 6,970 | 6,756 | $380K |
| 76705 | Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; limited | 2.4% | 17,206 | 16,748 | $283K |
| 72125 | Computed tomography, cervical spine; without contrast material | 2.3% | 11,103 | 10,870 | $274K |
| 76815 | Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, limited | 2.3% | 12,696 | 11,377 | $265K |
| 77067 | Screening mammography, bilateral, including computer-aided detection | 1.8% | 7,633 | 7,628 | $212K |
| 71046 | Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 1.6% | 24,833 | 24,404 | $191K |
| 70498 | 1.5% | 3,884 | 3,791 | $171K | |
| 70551 | Magnetic resonance imaging, brain; without contrast material | 1.4% | 4,543 | 4,428 | $163K |
120 more codes
| 71260 | Computed tomography, thorax, diagnostic; with contrast material | 1.4% | 5,390 | $159K |
| 70496 | 1.2% | 3,233 | $146K | |
| 76817 | Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, transvaginal | 1.2% | 4,766 | $139K |
| 78815 | Positron emission tomography (PET) for limited area imaging | 1.1% | 665 | $131K |
| 49083 | 1.1% | 2,156 | $130K | |
| 70553 | Magnetic resonance imaging, brain; without contrast material, followed by contrast material and further sequences | 1.0% | 1,828 | $122K |
| 78452 | Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic (SPECT); multiple studies at rest and/or stress | 1.0% | 3,684 | $120K |
| 76856 | Ultrasound, pelvic (nonobstetric), real time with image documentation; complete | 1.0% | 6,404 | $119K |
| 71250 | <1% | 5,349 | $113K | |
| 93970 | <1% | 2,823 | $100K | |
| 77063 | Screening digital breast tomosynthesis, bilateral | <1% | 4,391 | $98K |
| 76770 | <1% | 5,097 | $90K | |
| 76830 | Ultrasound, transvaginal | <1% | 5,195 | $88K |
| 76700 | Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; complete | <1% | 4,301 | $86K |
| 70486 | <1% | 2,687 | $75K | |
| 72131 | <1% | 3,105 | $75K | |
| 74018 | <1% | 13,219 | $74K | |
| 77066 | Tomosynthesis, mammo | <1% | 1,916 | $67K |
| 72148 | Magnetic resonance imaging, lumbar spine; without contrast material | <1% | 1,397 | $58K |
| 93976 | <1% | 1,656 | $57K | |
| 72132 | <1% | 1,859 | $54K | |
| 72129 | <1% | 1,788 | $53K | |
| 74174 | <1% | 772 | $53K | |
| 76642 | <1% | 1,993 | $52K | |
| 73630 | <1% | 8,454 | $47K | |
| 93975 | <1% | 603 | $45K | |
| 73030 | <1% | 6,640 | $43K | |
| 76819 | Fetal biophysical profile; without non-stress testing | <1% | 1,257 | $40K |
| 70491 | <1% | 878 | $39K | |
| 76870 | <1% | 1,650 | $39K | |
| 72141 | <1% | 920 | $39K | |
| 73610 | <1% | 6,343 | $37K | |
| 76801 | <1% | 1,282 | $37K | |
| 74178 | <1% | 629 | $36K | |
| 73130 | <1% | 5,927 | $36K | |
| 32555 | <1% | 785 | $35K | |
| 72128 | <1% | 1,435 | $34K | |
| 74181 | <1% | 920 | $32K | |
| 72100 | <1% | 4,163 | $31K | |
| 77065 | Tomosynthesis, mammo | <1% | 972 | $28K |
| 73562 | <1% | 5,433 | $27K | |
| 73700 | <1% | 1,080 | $26K | |
| 93971 | <1% | 1,854 | $24K | |
| 76805 | Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, fetal and maternal evaluation | <1% | 775 | $24K |
| 73110 | <1% | 4,373 | $23K | |
| 73564 | <1% | 3,184 | $20K | |
| 73502 | <1% | 2,936 | $19K | |
| 99152 | <1% | 570 | $18K | |
