Lab
Dento-Lab, INC
Dento-Lab, INC was paid $32K by Medicaid between Feb 2018 and Nov 2024, across 15 billing codes. Its largest line is 87426, Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) — 41% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoDENTO-LAB, INC
SAN GERMAN, PR 00683
SAN GERMAN, PR 00683
33aNPI1902874712assigned 03/08/2006
33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory
28Total paid$32K
24GClaims1,876
24DCodes billed15
24AFirst – last monthFeb 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in Puerto Rico
Rank by total paid#650 of 777
Median peer was paid$278K
This provider vs. median0.1×
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 | 273 | $2K | |
| 2019 | 14 | $7.13 | |
| 2020 | 49 | $443.72 | |
| 2021 | 692 | $17K | |
| 2022 | 307 | $7K | |
| 2023 | 147 | $1K | |
| 2024incomplete | 394 | $4K |
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) | 41% | 302 | 286 | $13K |
| G2023 | Specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), any specimen source | 21% | 272 | 259 | $6K |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | 11% | 245 | 233 | $3K |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | 8.7% | 161 | 154 | $3K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 5.4% | 156 | 152 | $2K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 4.3% | 172 | 165 | $1K |
| 81000 | 4.0% | 391 | 369 | $1K | |
| 85027 | 1.6% | 78 | 74 | $507.21 | |
| 82306 | Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed | 1.2% | 12 | 12 | $372.45 |
| 86328 | <1% | 12 | 12 | $228.00 | |
| 87275 | <1% | 16 | 16 | $189.76 | |
| 87276 | <1% | 16 | 16 | $189.76 |
3 more codes
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 officialVARGAS, FREDICKSON (PRESIDENT-DENTO-LAB, INC)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dento-Medics, CSP | San German, PR | $454.14 |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.