Metrospine PC

Metrospine PC was paid $430K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and May 2021, across 2 billing codes. Its largest line is G0481, Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms (any type, single or tandem and excluding immunoassays (e.g., ia, eia, elisa, emit, fpia) and enzymatic methods (e.g., alcohol dehydrogenase)), (2) stable isotope or other universally recognized internal standards in all samples (e.g., to control for matrix effects, interferences and variations in signal strength), and (3) method or drug-specific calibration and matrix-matched quality control material (e.g., to control for instrument variations and mass spectral drift); qualitative or quantitative, all sources, includes specimen validity testing, per day; 8-14 drug class(es), including metabolite(s) if performed — 99% of everything it billed.

Compared with peers

Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in Maryland

Rank by total paid#47 of 93

Median peer was paid$430K

This provider vs. median1.0×

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	1,255	$115K
2019	1,100	$137K
2020	1,057	$132K
2021	374	$47K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
G0481	Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms (any type, single or tandem and excluding immunoassays (e.g., ia, eia, elisa, emit, fpia) and enzymatic methods (e.g., alcohol dehydrogenase)), (2) stable isotope or other universally recognized internal standards in all samples (e.g., to control for matrix effects, interferences and variations in signal strength), and (3) method or drug-specific calibration and matrix-matched quality control material (e.g., to control for instrument variations and mass spectral drift); qualitative or quantitative, all sources, includes specimen validity testing, per day; 8-14 drug class(es), including metabolite(s) if performed	99%	3,420	3,309	$426K
80305		<1%	366	355	$4K

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 officialDRAKES, GEORGE (CEO)

Parent organizationMETROSPINE PC

Same official

Other billing entities under DRAKES, GEORGE

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Provider	Location	Paid
Metrospine PC	Oxon Hill, MD	$4.88M
Metrospine PC	Clinton, MD	$351K

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