Physician
Vitale, Melissa
Vitale, Melissa was paid $498K by Medicaid between Dec 2020 and Dec 2024, across 37 billing codes. Its largest line is 99214, doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved) — 40% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoVITALE, MELISSA
PITTSBURGH, PA 15201
PITTSBURGH, PA 15201
33aNPI1831380682assigned 08/07/2007
33bProvider typePediatric Emergency Medicine (Pediatrics) Physician
28Total paid$498K
24GClaims12,760
24DCodes billed37
24AFirst – last monthDec 2020 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Pediatrics) Physician providers in Pennsylvania
Rank by total paid#2 of 30
Median peer was paid$48K
This provider vs. median10×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 13 | $969.22 | |
| 2021 | 957 | $44K | |
| 2022 | 2,896 | $123K | |
| 2023 | 4,315 | $170K | |
| 2024incomplete | 4,579 | $160K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 40% | 2,540 | 2,464 | $197K |
| 99213 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity | 19% | 1,849 | 1,810 | $94K |
| 99392 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, early childhood (1-4 years) | 12% | 641 | 640 | $60K |
| 99393 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, late childhood (5-11 years) | 8.8% | 485 | 484 | $44K |
| 99391 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, infant (under 1 year) | 7.0% | 386 | 383 | $35K |
| 99051 | 4.9% | 879 | 875 | $25K | |
| 99394 | Periodic comprehensive preventive medicine reevaluation, established patient, adolescent (12-17 years) | 3.9% | 199 | 199 | $19K |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | 1.3% | 442 | 434 | $6K |
| 87426 | Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | <1% | 121 | 119 | $5K |
| 87804 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Influenza, each type | <1% | 280 | 138 | $3K |
| 99215 | Doctor's office visit, returning patient (complex)Prolong outpt/office vis | <1% | 27 | 27 | $3K |
| 87428 | <1% | 72 | 71 | $2K |
25 more codes
| 99173 | <1% | 682 | $2K | |
| 90460 | Immunization administration through 18 years of age via any route, first or only component | <1% | 19 | $657.80 |
| 90686 | <1% | 308 | $542.00 | |
| 99188 | <1% | 26 | $519.00 | |
| 92551 | <1% | 832 | $439.10 | |
| 96110 | Developmental screening, with scoring and documentation, per standardized instrument | <1% | 540 | $363.29 |
| 99177 | <1% | 229 | $332.73 | |
| 96127 | <1% | 389 | $249.92 | |
| 96160 | <1% | 390 | $217.47 | |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | <1% | 15 | $121.05 |
| 85018 | <1% | 32 | $8.14 | |
| G8510 | Screening for depression is documented as negative, a follow-up plan is not required | 0% | 158 | $0.00 |
| 96161 | 0% | 197 | $0.00 | |
| 90723 | 0% | 56 | $0.00 | |
| 90680 | 0% | 29 | $0.00 | |
| 90656 | 0% | 60 | $0.00 | |
| 90677 | 0% | 32 | $0.00 | |
| 90651 | 0% | 31 | $0.00 | |
| 90619 | 0% | 14 | $0.00 | |
| 90648 | 0% | 157 | $0.00 | |
| 90661 | 0% | 64 | $0.00 | |
| G9920 | Screening performed and negative | 0% | 427 | $0.00 |
| 83655 | 0% | 17 | $0.00 | |
| 90670 | 0% | 122 | $0.00 | |
| 90633 | 0% | 13 | $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.