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Clinical Medical Laboratory·ALBUQUERQUE, NM·NPI: 1780059717Share

Compared to Clinical Medical Laboratory Peers

Total spending distribution among 88 providers in this specialty

P25MedianP75P90

This provider's total spending of $41.5M is at the 25th percentile among 88 Clinical Medical Laboratory providers.

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

Total Paid

$41.5M

$41,476,486

Total Claims

440K

Beneficiaries

348K

1.3 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$94

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Spending

2018
$2.1M
+42%
2019
$3.1M
-6%
2020
$2.9M
+29%
2021
$3.7M
+71%
2022
$6.3M
+59%
2023
$10.0M
+34%
2024
$13.4M

Procedure Breakdown

Cost per claim compared to national benchmarks

This provider bills for 50 distinct procedure codes. The top code (G0483 (Drug test, definitive, 22+ drug classes)) accounts for 35% of total spending.

G0483Top 10%

Drug test, definitive, 22+ drug classes

$14.7M

77K claims · 35.4%

Your Cost: $191.21/claim|Median: $90.89
2.1× median
87798Top 1%

Infectious agent detection, nucleic acid, not otherwise specified

$8.9M

20K claims · 21.5%

Your Cost: $449.94/claim|Median: $26.72
16.8× median
80307Top 25%

Drug test, presumptive, by chemistry analyzers

$3.7M

68K claims · 8.9%

Your Cost: $54.53/claim|Median: $35.43
1.5× median
G0482Top 10%

Drug test, definitive, 15-21 drug classes

$2.1M

14K claims · 5.0%

Your Cost: $144.89/claim|Median: $75.26
1.9× median
87632Top 10%

$1.5M

6,319 claims · 3.6%

Your Cost: $234.69/claim|Median: $88.01
2.7× median
G0480Top 5%

Drug test, definitive, 1-7 drug classes

$1.5M

12K claims · 3.5%

Your Cost: $117.20/claim|Median: $37.56
3.1× median
U0003Normal range

Infectious disease detection (COVID-19)

$1.2M

18K claims · 3.0%

Your Cost: $69.22/claim|Median: $63.08
1.1× median
87481Top 25%

$879K

16K claims · 2.1%

Your Cost: $55.02/claim|Median: $22.38
2.5× median
87653Top 25%

$711K

21K claims · 1.7%

Your Cost: $34.07/claim|Median: $19.33
1.8× median
87641Top 10%

$704K

21K claims · 1.7%

Your Cost: $34.11/claim|Median: $12.38
2.8× median
G0481Top 10%

Drug test, definitive, 8-14 drug classes

$703K

5,637 claims · 1.7%

Your Cost: $124.63/claim|Median: $64.72
1.9× median
87651Normal range

Streptococcus Group A detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$670K

20K claims · 1.6%

Your Cost: $34.07/claim|Median: $28.46
1.2× median
87500Top 5%

$541K

16K claims · 1.3%

Your Cost: $33.14/claim|Median: $8.53
3.9× median
87491Top 25%

Chlamydia detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$396K

12K claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $33.63/claim|Median: $24.95
1.3× median
87591Top 25%

Neisseria gonorrhoeae detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$381K

11K claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $33.78/claim|Median: $23.39
1.4× median
U0005Top 25%

Infectious disease detection, COVID-19, antigen

$274K

12K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $22.56/claim|Median: $15.76
1.4× median
87581Top 25%

$255K

7,336 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $34.78/claim|Median: $17.13
2.0× median
87529Normal range

$239K

7,235 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $32.99/claim|Median: $24.98
1.3× median
87486Top 25%

$237K

6,699 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $35.41/claim|Median: $19.16
1.8× median
87541Top 5%

$224K

6,262 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $35.81/claim|Median: $7.29
4.9× median
87496Top 5%

$223K

6,241 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $35.75/claim|Median: $10.20
3.5× median
87498Top 10%

$202K

6,556 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $30.77/claim|Median: $10.02
3.1× median
87635Normal range

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 amplified probe detection

$176K

3,836 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $45.78/claim|Median: $39.70
1.2× median
87502Top 25%

Influenza virus detection, reverse transcription, amplified probe

$164K

2,001 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $81.92/claim|Median: $65.64
1.2× median
87661Top 25%

Trichomonas vaginalis detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$138K

4,151 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $33.17/claim|Median: $21.08
1.6× median
87563Top 10%

$118K

3,944 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $29.86/claim|Median: $16.98
1.8× median
87511Top 25%

$117K

3,331 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $35.06/claim|Median: $16.46
2.1× median
87640Top 5%

$87K

2,522 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $34.49/claim|Median: $8.39
4.1× median
80050Normal range

General health panel

$63K

1,601 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $39.30/claim|Median: $25.59
1.5× median
87624Top 25%

HPV detection, high-risk types, nucleic acid

$45K

1,217 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $37.17/claim|Median: $25.57
1.5× median
82306Normal range

Vitamin D, 25 hydroxy

$43K

1,689 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $25.23/claim|Median: $18.18
1.4× median
87634Top 25%

$30K

476 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $62.73/claim|Median: $48.78
1.3× median
87801Top 25%

Infectious agent detection, amplified probe, multiple organisms

$29K

394 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $72.58/claim|Median: $38.79
1.9× median
87426Normal range

SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 antigen detection, immunoassay

$28K

950 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $29.15/claim|Median: $30.04
1.0× median
87633Top 25%

Respiratory virus detection, 12-25 targets, nucleic acid

$28K

77 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $358.96/claim|Median: $169.17
2.1× median
80061Normal range

Lipid panel

$24K

2,238 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $10.57/claim|Median: $8.41
1.3× median
84443Normal range

Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)

$19K

1,249 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $15.07/claim|Median: $9.87
1.5× median
87551Top 5%

$17K

204 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $80.94/claim|Median: $7.15
11.3× median
80053Top 25%

Comprehensive metabolic panel

$16K

1,403 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $11.31/claim|Median: $7.24
1.6× median
83036Top 25%

Hemoglobin A1c (glycated hemoglobin)

$14K

1,639 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $8.36/claim|Median: $5.50
1.5× median
84481Top 25%

$13K

854 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $15.81/claim|Median: $9.37
1.7× median
85025Normal range

Complete blood count (CBC) with differential, automated

$10K

1,627 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $6.34/claim|Median: $4.71
1.3× median
82607Normal range

Cyanocobalamin (vitamin B-12)

$10K

782 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $13.05/claim|Median: $8.72
1.5× median
80074Normal range

$9K

222 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $38.75/claim|Median: $27.54
1.4× median
84439Normal range

Free thyroxine level blood test

$8K

1,216 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $6.88/claim|Median: $6.31
1.1× median
87507Normal range

$6K

26 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $219.14/claim|Median: $157.44
1.4× median
86780Normal range

$6K

688 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $8.22/claim|Median: $9.83
0.8× median
87804Normal range

Influenza virus detection, rapid test

$5K

364 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $13.67/claim|Median: $12.59
1.1× median
87880Normal range

Streptococcus, Group A, rapid antigen detection

$5K

355 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $13.73/claim|Median: $11.48
1.2× median
86703Normal range

$4K

442 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $8.68/claim|Median: $10.37
0.8× median

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