Physician
Alvarado Pathology Associates, a Medical Corporation
Alvarado Pathology Associates, a Medical Corporation was paid $392K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jan 2023, across 55 billing codes. Its largest line is 80307, Drug test(s), presumptive, any number of drug classes; immunoassay — 30% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoALVARADO PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES, A MEDICAL CORPORATION
SAN DIEGO, CA 92120
SAN DIEGO, CA 92120
33aNPI1205840634assigned 07/29/2006
33bProvider typeAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician
28Total paid$392K
24GClaims121,086
24DCodes billed55
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jan 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#64 of 222
Median peer was paid$42K
This provider vs. median9.3×
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 | 18,697 | $69K | |
| 2019 | 20,211 | $102K | |
| 2020 | 21,183 | $62K | |
| 2021 | 30,086 | $82K | |
| 2022 | 30,828 | $76K | |
| 2023 | 81 | $138.27 |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80307 | Drug test(s), presumptive, any number of drug classes; immunoassay | 30% | 2,443 | 2,300 | $116K |
| 88305 | Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination | 20% | 2,146 | 2,060 | $80K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 8.9% | 16,199 | 10,917 | $35K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 8.2% | 23,813 | 13,556 | $32K |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | 4.3% | 11,093 | 5,164 | $17K |
| 83880 | 4.0% | 2,510 | 1,828 | $16K | |
| 82962 | 2.5% | 5,662 | 2,210 | $10K | |
| 84484 | 2.3% | 5,008 | 4,099 | $9K | |
| 83735 | 2.1% | 6,729 | 2,839 | $8K | |
| 83690 | 1.8% | 5,473 | 4,683 | $7K | |
| 85060 | 1.8% | 681 | 657 | $7K | |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | 1.2% | 1,525 | 1,353 | $5K |
43 more codes
| 87086 | Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine | 1.1% | 2,976 | $4K |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | 1.0% | 1,823 | $4K |
| 83605 | 1.0% | 1,961 | $4K | |
| 87040 | <1% | 1,893 | $4K | |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | <1% | 1,549 | $3K |
| 87186 | <1% | 1,704 | $2K | |
| 81001 | <1% | 3,441 | $2K | |
| 85730 | <1% | 2,090 | $2K | |
| 87081 | <1% | 1,459 | $2K | |
| 87070 | <1% | 1,291 | $2K | |
| 85610 | <1% | 2,418 | $2K | |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | <1% | 761 | $2K |
| 85027 | <1% | 1,574 | $2K | |
| 87591 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe | <1% | 239 | $2K |
| 87491 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe | <1% | 240 | $2K |
| 87077 | <1% | 1,224 | $2K | |
| 81003 | <1% | 2,460 | $1K | |
| 86628 | <1% | 214 | $1K | |
| 82140 | <1% | 576 | $1K | |
| 81025 | <1% | 3,087 | $999.97 | |
| 85007 | <1% | 1,446 | $846.09 | |
| 80202 | <1% | 339 | $822.63 | |
| 85379 | <1% | 374 | $601.62 | |
| 86140 | <1% | 560 | $509.89 | |
| 87205 | <1% | 506 | $424.25 | |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | <1% | 251 | $397.06 |
| 84145 | <1% | 92 | $371.38 | |
| 87502 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets | <1% | 40 | $268.05 |
| 83540 | <1% | 203 | $245.67 | |
| 83550 | <1% | 99 | $128.03 | |
| 85651 | <1% | 254 | $125.32 | |
| 80320 | <1% | 366 | $98.96 | |
| 87899 | <1% | 46 | $80.75 | |
| 87076 | <1% | 42 | $56.65 | |
| 82550 | <1% | 29 | $36.47 | |
| 84703 | <1% | 27 | $35.84 | |
| 82728 | <1% | 14 | $33.72 | |
| 83615 | <1% | 39 | $33.19 | |
| 86850 | <1% | 13 | $20.47 | |
| 87147 | <1% | 17 | $19.84 | |
| 86900 | <1% | 13 | $10.53 | |
| 87210 | <1% | 12 | $7.08 | |
| 80329 | 0% | 42 | $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 officialSAFRIN, RICHARD (CEO)