Lab
Naida Mercado
Naida Mercado was paid $148K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and May 2019, across 36 billing codes. Its largest line is 84443, Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) — 19% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoNAIDA MERCADO
SABANA GRANDE, PR 00637
SABANA GRANDE, PR 00637
33aNPI1982738035assigned 03/14/2007
33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory
28Total paid$148K
24GClaims15,850
24DCodes billed36
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – May 2019
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in Puerto Rico
Rank by total paid#494 of 777
Median peer was paid$278K
This provider vs. median0.5×
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 | 13,707 | $130K | |
| 2019 | 2,143 | $18K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | 19% | 1,687 | 1,533 | $28K |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | 18% | 1,987 | 1,818 | $26K |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | 8.1% | 1,405 | 1,284 | $12K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 6.8% | 1,347 | 1,207 | $10K |
| 85027 | 5.7% | 1,297 | 1,163 | $8K | |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | 5.5% | 818 | 759 | $8K |
| 82306 | Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed | 5.4% | 271 | 246 | $8K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 5.0% | 751 | 682 | $7K |
| 81000 | 5.0% | 2,350 | 2,077 | $7K | |
| 86703 | 3.5% | 422 | 345 | $5K | |
| 84153 | 3.4% | 268 | 250 | $5K | |
| 82274 | 3.4% | 331 | 292 | $5K |
24 more codes
| 82043 | 2.3% | 599 | $3K | |
| 87088 | 1.4% | 269 | $2K | |
| 87086 | Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine | 1.4% | 260 | $2K |
| 87491 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe | 1.1% | 44 | $2K |
| 82947 | 1.1% | 431 | $2K | |
| 87591 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe | <1% | 29 | $1K |
| 82270 | <1% | 231 | $808.49 | |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 372 | $805.53 |
| 84436 | <1% | 104 | $731.56 | |
| 85651 | <1% | 139 | $499.40 | |
| 86592 | <1% | 87 | $389.16 | |
| 85610 | <1% | 81 | $332.02 | |
| 84439 | <1% | 31 | $298.32 | |
| 82950 | <1% | 47 | $253.82 | |
| 85730 | <1% | 38 | $243.77 | |
| 82105 | <1% | 13 | $219.36 | |
| 86803 | <1% | 13 | $200.18 | |
| 84702 | <1% | 13 | $196.92 | |
| 84460 | <1% | 30 | $157.42 | |
| 82465 | <1% | 34 | $148.01 | |
| 84479 | <1% | 13 | $70.50 | |
| 84550 | <1% | 13 | $70.12 | |
| 82565 | <1% | 13 | $60.97 | |
| 82272 | <1% | 12 | $29.84 |
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 officialMERCADO, NAIDA (DIRECTOR)