Physician
Nicka, Catherine
Nicka, Catherine was paid $240K by Medicaid between Aug 2021 and Jul 2024, across 59 billing codes. Its largest line is 88305, Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination — 34% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoNICKA, CATHERINE
YREKA, CA 96097
YREKA, CA 96097
33aNPI1265819452assigned 04/27/2015
33bProvider typeAnatomic Pathology Physician
28Total paid$240K
24GClaims71,264
24DCodes billed59
24AFirst – last monthAug 2021 – Jul 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Anatomic Pathology Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#4 of 19
Median peer was paid$10K
This provider vs. median24×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7,778 | $20K | |
| 2022 | 32,061 | $99K | |
| 2023 | 24,841 | $92K | |
| 2024incomplete | 6,584 | $29K |
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% | 2,238 | 1,331 | $82K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 9.6% | 9,626 | 8,448 | $23K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 8.3% | 11,452 | 9,425 | $20K |
| 82306 | Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed | 6.5% | 2,434 | 2,420 | $16K |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | 6.3% | 3,969 | 3,898 | $15K |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | 4.0% | 3,204 | 3,189 | $10K |
| 84145 | 3.6% | 1,497 | 1,199 | $9K | |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | 3.4% | 3,619 | 3,577 | $8K |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | 1.8% | 2,266 | 1,509 | $4K |
| 82746 | 1.6% | 1,123 | 1,112 | $4K | |
| 83605 | 1.5% | 1,514 | 1,367 | $4K | |
| 87086 | Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine | 1.4% | 1,887 | 1,760 | $3K |
47 more codes
| 84484 | 1.3% | 1,385 | $3K | |
| 83690 | 1.2% | 1,782 | $3K | |
| 81003 | 1.1% | 5,068 | $3K | |
| 83735 | <1% | 1,493 | $2K | |
| 87491 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe | <1% | 257 | $2K |
| 87591 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe | <1% | 257 | $2K |
| 84439 | <1% | 991 | $2K | |
| 87651 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe | <1% | 233 | $2K |
| 87040 | <1% | 721 | $2K | |
| 87186 | <1% | 821 | $2K | |
| 84702 | <1% | 448 | $2K | |
| 87077 | <1% | 832 | $2K | |
| 83655 | <1% | 465 | $1K | |
| 83880 | <1% | 153 | $1K | |
| 85610 | <1% | 1,253 | $1K | |
| 85027 | <1% | 672 | $1K | |
| 82805 | <1% | 152 | $997.12 | |
| 81001 | <1% | 1,314 | $968.36 | |
| 85730 | <1% | 733 | $944.81 | |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | <1% | 454 | $856.56 |
| 83540 | <1% | 527 | $801.98 | |
| 85379 | <1% | 327 | $746.93 | |
| 85018 | <1% | 1,338 | $732.36 | |
| 87070 | <1% | 346 | $658.79 | |
| 82570 | <1% | 526 | $643.33 | |
| 84466 | <1% | 218 | $633.82 | |
| 87081 | <1% | 410 | $617.13 | |
| 82043 | <1% | 435 | $591.34 | |
| 82728 | <1% | 185 | $584.82 | |
| 82607 | <1% | 161 | $572.25 | |
| 88304 | <1% | 13 | $335.97 | |
| 85652 | <1% | 514 | $317.43 | |
| 86850 | <1% | 389 | $271.42 | |
| 86592 | <1% | 255 | $242.96 | |
| 86901 | <1% | 348 | $229.27 | |
| 86900 | <1% | 329 | $213.68 | |
| 87205 | <1% | 188 | $174.36 | |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | <1% | 65 | $155.35 |
| 81002 | <1% | 211 | $122.19 | |
| 84153 | <1% | 27 | $101.43 | |
| 84154 | <1% | 14 | $61.74 | |
| 82553 | <1% | 28 | $60.90 | |
| 82150 | <1% | 31 | $48.05 | |
| 87210 | <1% | 28 | $26.88 | |
| 84703 | <1% | 12 | $19.44 | |
| 80076 | <1% | 13 | $16.64 | |
| 81015 | <1% | 13 | $8.84 |
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.