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Unilab Corporation

Clinical Medical Laboratory·Sacramento, CA·NPI: 1619913449Share

Compared to Clinical Medical Laboratory Peers

Total spending distribution among 88 providers in this specialty

P25MedianP75P90

This provider's total spending of $141.2M is at the 50th percentile among 88 Clinical Medical Laboratory providers.

Active Billing Period:2018-01→2024-12(84 months)
Sharp billing drop in final month

Total Paid

$141.2M

$141,236,563

Total Claims

29.5M

Beneficiaries

28.0M

1.1 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$5

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

🔍 Analysis

Provider Overview

Unilab Corporation is a Clinical Medical Laboratory provider based in Sacramento, CA. From the 2018–2024 period, this provider received $141.2M in Medicaid payments across 29.5M claims.

Why This Matters

This provider received $141.2M in taxpayer-funded Medicaid payments — enough to fund healthcare for approximately 17,654 Medicaid beneficiaries for a full year at average per-enrollee costs.

↓ 19% growthsince first billing year

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Spending

2018
$21.9M
-12%
2019
$19.2M
-0%
2020
$19.2M
+21%
2021
$23.1M
-19%
2022
$18.7M
+16%
2023
$21.6M
-18%
2024
$17.6M

Procedure Breakdown

Cost per claim compared to national benchmarks

This provider bills for 30 distinct procedure codes. The top code (87591 (Neisseria gonorrhoeae detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe)) accounts for 8% of total spending.

87591Normal range

Neisseria gonorrhoeae detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$11.0M

933K claims · 7.8%

Your Cost: $11.75/claim|Median: $23.39
0.5× median
87491Normal range

Chlamydia detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$10.9M

932K claims · 7.7%

Your Cost: $11.74/claim|Median: $24.95
0.5× median
U0003Normal range

Infectious disease detection (COVID-19)

$6.6M

89K claims · 4.7%

Your Cost: $74.23/claim|Median: $63.08
1.2× median
86480Normal range

Tuberculosis test, cell-mediated immunity

$6.4M

330K claims · 4.5%

Your Cost: $19.33/claim|Median: $38.35
0.5× median
81220Normal range

CFTR gene analysis, common variants

$6.0M

46K claims · 4.3%

Your Cost: $131.16/claim|Median: $183.31
0.7× median
84443Normal range

Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)

$5.1M

1.2M claims · 3.6%

Your Cost: $4.32/claim|Median: $9.87
0.4× median
80053Normal range

Comprehensive metabolic panel

$4.7M

2.0M claims · 3.3%

Your Cost: $2.34/claim|Median: $7.24
0.3× median
80081Normal range

$4.6M

129K claims · 3.3%

Your Cost: $35.75/claim|Median: $59.44
0.6× median
80307Normal range

Drug test, presumptive, by chemistry analyzers

$4.6M

303K claims · 3.2%

Your Cost: $15.07/claim|Median: $35.43
0.4× median
80061Normal range

Lipid panel

$4.4M

1.7M claims · 3.1%

Your Cost: $2.53/claim|Median: $8.41
0.3× median
82306Normal range

Vitamin D, 25 hydroxy

$3.9M

730K claims · 2.8%

Your Cost: $5.38/claim|Median: $18.18
0.3× median
87389Normal range

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

$3.7M

560K claims · 2.6%

Your Cost: $6.58/claim|Median: $18.03
0.4× median
88175Normal range

Cytopathology, cervical or vaginal, ThinPrep

$3.5M

282K claims · 2.5%

Your Cost: $12.35/claim|Median: $19.06
0.7× median
83036Normal range

Hemoglobin A1c (glycated hemoglobin)

$3.1M

1.6M claims · 2.2%

Your Cost: $1.96/claim|Median: $5.50
0.4× median
85025Normal range

Complete blood count (CBC) with differential, automated

$3.0M

1.7M claims · 2.1%

Your Cost: $1.78/claim|Median: $4.71
0.4× median
87624Normal range

HPV detection, high-risk types, nucleic acid

$2.9M

264K claims · 2.0%

Your Cost: $10.79/claim|Median: $25.57
0.4× median
81513Normal range

$2.5M

59K claims · 1.8%

Your Cost: $42.97/claim|Median: $71.32
0.6× median
87799Normal range

$2.5M

200K claims · 1.8%

Your Cost: $12.45/claim|Median: $21.87
0.6× median
87661Normal range

Trichomonas vaginalis detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$2.2M

222K claims · 1.6%

Your Cost: $10.07/claim|Median: $21.08
0.5× median
G0480Normal range

Drug test, definitive, 1-7 drug classes

$1.9M

150K claims · 1.3%

Your Cost: $12.53/claim|Median: $37.56
0.3× median
87801Normal range

Infectious agent detection, amplified probe, multiple organisms

$1.8M

150K claims · 1.3%

Your Cost: $12.17/claim|Median: $38.79
0.3× median
86803Normal range

Hepatitis C antibody

$1.7M

474K claims · 1.2%

Your Cost: $3.69/claim|Median: $10.17
0.4× median
86592Normal range

$1.6M

796K claims · 1.2%

Your Cost: $2.06/claim|Median: $3.35
0.6× median
86003Normal range

$1.5M

52K claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $27.83/claim|Median: $40.67
0.7× median
83013Normal range

$1.2M

83K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $14.12/claim|Median: $46.17
0.3× median
87086Normal range

Urine culture, colony count, with identification

$1.2M

505K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $2.30/claim|Median: $5.31
0.4× median
81329Normal range

$1.1M

18K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $61.46/claim|Median: $48.02
1.3× median
81420Normal range

Fetal chromosomal aneuploidy genomic sequence analysis

$1.0M

2K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $425.72/claim|Median: $358.21
1.2× median
80074Normal range

$930K

82K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $11.29/claim|Median: $27.54
0.4× median
87512Normal range

$859K

78K claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $10.99/claim|Median: $23.49
0.5× median

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