Physician
Ara Health Specialists PA
Ara Health Specialists PA was paid $3.73M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 80 billing codes. Its largest line is 74177, Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; with contrast material — 32% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoARA HEALTH SPECIALISTS PA
ASHEVILLE, NC 28801
ASHEVILLE, NC 28801
33aNPI1164474094assigned 05/17/2006
33bProvider typeBody Imaging Physician
28Total paid$3.73M
24GClaims350,002
24DCodes billed80
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Body Imaging Physician providers in North Carolina
Rank by total paid#1 of 6
Median peer was paid$9K
This provider vs. median412×
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 | 57,596 | $455K | |
| 2019 | 51,048 | $473K | |
| 2020 | 37,650 | $372K | |
| 2021 | 46,118 | $505K | |
| 2022 | 51,872 | $567K | |
| 2023 | 50,996 | $639K | |
| 2024incomplete | 54,722 | $721K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74177 | Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; with contrast material | 32% | 31,672 | 22,834 | $1.18M |
| 71045 | Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 14% | 134,232 | 86,640 | $523K |
| 70450 | Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material | 13% | 29,876 | 21,407 | $487K |
| 71046 | Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 6.5% | 44,412 | 34,636 | $243K |
| 71275 | Computed tomographic angiography, chest, with contrast material | 4.7% | 4,559 | 3,329 | $177K |
| 70553 | Magnetic resonance imaging, brain; without contrast material, followed by contrast material and further sequences | 3.9% | 2,255 | 1,666 | $144K |
| 74018 | 3.3% | 26,259 | 17,170 | $123K | |
| 74176 | Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; without contrast material | 2.5% | 2,897 | 2,118 | $92K |
| 76705 | Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; limited | 2.3% | 5,289 | 3,850 | $86K |
| 72125 | Computed tomography, cervical spine; without contrast material | 1.9% | 3,357 | 2,386 | $72K |
| 70551 | Magnetic resonance imaging, brain; without contrast material | 1.8% | 1,702 | 1,313 | $67K |
| 76700 | Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; complete | 1.3% | 2,157 | 1,537 | $48K |
68 more codes
| 76770 | 1.1% | 2,032 | $43K | |
| 71260 | Computed tomography, thorax, diagnostic; with contrast material | 1.1% | 1,727 | $40K |
| 77067 | Screening mammography, bilateral, including computer-aided detection | <1% | 1,632 | $34K |
| 73630 | <1% | 8,173 | $33K | |
| 73610 | <1% | 7,285 | $31K | |
| 77063 | Screening digital breast tomosynthesis, bilateral | <1% | 1,171 | $22K |
| 76506 | <1% | 1,254 | $21K | |
| 73721 | Magnetic resonance imaging, any joint of lower extremity; without contrast material | <1% | 700 | $20K |
| 72082 | <1% | 1,785 | $17K | |
| 72100 | <1% | 3,163 | $15K | |
| 73564 | <1% | 3,259 | $15K | |
| 78815 | Positron emission tomography (PET) for limited area imaging | <1% | 390 | $13K |
| 73030 | <1% | 3,568 | $13K | |
| 71250 | <1% | 817 | $13K | |
| 72170 | <1% | 2,493 | $12K | |
| 73502 | <1% | 2,308 | $10K | |
| 73130 | <1% | 2,350 | $10K | |
| 73110 | <1% | 1,797 | $8K | |
| 73090 | <1% | 1,787 | $7K | |
| 73100 | <1% | 1,857 | $7K | |
| 93971 | <1% | 1,021 | $7K | |
| 76885 | <1% | 272 | $7K | |
| 73560 | <1% | 1,446 | $6K | |
| 72081 | <1% | 675 | $6K | |
| 77073 | <1% | 822 | $6K | |
| 73590 | <1% | 1,437 | $6K | |
| 93970 | <1% | 480 | $6K | |
| 72148 | Magnetic resonance imaging, lumbar spine; without contrast material | <1% | 227 | $6K |
| 77072 | <1% | 882 | $6K | |
| 76830 | Ultrasound, transvaginal | <1% | 321 | $5K |
| 71271 | <1% | 174 | $5K | |
| 76642 | <1% | 384 | $5K | |
| 93976 | <1% | 151 | $5K | |
| 93975 | <1% | 114 | $4K | |
| 74183 | <1% | 85 | $3K | |
| 70498 | <1% | 55 | $2K | |
| 73552 | <1% | 568 | $2K | |
| 73080 | <1% | 428 | $2K | |
| 73140 | <1% | 404 | $2K | |
| 76536 | <1% | 146 | $2K | |
| 73070 | <1% | 397 | $2K | |
| 73221 | <1% | 53 | $2K | |
| 77075 | <1% | 62 | $1K | |
| 74240 | <1% | 56 | $1K | |
| 73700 | <1% | 57 | $1K | |
| 70486 | <1% | 38 | $1K | |
| 70496 | <1% | 32 | $1K | |
| 73562 | <1% | 342 | $1K | |
| G0279 | Diagnostic digital breast tomosynthesis, unilateral or bilateral (list separately in addition to 77065 or 77066) | <1% | 103 | $782.44 |
| 76870 | <1% | 50 | $757.01 | |
| 76817 | Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, transvaginal | <1% | 99 | $556.77 |
| 72132 | <1% | 20 | $552.15 | |
| 72193 | <1% | 15 | $537.65 | |
| 70491 | <1% | 13 | $523.73 | |
| 72129 | <1% | 19 | $501.42 | |
| 72141 | <1% | 32 | $411.70 | |
| 49465 | <1% | 14 | $338.52 | |
| 77080 | <1% | 39 | $295.72 | |
| 93880 | <1% | 18 | $157.86 | |
| 72040 | <1% | 43 | $156.58 | |
| 72131 | <1% | 28 | $118.10 | |
| 74022 | <1% | 36 | $79.97 | |
| 72050 | 0% | 16 | $0.00 | |
| 72070 | 0% | 15 | $0.00 | |
| G0297 | Low dose ct scan (ldct) for lung cancer screening | 0% | 15 | $0.00 |
| 77066 | Tomosynthesis, mammo | 0% | 46 | $0.00 |
| 74019 | 0% | 16 | $0.00 | |
| 71101 | 0% | 21 | $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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialGUIFFRIDA, JOESPH (CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER)