Physician
Decastro, Dulce
Decastro, Dulce was paid $16K by Medicaid between Feb 2019 and Feb 2023, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 85025, Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count — 36% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDECASTRO, DULCE
UPLAND, CA 91786
UPLAND, CA 91786
33aNPI1508851064assigned 09/12/2005
33bProvider typeAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician
28Total paid$16K
24GClaims2,866
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2019 – Feb 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician providers in California
Rank by total paid#134 of 222
Median peer was paid$42K
This provider vs. median0.4×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,168 | $15K | |
| 2020 | 902 | $181.98 | |
| 2021 | 317 | $35.37 | |
| 2022 | 435 | $110.82 | |
| 2023 | 44 | $7.26 |
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 | 36% | 1,148 | 810 | $6K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 19% | 515 | 388 | $3K |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | 13% | 130 | 101 | $2K |
| 83690 | 11% | 113 | 100 | $2K | |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | 11% | 518 | 286 | $2K |
| 81003 | 9.8% | 428 | 387 | $2K | |
| 84703 | <1% | 14 | 13 | $2.58 |
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.