Lab
OIG excluded
Bestcare Laboratory Services, LLC
Bestcare Laboratory Services, LLC was paid $22K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Aug 2018, across 64 billing codes. Its largest line is 85025, Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count — 13% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoBESTCARE LABORATORY SERVICES, LLC
WEBSTER, TX 77598
WEBSTER, TX 77598
33aNPI1285651638assigned 07/15/2006
33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory
28Total paid$22K
24GClaims109,172
24DCodes billed64
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Aug 2018
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#215 of 436
Median peer was paid$17K
This provider vs. median1.3×
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.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
OIG exclusionListed on the federal exclusion list (01/26/2021).
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 | 109,172 | $22K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 13% | 9,744 | 7,060 | $3K |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | 11% | 7,941 | 4,906 | $2K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 7.7% | 5,068 | 4,216 | $2K |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | 7.0% | 2,858 | 2,646 | $2K |
| 82306 | Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed | 6.2% | 1,086 | 1,045 | $1K |
| 87086 | Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine | 3.7% | 3,024 | 2,694 | $793.29 |
| 83880 | 3.6% | 494 | 397 | $774.38 | |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | 3.6% | 2,676 | 2,548 | $766.51 |
| 85610 | 3.5% | 4,282 | 948 | $755.06 | |
| 87493 | 3.4% | 358 | 173 | $727.92 | |
| 82140 | 2.9% | 516 | 327 | $619.55 | |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | 2.4% | 2,291 | 2,105 | $511.97 |
52 more codes
| 80164 | 2.2% | 813 | $480.77 | |
| 85027 | 2.1% | 1,412 | $449.95 | |
| 87186 | 2.1% | 2,188 | $443.20 | |
| 82607 | 2.0% | 589 | $427.29 | |
| 87502 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets | 1.8% | 249 | $392.20 |
| 80177 | 1.8% | 530 | $381.75 | |
| 80185 | 1.6% | 399 | $348.15 | |
| 87088 | 1.5% | 1,980 | $313.16 | |
| 81001 | 1.4% | 3,031 | $300.79 | |
| 83735 | 1.4% | 1,105 | $300.31 | |
| 84134 | 1.3% | 1,047 | $287.57 | |
| 80202 | 1.3% | 242 | $280.98 | |
| 82728 | 1.2% | 286 | $267.07 | |
| 80069 | 1.1% | 753 | $242.96 | |
| 82746 | 1.1% | 232 | $233.78 | |
| 84439 | 1.0% | 388 | $217.15 | |
| 83540 | <1% | 364 | $185.75 | |
| 87077 | <1% | 338 | $129.40 | |
| 83550 | <1% | 249 | $120.84 | |
| 84481 | <1% | 135 | $115.17 | |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | <1% | 106 | $110.48 |
| 87070 | <1% | 279 | $99.30 | |
| 83970 | <1% | 32 | $95.12 | |
| 84436 | <1% | 310 | $94.92 | |
| 80162 | <1% | 208 | $90.27 | |
| 84479 | <1% | 260 | $89.40 | |
| 84132 | <1% | 292 | $84.80 | |
| 82550 | <1% | 116 | $67.50 | |
| 80156 | <1% | 91 | $67.12 | |
| 85007 | <1% | 297 | $59.40 | |
| 82274 | <1% | 78 | $54.99 | |
| 86140 | <1% | 190 | $53.05 | |
| 80076 | <1% | 392 | $49.34 | |
| 85651 | <1% | 282 | $44.58 | |
| 87205 | <1% | 106 | $43.79 | |
| 84550 | <1% | 183 | $19.82 | |
| 85014 | <1% | 252 | $16.38 | |
| 87899 | <1% | 36 | $13.81 | |
| 85018 | <1% | 200 | $13.65 | |
| 87045 | <1% | 36 | $10.88 | |
| 84100 | <1% | 245 | $10.86 | |
| 82248 | <1% | 32 | $5.43 | |
| G0471 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture or urine sample by catheterization from an individual in a skilled nursing facility (snf) or by a laboratory on behalf of a home health agency (hha) | 0% | 24,181 | $0.00 |
| 83690 | 0% | 12 | $0.00 | |
| P9603 | Travel allowance one way in connection with medically necessary laboratory specimen collection drawn from home bound or nursing home bound patient; prorated miles actually travelled | 0% | 24,127 | $0.00 |
| 82150 | 0% | 13 | $0.00 | |
| 82040 | 0% | 34 | $0.00 | |
| 85008 | 0% | 48 | $0.00 | |
| 87040 | 0% | 24 | $0.00 | |
| G0103 | Prostate cancer screening; prostate specific antigen test (psa) | 0% | 16 | $0.00 |
| 82570 | 0% | 12 | $0.00 | |
| P9604 | Travel allowance one way in connection with medically necessary laboratory specimen collection drawn from home bound or nursing home bound patient; prorated trip charge | 0% | 14 | $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 officialMAGHAREH, KARIM (PRESIDENT/CEO)