Lab
CDT DR Melendez, INC
CDT DR Melendez, INC was paid $379K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 25 billing codes. Its largest line is 87426, Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) — 24% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCDT DR MELENDEZ, INC
MANATI, PR 00674
MANATI, PR 00674
33aNPI1205185527assigned 08/31/2012
33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory
28Total paid$379K
24GClaims27,969
24DCodes billed25
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in Puerto Rico
Rank by total paid#320 of 777
Median peer was paid$278K
This provider vs. median1.4×
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 | 4,004 | $40K | |
| 2019 | 3,000 | $25K | |
| 2020 | 2,142 | $19K | |
| 2021 | 5,502 | $91K | |
| 2022 | 5,086 | $108K | |
| 2023 | 3,685 | $46K | |
| 2024incomplete | 4,550 | $50K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87426 | Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | 24% | 2,238 | 1,897 | $91K |
| G2023 | Specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), any specimen source | 16% | 2,442 | 2,065 | $60K |
| 82306 | Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed | 10% | 1,477 | 1,423 | $40K |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | 9.7% | 2,737 | 2,638 | $37K |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | 8.3% | 2,567 | 2,481 | $31K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 6.3% | 2,838 | 2,726 | $24K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 6.0% | 3,558 | 3,335 | $23K |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | 4.4% | 1,858 | 1,795 | $17K |
| 82274 | 2.3% | 615 | 607 | $9K | |
| 81000 | 2.3% | 3,044 | 2,926 | $9K | |
| 82607 | 2.0% | 549 | 521 | $8K | |
| 84436 | 1.4% | 862 | 827 | $5K |
13 more codes
| 82043 | 1.2% | 796 | $5K | |
| 84479 | 1.2% | 796 | $5K | |
| 87276 | <1% | 258 | $3K | |
| 87275 | <1% | 258 | $3K | |
| 84153 | <1% | 184 | $3K | |
| 80050 | General health panel | <1% | 202 | $2K |
| 84403 | <1% | 69 | $2K | |
| 86769 | <1% | 45 | $1K | |
| 87088 | <1% | 138 | $1K | |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | <1% | 71 | $849.88 |
| 87811 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | <1% | 187 | $577.92 |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 94 | $286.89 |
| 85651 | <1% | 86 | $286.21 |
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 officialMELENDEZ, MANUEL (PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Elemental Behavioral INC. | Miami, FL | $511K |
| CDT DR. Melendez, INC | Manati, PR | $180K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.