Salame Heart and Vascular Clinic LLC
Salame Heart and Vascular Clinic LLC was paid $441K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 18 billing codes. Its largest line is 93306, Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete — 29% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSALAME HEART AND VASCULAR CLINIC LLC
ANNISTON, AL 36201
ANNISTON, AL 36201
33aNPI1437390184assigned 03/10/2009
33bProvider typeSpecialist
28Total paid$441K
24GClaims16,831
24DCodes billed18
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Specialist providers in Alabama
Rank by total paid#33 of 162
Median peer was paid$49K
This provider vs. median9.0×
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 | 2,706 | $50K | |
| 2019 | 2,953 | $53K | |
| 2020 | 2,108 | $46K | |
| 2021 | 2,728 | $65K | |
| 2022 | 2,997 | $93K | |
| 2023 | 2,170 | $80K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,169 | $54K |
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 | 29% | 2,827 | 2,633 | $129K |
| 78452 | Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic (SPECT); multiple studies at rest and/or stress | 19% | 1,165 | 1,074 | $84K |
| 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 | 16% | 3,656 | 3,321 | $72K |
| 93000 | 8.8% | 4,686 | 4,311 | $39K | |
| A9500 | Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | 6.4% | 297 | 275 | $28K |
| 99232 | Hospital visit by a doctor, follow-up daySubsequent hospital care, per day, moderate complexity | 5.6% | 1,813 | 680 | $25K |
| 93224 | 5.3% | 785 | 745 | $23K | |
| 93015 | 5.2% | 566 | 531 | $23K | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 2.7% | 504 | 440 | $12K |
| 93880 | <1% | 26 | 26 | $2K | |
| 99244 | Office or other outpatient consultation, moderate to high complexity | <1% | 17 | 12 | $1K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 68 | 59 | $1K |
6 more codes
| G2012 | Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m service provided within the previous 7 days nor leading to an e/m service or procedure within the next 24 hours or soonest available appointment; 5-10 minutes of medical discussion | <1% | 300 | $751.46 |
| 99231 | Subsequent hospital care, per day, straightforward or low complexity | <1% | 34 | $288.00 |
| 93018 | <1% | 42 | $240.12 | |
| J2785 | Injection, regadenoson, 0.1 mg | <1% | 12 | $176.10 |
| J1245 | Injection, dipyridamole, per 10 mg | <1% | 12 | $142.77 |
| G8952 | Elevated or hypertensive blood pressure reading documented, indicated follow-up not documented, reason not given | 0% | 21 | $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 officialSALAME, MAHOMED (PRESIDENT)