Physician
North Alabama Cardiology Center
North Alabama Cardiology Center was paid $511K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 19 billing codes. Its largest line is 93306, Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete — 25% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoNORTH ALABAMA CARDIOLOGY CENTER
GADSDEN, AL 35901
GADSDEN, AL 35901
33aNPI1346213881assigned 02/07/2006
33bProvider typeCardiovascular Disease Physician
28Total paid$511K
24GClaims12,712
24DCodes billed19
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Alabama
Rank by total paid#4 of 51
Median peer was paid$40K
This provider vs. median13×
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 | 2,877 | $116K | |
| 2019 | 3,372 | $118K | |
| 2020 | 2,019 | $68K | |
| 2021 | 1,841 | $66K | |
| 2022 | 997 | $46K | |
| 2023 | 959 | $59K | |
| 2024incomplete | 647 | $39K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93306 | Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete | 25% | 2,419 | 2,352 | $129K |
| 99223 | Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 17% | 1,655 | 1,569 | $85K |
| 99233 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day (complex)Prolong inpt eval add15 m | 12% | 2,142 | 1,003 | $61K |
| 78452 | Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic (SPECT); multiple studies at rest and/or stress | 11% | 463 | 439 | $59K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 9.9% | 2,915 | 2,824 | $51K |
| 93458 | 7.9% | 129 | 126 | $41K | |
| A9500 | Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | 4.1% | 250 | 237 | $21K |
| 93015 | 3.0% | 325 | 312 | $15K | |
| 99214 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity | 2.2% | 236 | 233 | $11K |
| A9505 | Thallium tl-201 thallous chloride, diagnostic, per millicurie | 2.1% | 280 | 267 | $10K |
| 93000 | 1.9% | 785 | 758 | $10K | |
| J2785 | Injection, regadenoson, 0.1 mg | 1.8% | 74 | 73 | $9K |
7 more codes
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up day | 1.5% | 831 | $7K |
| 93224 | <1% | 12 | $342.34 | |
| 93010 | Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; interpretation and report only | <1% | 61 | $313.22 |
| J1245 | Injection, dipyridamole, per 10 mg | <1% | 54 | $216.17 |
| 93296 | <1% | 25 | $170.60 | |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 16 | $147.04 |
| J0280 | Injection, aminophyllin, up to 250 mg | <1% | 40 | $134.05 |
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 officialSALSTER, LARUE (OFFICE MANAGER)