Physician
Preferred Pain Associates of Alabama, P.C.
Preferred Pain Associates of Alabama, P.C. was paid $2.83M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 36 billing codes. Its largest line is 80307, Drug test(s), presumptive, any number of drug classes; immunoassay — 39% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoPREFERRED PAIN ASSOCIATES OF ALABAMA, P.C.
BIRMINGHAM, AL 35235
BIRMINGHAM, AL 35235
33aNPI1558779736assigned 07/31/2014
33bProvider typeAnesthesiology Physician
28Total paid$2.83M
24GClaims65,305
24DCodes billed36
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Anesthesiology Physician providers in Alabama
Rank by total paid#4 of 48
Median peer was paid$37K
This provider vs. median76×
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 | 8,155 | $271K | |
| 2019 | 7,863 | $316K | |
| 2020 | 7,826 | $299K | |
| 2021 | 12,000 | $428K | |
| 2022 | 10,930 | $471K | |
| 2023 | 10,668 | $633K | |
| 2024incomplete | 7,863 | $415K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80307 | Drug test(s), presumptive, any number of drug classes; immunoassay | 39% | 25,406 | 23,027 | $1.11M |
| 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 | 35% | 18,670 | 16,958 | $998K |
| 64635 | 6.7% | 879 | 702 | $189K | |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 5.6% | 5,739 | 5,333 | $159K |
| 64493 | 3.6% | 1,572 | 809 | $101K | |
| 64636 | 2.9% | 867 | 694 | $81K | |
| 64494 | 1.8% | 1,563 | 808 | $52K | |
| 27096 | 1.1% | 250 | 159 | $32K | |
| 99204 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity | <1% | 285 | 256 | $25K |
| 62323 | <1% | 186 | 146 | $20K | |
| J0702 | Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg | <1% | 1,232 | 1,064 | $16K |
| 64483 | <1% | 81 | 47 | $13K |
24 more codes
| 99205 | Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 49 | $6K |
| 96372 | Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular | <1% | 529 | $5K |
| J3301 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg | <1% | 956 | $4K |
| 93000 | <1% | 143 | $2K | |
| J3300 | Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, preservative free, 1 mg | <1% | 560 | $2K |
| 81025 | <1% | 853 | $2K | |
| 99203 | Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) | <1% | 39 | $2K |
| 20610 | <1% | 43 | $2K | |
| 62321 | <1% | 15 | $2K | |
| 62322 | <1% | 15 | $1K | |
| 99212 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, straightforward | <1% | 90 | $1K |
| 20552 | <1% | 33 | $985.20 | |
| 99152 | <1% | 101 | $875.34 | |
| 72275 | <1% | 14 | $828.00 | |
| J2250 | Injection, midazolam hydrochloride, per 1 mg | <1% | 1,445 | $731.78 |
| J1885 | Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | <1% | 370 | $631.58 |
| Q9967 | Low osmolar contrast material, 300-399 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml | <1% | 2,205 | $617.82 |
| S0020 | Injection, bupivicaine hydrochloride, 30 ml | <1% | 121 | $158.40 |
| 99358 | Prolong nursin fac eval 15m | <1% | 242 | $152.62 |
| Q9966 | Low osmolar contrast material, 200-299 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml | <1% | 126 | $30.65 |
| J2001 | Injection, lidocaine hcl for intravenous infusion, 10 mg | 0% | 41 | $0.00 |
| A4215 | Needle, sterile, any size, each | 0% | 473 | $0.00 |
| J3490 | Unclassified drugs | 0% | 97 | $0.00 |
| A4550 | Surgical trays | 0% | 15 | $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 officialFRENETTE, JOSEPH ROLAND (OWNER)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Preferred Sedation Associates, INC | Birmingham, AL | $133K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.