Cookston, Michael

Cookston, Michael was paid $29K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2021, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 88305, Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination — 71% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCOOKSTON, MICHAEL
SCOTTSBORO, AL 35768

33aNPI1184644387assigned 07/20/2006

33bProvider typeAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician

28Total paid$29K

24GClaims1,389

24DCodes billed3

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2021

Compared with peers

Next to other Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician providers in Alabama

Rank by total paid#9 of 13

Median peer was paid$85K

This provider vs. median0.3×

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	382	$6K
2019	466	$11K
2020	344	$6K
2021	197	$5K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
88305	Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination	71%	1,071	804	$21K
88307		20%	136	105	$6K
88304		8.4%	182	176	$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.