Physician
Farhat, Lama
Farhat, Lama was paid $34K by Medicaid between Nov 2021 and Aug 2024, across 4 billing codes. Its largest line is 88305, Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination — 94% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoFARHAT, LAMA
PITTSBURGH, PA 15213
PITTSBURGH, PA 15213
33aNPI1952816506assigned 12/05/2017
33bProvider typeCytopathology Physician
28Total paid$34K
24GClaims555
24DCodes billed4
24AFirst – last monthNov 2021 – Aug 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Cytopathology Physician providers in Pennsylvania
Rank by total paid#9 of 27
Median peer was paid$9K
This provider vs. median3.8×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | $22.18 | |
| 2022 | 158 | $11K | |
| 2023 | 207 | $15K | |
| 2024incomplete | 177 | $8K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88305 | Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination | 94% | 478 | 469 | $32K |
| 88342 | 5.0% | 51 | 51 | $2K | |
| 88307 | <1% | 12 | 12 | $299.20 | |
| 88304 | <1% | 14 | 14 | $145.57 |
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.