Lab
Hernandez Buitrago & Sons INC
Hernandez Buitrago & Sons INC was paid $581K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 44 billing codes. Its largest line is 84443, Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) — 15% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoHERNANDEZ BUITRAGO & SONS INC
GUAYAMA, PR 00784
GUAYAMA, PR 00784
33aNPI1982824066assigned 04/30/2007
33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory
28Total paid$581K
24GClaims66,850
24DCodes billed44
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in Puerto Rico
Rank by total paid#223 of 777
Median peer was paid$278K
This provider vs. median2.1×
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 | 13,499 | $96K | |
| 2019 | 7,695 | $49K | |
| 2020 | 6,293 | $43K | |
| 2021 | 8,834 | $78K | |
| 2022 | 8,156 | $95K | |
| 2023 | 10,734 | $101K | |
| 2024incomplete | 11,639 | $117K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | 15% | 7,113 | 6,717 | $89K |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | 14% | 7,002 | 6,649 | $83K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 8.5% | 6,367 | 5,929 | $49K |
| 87426 | Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | 7.8% | 1,291 | 1,058 | $45K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 7.7% | 7,952 | 7,229 | $44K |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | 5.4% | 3,747 | 3,544 | $32K |
| G2023 | Specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), any specimen source | 5.1% | 1,220 | 1,049 | $30K |
| 82306 | Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed | 4.1% | 932 | 828 | $24K |
| 81001 | 4.1% | 9,000 | 8,401 | $24K | |
| 82274 | 3.8% | 1,638 | 1,537 | $22K | |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | 3.7% | 3,543 | 3,102 | $21K |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | 3.2% | 2,681 | 2,540 | $19K |
32 more codes
| 85027 | 2.5% | 2,849 | $15K | |
| 84153 | 2.2% | 824 | $13K | |
| 80050 | General health panel | 1.9% | 1,166 | $11K |
| 82043 | 1.7% | 2,025 | $10K | |
| 84439 | <1% | 713 | $6K | |
| 87088 | <1% | 767 | $5K | |
| 86701 | <1% | 557 | $4K | |
| 86328 | <1% | 232 | $4K | |
| 84436 | <1% | 695 | $4K | |
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | <1% | 74 | $4K |
| 82570 | <1% | 670 | $3K | |
| 87400 | <1% | 145 | $3K | |
| 82947 | <1% | 750 | $3K | |
| 82607 | <1% | 174 | $2K | |
| 85730 | <1% | 431 | $2K | |
| 86592 | <1% | 511 | $2K | |
| 85610 | <1% | 469 | $1K | |
| 86738 | <1% | 121 | $1K | |
| 84479 | <1% | 200 | $1K | |
| 85651 | <1% | 363 | $1K | |
| 84550 | <1% | 168 | $638.81 | |
| 83655 | <1% | 54 | $440.11 | |
| 86038 | <1% | 28 | $314.95 | |
| 84154 | <1% | 15 | $265.83 | |
| 86803 | <1% | 17 | $242.59 | |
| P9604 | Travel allowance one way in connection with medically necessary laboratory specimen collection drawn from home bound or nursing home bound patient; prorated trip charge | <1% | 15 | $150.06 |
| 82270 | <1% | 54 | $140.22 | |
| 80047 | <1% | 13 | $124.93 | |
| 81000 | <1% | 41 | $123.83 | |
| 82272 | <1% | 24 | $101.10 | |
| 80076 | <1% | 13 | $97.60 | |
| 99211 | Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, minimal severity | 0% | 186 | $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 officialBUITRAGO, CARMEN (LABORATORY DIRECTOR)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Hernandez Buitrago & Sons INC | Guayama, PR | $231K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.