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PRINCIPLE LABS LLC

Clinical Medical Laboratory·BETHLEHEM, PA·NPI: 1346648870Share

Compared to Clinical Medical Laboratory Peers

Total spending distribution among 88 providers in this specialty

P25MedianP75P90

This provider's total spending of $46.3M is at the 25th percentile among 88 Clinical Medical Laboratory providers.

Active Billing Period:2018-01→2024-12(84 months)

Total Paid

$46.3M

$46,311,640

Total Claims

665K

Beneficiaries

404K

1.6 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$70

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Spending

2018
$3.7M
+10%
2019
$4.0M
+50%
2020
$6.0M
+31%
2021
$7.9M
+23%
2022
$9.8M
-24%
2023
$7.4M
+1%
2024
$7.5M

Procedure Breakdown

Cost per claim compared to national benchmarks

This provider bills for 50 distinct procedure codes. The top code (G0481 (Drug test, definitive, 8-14 drug classes)) accounts for 40% of total spending.

G0481Top 10%

Drug test, definitive, 8-14 drug classes

$18.5M

150K claims · 39.9%

Your Cost: $123.00/claim|Median: $64.72
1.9× median
G0480Top 10%

Drug test, definitive, 1-7 drug classes

$12.0M

146K claims · 25.9%

Your Cost: $82.27/claim|Median: $37.56
2.2× median
80307Normal range

Drug test, presumptive, by chemistry analyzers

$10.7M

238K claims · 23.1%

Your Cost: $45.03/claim|Median: $35.43
1.3× median
G0482Normal range

Drug test, definitive, 15-21 drug classes

$1.5M

15K claims · 3.2%

Your Cost: $95.81/claim|Median: $75.26
1.3× median
87798Top 10%

Infectious agent detection, nucleic acid, not otherwise specified

$815K

7,292 claims · 1.8%

Your Cost: $111.70/claim|Median: $26.72
4.2× median
U0004Top 25%

COVID-19 test, nucleic acid detection, CDC lab only

$645K

8,511 claims · 1.4%

Your Cost: $75.81/claim|Median: $60.05
1.3× median
87150Top 5%

$558K

2,846 claims · 1.2%

Your Cost: $195.97/claim|Median: $25.98
7.5× median
G0483Top 25%

Drug test, definitive, 22+ drug classes

$487K

3,244 claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $150.18/claim|Median: $90.89
1.7× median
87481Normal range

$167K

6,661 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $25.05/claim|Median: $22.38
1.1× median
87653Normal range

$76K

6,533 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $11.56/claim|Median: $19.33
0.6× median
87640Normal range

$75K

6,602 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $11.36/claim|Median: $8.39
1.4× median
87491Normal range

Chlamydia detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$74K

5,411 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $13.61/claim|Median: $24.95
0.5× median
87591Normal range

Neisseria gonorrhoeae detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$70K

4,087 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $17.07/claim|Median: $23.39
0.7× median
87661Normal range

Trichomonas vaginalis detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$54K

4,081 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $13.30/claim|Median: $21.08
0.6× median
87641Normal range

$46K

4,686 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $9.87/claim|Median: $12.38
0.8× median
U0005Normal range

Infectious disease detection, COVID-19, antigen

$46K

5,424 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $8.45/claim|Median: $15.76
0.5× median
82306Normal range

Vitamin D, 25 hydroxy

$44K

2,236 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $19.75/claim|Median: $18.18
1.1× median
G2023Normal range

Specimen collection for COVID-19 testing

$39K

3,149 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $12.46/claim|Median: $17.15
0.7× median
87635Normal range

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 amplified probe detection

$36K

2,007 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $17.87/claim|Median: $39.70
0.5× median
87500Normal range

$31K

3,573 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $8.76/claim|Median: $8.53
1.0× median
82172Normal range

$30K

2,472 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $12.03/claim|Median: $10.86
1.1× median
81226Top 10%

$28K

104 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $268.66/claim|Median: $29.80
9.0× median
87529Normal range

$27K

1,037 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $25.80/claim|Median: $24.98
1.0× median
80061Normal range

Lipid panel

$24K

2,661 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $8.86/claim|Median: $8.41
1.1× median
82670Normal range

Estradiol hormone blood level test

$22K

1,162 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $19.06/claim|Median: $19.27
1.0× median
82607Normal range

Cyanocobalamin (vitamin B-12)

$20K

1,905 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $10.28/claim|Median: $8.72
1.2× median
82747Normal range

$19K

1,567 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $12.05/claim|Median: $8.01
1.5× median
84481Normal range

$19K

1,659 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $11.36/claim|Median: $9.37
1.2× median
80050Normal range

General health panel

$18K

1,605 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $11.45/claim|Median: $25.59
0.4× median
84146Normal range

$18K

1,363 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $13.37/claim|Median: $13.66
1.0× median
81225Top 10%

$18K

101 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $178.03/claim|Median: $23.49
7.6× median
83036Normal range

Hemoglobin A1c (glycated hemoglobin)

$15K

2,434 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $6.11/claim|Median: $5.50
1.1× median
82728Normal range

Ferritin

$14K

1,469 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $9.51/claim|Median: $6.00
1.6× median
87563Normal range

$12K

2,916 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $3.96/claim|Median: $16.98
0.2× median
84153Normal range

Prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test

$11K

877 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $13.10/claim|Median: $12.67
1.0× median
80053Normal range

Comprehensive metabolic panel

$11K

1,757 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $6.37/claim|Median: $7.24
0.9× median
87625Normal range

$11K

700 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $15.56/claim|Median: $20.47
0.8× median
81227Top 10%

$11K

82 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $130.65/claim|Median: $13.02
10.0× median
84443Normal range

Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)

$11K

1,035 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $10.32/claim|Median: $9.87
1.0× median
84439Normal range

Free thyroxine level blood test

$10K

1,730 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $6.03/claim|Median: $6.31
1.0× median
83002Normal range

$8K

639 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $12.60/claim|Median: $12.75
1.0× median
83970Top 25%

Parathormone (parathyroid hormone) blood test

$8K

196 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $40.82/claim|Median: $10.20
4.0× median
87651Normal range

Streptococcus Group A detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$6K

982 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $5.91/claim|Median: $28.46
0.2× median
86803Normal range

Hepatitis C antibody

$5K

486 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $11.18/claim|Median: $10.17
1.1× median
87389Normal range

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

$5K

349 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $15.00/claim|Median: $18.03
0.8× median
85025Normal range

Complete blood count (CBC) with differential, automated

$4K

923 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $4.33/claim|Median: $4.71
0.9× median
87631Normal range

Respiratory virus detection, 3-5 targets, multiplex

$4K

350 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $10.15/claim|Median: $65.45
0.2× median
85027Normal range

Complete blood count (CBC), automated

$4K

964 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $3.65/claim|Median: $3.72
1.0× median
87801Normal range

Infectious agent detection, amplified probe, multiple organisms

$3K

401 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $8.43/claim|Median: $38.79
0.2× median
82533Top 25%

$3K

203 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $14.15/claim|Median: $10.19
1.4× median

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