| 73721 | Magnetic resonance imaging, any joint of lower extremity; without contrast material | <1% | 429 | $17K |
| 76641 | <1% | 583 | $17K | |
| 72170 | <1% | 3,854 | $17K | |
| 73590 | <1% | 3,292 | $16K | |
| 73090 | <1% | 2,709 | $15K | |
| 78226 | <1% | 704 | $15K | |
| 73080 | <1% | 2,353 | $15K | |
| 76536 | <1% | 1,081 | $14K | |
| 73718 | <1% | 467 | $12K | |
| 72040 | <1% | 1,483 | $11K | |
| 93880 | <1% | 439 | $11K | |
| 72192 | <1% | 431 | $11K | |
| 76857 | <1% | 609 | $10K | |
| 70490 | <1% | 247 | $10K | |
| 73552 | <1% | 1,493 | $9K | |
| 77001 | <1% | 875 | $8K | |
| 74183 | <1% | 139 | $8K | |
| 76937 | <1% | 915 | $8K | |
| 73560 | <1% | 1,760 | $7K | |
| 72158 | <1% | 107 | $7K | |
| 76882 | <1% | 626 | $7K | |
| 72110 | <1% | 526 | $6K | |
| 74246 | <1% | 227 | $6K | |
| 72146 | <1% | 196 | $6K | |
| 73060 | <1% | 1,296 | $6K | |
| 76942 | <1% | 304 | $6K | |
| 78451 | <1% | 279 | $6K | |
| 76604 | <1% | 649 | $6K | |
| 73620 | <1% | 1,347 | $6K | |
| 36561 | <1% | 27 | $5K | |
| 71101 | <1% | 532 | $5K | |
| 76775 | <1% | 331 | $5K | |
| 73140 | <1% | 1,470 | $5K | |
| 19083 | <1% | 13 | $4K | |
| 72050 | <1% | 350 | $4K | |
| 73120 | <1% | 723 | $3K | |
| 74022 | <1% | 252 | $3K | |
| 36558 | <1% | 42 | $3K | |
| 74240 | <1% | 90 | $3K | |
| 72072 | <1% | 302 | $2K | |
| 72070 | <1% | 298 | $2K | |
| 74019 | <1% | 218 | $2K | |
| 73070 | <1% | 348 | $2K | |
| 77012 | <1% | 51 | $2K | |
| 77080 | <1% | 318 | $2K | |
| 70487 | <1% | 42 | $2K | |
| 73600 | <1% | 369 | $2K | |
| 73701 | <1% | 45 | $1K | |
| 99153 | Mod sedat endo service >5yrs | <1% | 88 | $1K |
| 70360 | <1% | 289 | $1K | |
| 73221 | <1% | 32 | $1K | |
| 76816 | Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, follow-up | <1% | 62 | $1K |
| 0042T | <1% | 58 | $1K | |
| 93925 | <1% | 53 | $927.04 | |
| 73200 | <1% | 40 | $907.95 | |
| 73100 | <1% | 220 | $900.50 | |
| 74230 | <1% | 204 | $894.27 | |
| 75635 | <1% | 14 | $880.75 | |
| 70480 | <1% | 27 | $755.15 | |
| 73660 | <1% | 211 | $658.81 | |
| 73000 | <1% | 110 | $623.60 | |
| 77072 | <1% | 60 | $472.20 | |
| G0279 | Diagnostic digital breast tomosynthesis, unilateral or bilateral (list separately in addition to 77065 or 77066) | <1% | 31 | $441.24 |
| 70544 | <1% | 14 | $392.64 | |
| 78227 | <1% | 13 | $348.82 | |
| 78580 | <1% | 39 | $295.78 | |
| 72220 | <1% | 25 | $160.99 | |
| 72120 | <1% | 12 | $112.08 | |
| 76376 | <1% | 122 | $70.47 | |
| G9637 | Final reports with documentation of one or more dose reduction techniques (e.g., automated exposure control, adjustment of the ma and/or kv according to patient size, use of iterative reconstruction technique) | <1% | 367 | $0.01 |
| G9551 | Final reports for imaging studies without an incidentally found lesion noted | 0% | 95 | $0.00 |
| G9557 | Final reports for ct, cta, mri or mra studies of the chest or neck without an incidentally found thyroid nodule < 1.0 cm noted or no nodule found | 0% | 32 | $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.
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Who's on the registration
Authorized officialVAUGHN, KAREN (VICE PRESIDENT, PROVIDER ENROLLMENT)
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