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Laboratory Corporation of America

Clinical Medical Laboratory·San Diego, CA·NPI: 1659352276Share

Compared to Clinical Medical Laboratory Peers

Total spending distribution among 88 providers in this specialty

P25MedianP75P90

This provider's total spending of $147.1M is at the 50th percentile among 88 Clinical Medical Laboratory providers.

Active Billing Period:2018-012024-12(84 months)

Total Paid

$147.1M

$147,141,937

Total Claims

64.4M

Beneficiaries

62.4M

1.0 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$2

#736 of 618K providers by total spending(top 0.1%)

🔍 Analysis

Provider Overview

Laboratory Corporation of America is a Clinical Medical Laboratory provider based in San Diego, CA. From the 2018–2024 period, this provider received $147.1M in Medicaid payments across 64.4M claims.

Why This Matters

This provider received $147.1M in taxpayer-funded Medicaid payments — enough to fund healthcare for approximately 18,392 Medicaid beneficiaries for a full year at average per-enrollee costs.

55% growthsince first billing year

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Spending

2018
$15.6M
-13%
2019
$13.6M
+14%
2020
$15.5M
+95%
2021
$30.3M
-16%
2022
$25.5M
-12%
2023
$22.5M
+7%
2024
$24.1M

Procedure Breakdown

Cost per claim compared to national benchmarks

This provider bills for 30 distinct procedure codes. The top code (U0003 (Infectious disease detection (COVID-19))) accounts for 14% of total spending.

U0003Normal range

Infectious disease detection (COVID-19)

$20.0M

698K claims · 13.6%

Your Cost: $28.69/claim|Median: $63.08
0.5× median
87591Normal range

Neisseria gonorrhoeae detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$8.5M

1.5M claims · 5.8%

Your Cost: $5.57/claim|Median: $23.39
0.2× median
87491Normal range

Chlamydia detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$8.0M

1.5M claims · 5.4%

Your Cost: $5.38/claim|Median: $24.95
0.2× median
84443Normal range

Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)

$6.2M

3.3M claims · 4.2%

Your Cost: $1.84/claim|Median: $9.87
0.2× median
80053Normal range

Comprehensive metabolic panel

$6.0M

4.7M claims · 4.1%

Your Cost: $1.28/claim|Median: $7.24
0.2× median
82306Normal range

Vitamin D, 25 hydroxy

$6.0M

2.0M claims · 4.0%

Your Cost: $2.94/claim|Median: $18.18
0.2× median
80061Normal range

Lipid panel

$5.7M

3.8M claims · 3.8%

Your Cost: $1.51/claim|Median: $8.41
0.2× median
81420Normal range

Fetal chromosomal aneuploidy genomic sequence analysis

$4.4M

29K claims · 3.0%

Your Cost: $154.94/claim|Median: $358.21
0.4× median
80081Normal range

$4.4M

83K claims · 3.0%

Your Cost: $52.87/claim|Median: $59.44
0.9× median
85025Normal range

Complete blood count (CBC) with differential, automated

$4.1M

4.6M claims · 2.8%

Your Cost: $0.89/claim|Median: $4.71
0.2× median
81220Normal range

CFTR gene analysis, common variants

$4.0M

55K claims · 2.7%

Your Cost: $71.68/claim|Median: $183.31
0.4× median
83036Normal range

Hemoglobin A1c (glycated hemoglobin)

$3.9M

3.4M claims · 2.7%

Your Cost: $1.14/claim|Median: $5.50
0.2× median
86480Normal range

Tuberculosis test, cell-mediated immunity

$3.6M

238K claims · 2.4%

Your Cost: $15.10/claim|Median: $38.35
0.4× median
87389Normal range

HIV-1 antigen with HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies

$3.1M

957K claims · 2.1%

Your Cost: $3.25/claim|Median: $18.03
0.2× median
87536Normal range

HIV-1 detection by nucleic acid, quantitative

$2.4M

86K claims · 1.6%

Your Cost: $28.16/claim|Median: $51.73
0.5× median
88305Normal range

Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination

$1.7M

96K claims · 1.2%

Your Cost: $18.08/claim|Median: $35.80
0.5× median
87661Normal range

Trichomonas vaginalis detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$1.7M

499K claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $3.33/claim|Median: $21.08
0.2× median
80307Normal range

Drug test, presumptive, by chemistry analyzers

$1.6M

301K claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $5.41/claim|Median: $35.43
0.1× median
87086Normal range

Urine culture, colony count, with identification

$1.6M

1.1M claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $1.45/claim|Median: $5.31
0.3× median
86803Normal range

Hepatitis C antibody

$1.5M

536K claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $2.74/claim|Median: $10.17
0.3× median
U0005Normal range

Infectious disease detection, COVID-19, antigen

$1.4M

286K claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $4.87/claim|Median: $15.76
0.3× median
80074Normal range

$1.3M

269K claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $4.82/claim|Median: $27.54
0.2× median
84439Normal range

Free thyroxine level blood test

$1.3M

1.3M claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $0.98/claim|Median: $6.31
0.2× median
86003Normal range

Allergen specific IgE blood test, each allergen

$1.2M

148K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $8.21/claim|Median: $40.67
0.2× median
86235Normal range

Nuclear antigen antibody (ENA) blood test

$1.1M

88K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $12.25/claim|Median: $28.79
0.4× median
82746Normal range

$1.0M

554K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $1.83/claim|Median: $6.83
0.3× median
86592Normal range

$992K

1.1M claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $0.88/claim|Median: $3.35
0.3× median
83655Normal range

$906K

358K claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $2.53/claim|Median: $10.49
0.2× median
82607Normal range

Cyanocobalamin (vitamin B-12)

$861K

678K claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $1.27/claim|Median: $8.72
0.1× median
84403Normal range

Testosterone, total blood test

$814K

228K claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $3.57/claim|Median: $17.03
0.2× median