Lab
Astro Diagnostics INC
Astro Diagnostics INC was paid $3.76M by Medicaid between Apr 2023 and Dec 2023, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is 87913, — 96% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoASTRO DIAGNOSTICS INC
HOUSTON, TX 77036
HOUSTON, TX 77036
33aNPI1770230930assigned 03/08/2022
33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory
28Total paid$3.76M
24GClaims21,798
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthApr 2023 – Dec 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in Texas
Rank by total paid#32 of 436
Median peer was paid$17K
This provider vs. median218×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21,798 | $3.76M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87913 | 96% | 16,610 | 8,622 | $3.61M | |
| 87637 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV | 4.1% | 4,768 | 2,857 | $153K |
| G2023 | Specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), any specimen source | <1% | 156 | 85 | $672.86 |
| K1034 | Provision of covid-19 test, nonprescription self-administered and self-collected use, fda approved, authorized or cleared, one test count | <1% | 58 | 55 | $269.76 |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | 0% | 42 | 39 | $0.00 |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | 0% | 32 | 29 | $0.00 |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 0% | 37 | 35 | $0.00 |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 0% | 36 | 33 | $0.00 |
| 82306 | Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed | 0% | 19 | 18 | $0.00 |
| 82607 | 0% | 18 | 17 | $0.00 | |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | 0% | 22 | 21 | $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 officialGANGISETTI, VENU GOPAL (OWNER)