Lab
Stephen Pinsk, M.D., INC.
Stephen Pinsk, M.D., INC. was paid $89K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and May 2020, across 22 billing codes. Its largest line is 88305, Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination — 63% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSTEPHEN PINSK, M.D., INC.
SEBASTOPOL, CA 95472
SEBASTOPOL, CA 95472
33aNPI1154337822assigned 08/01/2006
33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory
28Total paid$89K
24GClaims8,118
24DCodes billed22
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – May 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in California
Rank by total paid#335 of 561
Median peer was paid$222K
This provider vs. median0.4×
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 | 5,149 | $43K | |
| 2019 | 2,356 | $35K | |
| 2020 | 613 | $10K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88305 | Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination | 63% | 1,562 | 1,165 | $56K |
| 87491 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe | 7.4% | 156 | 156 | $7K |
| 87591 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe | 6.8% | 144 | 144 | $6K |
| 87624 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; human papillomavirus (HPV), high-risk types | 6.3% | 123 | 123 | $6K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 4.4% | 1,598 | 1,333 | $4K |
| 88142 | 4.2% | 159 | 159 | $4K | |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 2.9% | 1,458 | 1,115 | $3K |
| 83690 | 1.0% | 573 | 519 | $916.98 | |
| 85027 | <1% | 562 | 373 | $862.67 | |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | <1% | 315 | 181 | $624.22 |
| 84484 | <1% | 196 | 181 | $469.09 | |
| 81001 | <1% | 469 | 449 | $334.23 |
10 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 officialMERTENS, STEVE (OWNER/PATHOLOGIST)
Parent organizationSTEPHEN PINSK, M.D., INC.