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First Choice Laboratory LLC

Clinical Medical Laboratory·Fort Lauderdale, FL·NPI: 1790109742SharePrint ReportML Risk: 84%

Compared to Clinical Medical Laboratory Peers

Total spending distribution among 88 providers in this specialty

P25MedianP75P90

This provider's total spending of $34K is at the below 25th percentile among 88 Clinical Medical Laboratory providers.

Total Paid

$34K

$34,433

Total Claims

3K

Beneficiaries

2K

1.7 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$12

🔍 Analysis

Provider Overview

First Choice Laboratory LLC is a Clinical Medical Laboratory provider based in Fort Lauderdale, FL. From 2020-08 through 2021-10, this provider received $34K in Medicaid payments across 3K claims serving 2K beneficiaries, billing 12 distinct procedure codes.

Key Findings

  • 📊Spending more than doubled from $6K in 2020 to $28K in 2021 (348% growth).
  • 📊Saw a 4.5× spike in 2021 ($6K → $28K), a sharp year-over-year increase.
  • 📊Billing stopped in 2021-10, suggesting this provider is no longer active in Medicaid. Abrupt cessation of billing can be a risk indicator.

Yearly Spending

2020
$6K
+348%
2021
$28K

Procedure Breakdown

Cost per claim compared to national benchmarks

This provider bills for 12 distinct procedure codes. The top code (81408 (Molecular pathology procedure, level nine)) accounts for 54% of total spending.

81408Normal range

Molecular pathology procedure, level nine

$18K

571 claims · 53.6%

Your Cost: $32.33/claim|Median: $158.72
0.2× median
81414Normal range

$6K

94 claims · 17.3%

Your Cost: $63.50/claim|Median: $75.85
0.8× median
81413Normal range

$6K

97 claims · 17.3%

Your Cost: $61.54/claim|Median: $126.04
0.5× median
81161Normal range

$1K

98 claims · 4.2%

Your Cost: $14.70/claim|Median: $104.92
0.1× median
81407Normal range

$959

266 claims · 2.8%

Your Cost: $3.60/claim|Median: $98.12
0.0× median
81405Normal range

$683

500 claims · 2.0%

Your Cost: $1.37/claim|Median: $55.02
0.0× median
81406Normal range

$641

501 claims · 1.9%

Your Cost: $1.28/claim|Median: $50.07
0.0× median
81401Normal range

$310

260 claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $1.19/claim|Median: $30.88
0.0× median
81403Normal range

$0

74 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $0.00/claim|Median: $42.54
81238Normal range

$0

25 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $0.00/claim|Median: $40.02
81411Normal range

$0

88 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $0.00/claim|Median: $201.51
81404Normal range

$0

299 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $0.00/claim|Median: $48.77