Krista Kolbush Negotiated Rates & Price Benchmarks (Philadelphia, PA)
Krista Kolbush's negotiated rates run top of market for Philadelphia across common Specialist/Technologist, Pathology procedures, based on Transparency in Coverage data from 1 major payer.
Rate Score
Rate Score is Gigasheet's proprietary benchmark for how a provider's negotiated rates compare to market, adjusted for specialty-specific billing patterns. Top of MarketOn balance, Krista Kolbush's negotiated rates trend top of market for Philadelphia, though this varies by payer and procedure.
Rate Score evidence
4 proceduresAcross the 4 procedures benchmarked for this provider, most negotiated rates land above the local market.
About this Specialist/Technologist, Pathology rate data
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For Krista Kolbush, that covers common Specialist/Technologist, Pathology procedures across Aetna, BCBS, Cigna, and UnitedHealthcare. (1) An individual educated and trained in clinical chemistry, microbiology or other biological sciences; and in gathering data on the blood, tissues, and fluids in the human body. Tests and procedures performed or supervised center on major areas of hematology, microbiology, immunohematology, immunology, clinical chemistry and urinalysis. Education and certification requires the equivalent of an associate degree and alternative combinations of accredited training and experience. (2) A specially trained individual who works under the direction of a pathologist, other physician, or scientist, and performs specialized chemical, microscopic, and bacteriological tests of human blood, tissue, and fluids. Also known as medical technologists, they perform and supervise tests and procedures in clinical chemistry, immunology, serology, bacteriology, hematology, parasitology, mycology, urinalysis, and blood banking. The work requires the correlation of test results with other data, interpretation of test findings, and exercise of independent judgment. The minimum educational requirement (for one of several certification programs in medical technology) is a baccalaureate degree with appropriate science course requirements, plus a twelve-month, structured, AMA approved medical technology program and an examination; or a baccalaureate degree with appropriate science course requirements and experience.
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How this is calculated
This provider's published rates, compared code by code against the market they compete in.
This provider's negotiated rates, keyed to NPI 1972188530.
For each code, negotiated rates from comparable Specialist/Technologist, Pathology providers in the Philadelphia market form a distribution. Its median and percentile bands anchor the benchmark, alongside Medicare reference rates.
Each procedure is scored against its market distribution for the same code. Above, at, or below market reflects where this provider's rate sits relative to that market.
The score above is a blended view of this provider's rate position, produced by Gigasheet's proprietary methodology. It is rooted in published Transparency in Coverage data and normalized for statistical comparison. Position can vary significantly from one payer or procedure to the next. Upgrade to full access to see the evidence behind the Rate Score, including payer-level and procedure-level detail.
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