Lab
Laboratorio Frontera
Laboratorio Frontera was paid $140K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Feb 2023, across 17 billing codes. Its largest line is 84443, Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) — 23% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLABORATORIO FRONTERA
MAYAGUEZ, PR 00680
MAYAGUEZ, PR 00680
33aNPI1376739110assigned 09/14/2007
33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory
28Total paid$140K
24GClaims15,182
24DCodes billed17
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Feb 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in Puerto Rico
Rank by total paid#503 of 777
Median peer was paid$278K
This provider vs. median0.5×
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 | 3,536 | $29K | |
| 2019 | 2,924 | $26K | |
| 2020 | 2,311 | $22K | |
| 2021 | 3,224 | $33K | |
| 2022 | 2,805 | $27K | |
| 2023 | 382 | $3K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | 23% | 2,056 | 1,882 | $32K |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | 20% | 2,236 | 2,033 | $28K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 18% | 3,776 | 3,069 | $25K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 14% | 2,065 | 1,885 | $20K |
| 82274 | 5.6% | 500 | 476 | $8K | |
| 81000 | 5.3% | 2,479 | 2,256 | $7K | |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | 4.1% | 628 | 574 | $6K |
| 86701 | 3.2% | 501 | 477 | $4K | |
| 82306 | Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed | 2.9% | 141 | 133 | $4K |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | 1.8% | 325 | 288 | $3K |
| 82042 | <1% | 242 | 221 | $1K | |
| 82270 | <1% | 146 | 111 | $421.26 |
5 more codes
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 officialFRONTERA, JULIANA (OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Frontera Clinical Lab PSC | Mayaguez, PR | $42K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.