Desert Pathology Medical Group, INC.

Desert Pathology Medical Group, INC. was paid $162K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Jan 2019, across 69 billing codes. Its largest line is 88305, Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination — 34% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoDESERT PATHOLOGY MEDICAL GROUP, INC.
PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262

33aNPI1205898475assigned 04/04/2006

33bProvider typeClinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine Physician

28Total paid$162K

24GClaims27,132

24DCodes billed69

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Jan 2019

Compared with peers

Next to other Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Medicine Physician providers in California

Rank by total paid#10 of 21

Median peer was paid$69K

This provider vs. median2.3×

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	26,910	$153K
2019	222	$9K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
88305	Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination	34%	1,552	1,417	$56K
88307		27%	577	568	$43K
88304		10%	785	768	$17K
88342		5.4%	182	180	$9K
85025	Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count	4.2%	5,690	2,945	$7K
88312		2.1%	118	116	$3K
80053	Comprehensive metabolic panel	2.0%	2,014	1,005	$3K
80048	Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized)	1.4%	1,965	715	$2K
88112		1.1%	101	83	$2K
88313		1.0%	43	43	$2K
83735		<1%	1,188	464	$1K
80076		<1%	1,083	894	$1K

57 more codes

84145		<1%	268	$1K
88311		<1%	191	$989.65
83690		<1%	907	$970.39
84484		<1%	637	$935.99
87040		<1%	289	$826.78
85027		<1%	718	$750.27
83880		<1%	124	$660.63
84443	Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)	<1%	253	$657.95
85730		<1%	614	$585.39
80047		<1%	471	$546.55
88300		<1%	84	$508.24
85610		<1%	834	$504.31
81001		<1%	1,024	$492.55
87086	Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine	<1%	294	$372.40
86923		<1%	37	$334.45
80061	Lipid panel	<1%	158	$328.11
86300		<1%	92	$327.72
83036	Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C)	<1%	210	$322.15
80202		<1%	143	$314.78
83605		<1%	185	$309.30
82378		<1%	95	$304.04
87077		<1%	129	$233.31
86901		<1%	513	$229.41
87081		<1%	219	$228.99
83615		<1%	282	$228.44
86900		<1%	514	$224.81
87070		<1%	153	$210.86
87186		<1%	112	$195.46
86703		<1%	85	$185.07
86850		<1%	360	$166.48
84100		<1%	286	$163.48
82247		<1%	215	$158.09
82962		<1%	94	$144.64
83550		<1%	106	$130.20
84439		<1%	81	$116.26
87502	Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets	<1%	12	$112.50
83540		<1%	108	$110.15
81003		<1%	249	$75.02
80306		<1%	13	$69.30
82248		<1%	142	$66.45
87075		<1%	38	$65.44
84702		<1%	29	$64.98
82150		<1%	52	$54.56
86140		<1%	60	$51.21
89051		<1%	13	$46.20
82550		<1%	62	$45.74
86880		<1%	46	$44.07
80069		<1%	35	$42.07
82746		<1%	17	$40.73
82570		<1%	37	$30.69
82728		<1%	14	$28.45
85379		<1%	13	$20.14
84156		<1%	33	$18.63
87340		<1%	12	$18.04
85651		<1%	41	$17.22
85007		<1%	18	$6.16
84550		<1%	13	$3.52

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 officialSHERMAN, NATHAN (OWNER/PARTNER)