Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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University Pathologists

University Pathologists was paid $1.35M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 17 billing codes. Its largest line is 87491, Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe — 19% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoUNIVERSITY PATHOLOGISTS
HOUSTON, TX 77030
33aNPI1518111236assigned 11/07/2008
28Total paid$1.35M
24GClaims117,802
24DCodes billed17
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in Texas

Rank by total paid#57 of 436
Median peer was paid$17K
This provider vs. median78×

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.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official HUNTER, ROBERT controls 13+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$20K$40K2018201920202021202220232024
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
YearClaimsPaid
20181,240$23K
20191,720$33K
20207,965$197K
202126,140$256K
202227,849$233K
202325,307$299K
2024incomplete27,581$306K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
87491 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe 19% 20,130 19,418 $256K
87591 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe 19% 20,076 19,373 $253K
87635 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe 11% 3,452 3,179 $150K
88175 Cytopathology, cervical or vaginal, any reporting system; collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer 8.3% 11,641 11,273 $112K
87480 7.9% 15,027 14,407 $107K
87660 7.6% 14,480 13,905 $102K
87510 6.8% 14,501 13,930 $92K
87624 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; human papillomavirus (HPV), high-risk types 6.8% 7,522 7,245 $92K
88305 Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination 4.3% 1,385 1,298 $58K
87801 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; amplified probe, multiple organisms 2.4% 1,701 1,654 $32K
87661 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Trichomonas vaginalis, amplified probe 2.1% 1,933 1,876 $28K
88141 2.0% 3,065 2,966 $27K
5 more codes
87563 1.4% 1,211 $20K
87625 <1% 758 $11K
88142 <1% 835 $7K
U0002 2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc <1% 17 $107.96
U0004 2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r 0% 68 $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 officialHUNTER, ROBERT (LABORATORY DIRECTOR)
Same official

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Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.