Lab
Lares Medical Center INC.
Lares Medical Center INC. was paid $3.15M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 64 billing codes. Its largest line is 87426, Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) — 25% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLARES MEDICAL CENTER INC.
LARES, PR 00669
LARES, PR 00669
33aNPI1629006572assigned 06/29/2006
33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory
28Total paid$3.15M
24GClaims267,357
24DCodes billed64
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in Puerto Rico
Rank by total paid#21 of 777
Median peer was paid$278K
This provider vs. median11×
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 | 23,034 | $210K | |
| 2019 | 22,345 | $209K | |
| 2020 | 22,672 | $230K | |
| 2021 | 44,017 | $591K | |
| 2022 | 53,792 | $735K | |
| 2023 | 55,510 | $662K | |
| 2024incomplete | 45,987 | $514K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87426 | Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | 25% | 19,359 | 17,367 | $791K |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | 7.7% | 40,901 | 35,267 | $244K |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | 7.2% | 15,169 | 14,536 | $228K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 7.2% | 31,471 | 28,669 | $227K |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | 6.4% | 15,819 | 15,174 | $202K |
| 82306 | Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed | 5.6% | 8,027 | 7,749 | $177K |
| 87276 | 4.9% | 16,649 | 7,692 | $153K | |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 4.7% | 15,195 | 14,460 | $148K |
| 86738 | 4.1% | 9,772 | 9,107 | $130K | |
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | 3.8% | 2,386 | 2,148 | $118K |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | 3.5% | 12,142 | 11,655 | $112K |
| 86328 | 2.4% | 3,269 | 2,984 | $77K |
52 more codes
| 82274 | 2.4% | 5,047 | $77K | |
| 81001 | 2.3% | 22,161 | $72K | |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | 1.9% | 7,442 | $59K |
| 84153 | 1.7% | 3,176 | $54K | |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | 1.4% | 7,166 | $44K |
| 82043 | 1.3% | 6,998 | $42K | |
| 82607 | <1% | 1,683 | $24K | |
| 83970 | <1% | 498 | $20K | |
| 82570 | <1% | 4,023 | $20K | |
| 87088 | <1% | 2,171 | $17K | |
| 86701 | <1% | 1,754 | $16K | |
| 84436 | <1% | 2,521 | $16K | |
| 84479 | <1% | 2,340 | $13K | |
| 84439 | <1% | 1,146 | $11K | |
| 86592 | <1% | 1,307 | $5K | |
| 85730 | <1% | 875 | $5K | |
| 85651 | <1% | 1,252 | $4K | |
| 86038 | <1% | 357 | $4K | |
| 82746 | <1% | 363 | $4K | |
| 87428 | <1% | 74 | $4K | |
| 85610 | <1% | 894 | $3K | |
| 84703 | <1% | 320 | $2K | |
| 87491 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe | <1% | 62 | $2K |
| 87591 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe | <1% | 57 | $2K |
| 80050 | General health panel | <1% | 194 | $2K |
| 82947 | <1% | 523 | $2K | |
| 83540 | <1% | 297 | $2K | |
| 86803 | <1% | 141 | $2K | |
| 86140 | <1% | 418 | $2K | |
| 82150 | <1% | 287 | $2K | |
| 83001 | <1% | 90 | $2K | |
| 83690 | <1% | 247 | $2K | |
| 82553 | <1% | 140 | $1K | |
| 82565 | <1% | 368 | $1K | |
| 80074 | <1% | 24 | $1K | |
| 82550 | <1% | 153 | $909.78 | |
| 83002 | <1% | 50 | $842.08 | |
| 84520 | <1% | 223 | $832.71 | |
| 87340 | <1% | 57 | $537.71 | |
| 86708 | <1% | 31 | $325.53 | |
| 86706 | <1% | 32 | $305.46 | |
| 80069 | <1% | 39 | $299.01 | |
| 87110 | <1% | 14 | $275.79 | |
| 84146 | <1% | 14 | $268.28 | |
| 86704 | <1% | 19 | $207.62 | |
| 83655 | <1% | 14 | $184.66 | |
| 86709 | <1% | 19 | $175.48 | |
| 82270 | <1% | 52 | $147.30 | |
| 86431 | <1% | 24 | $134.46 | |
| 87076 | <1% | 14 | $113.68 | |
| 81000 | <1% | 14 | $42.27 | |
| 87427 | <1% | 13 | $29.52 |
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 officialBALTAZAR, RODRIGUEZ (DIRECTOR)
Parent organizationLARES MEDICAL CENTER INC
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Lares Medical Center INC | Lares, PR | $16K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.