Lab
County of Kern
County of Kern was paid $1.39M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 11 billing codes. Its largest line is 87801, Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; amplified probe, multiple organisms — 26% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCOUNTY OF KERN
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93306
BAKERSFIELD, CA 93306
33aNPI1063606556assigned 08/28/2007
33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory
28Total paid$1.39M
24GClaims55,761
24DCodes billed11
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in California
Rank by total paid#171 of 561
Median peer was paid$222K
This provider vs. median6.3×
Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 15,278 | $376K | |
| 2019 | 9,051 | $224K | |
| 2020 | 4,300 | $102K | |
| 2021 | 9,289 | $211K | |
| 2022 | 4,079 | $100K | |
| 2023 | 6,272 | $161K | |
| 2024incomplete | 7,492 | $212K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87801 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; amplified probe, multiple organisms | 26% | 9,130 | 8,446 | $360K |
| 87389 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique, HIV-1 antigen with HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies | 18% | 13,087 | 12,604 | $254K |
| 87491 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe | 16% | 6,209 | 5,747 | $216K |
| 87591 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe | 15% | 6,457 | 5,768 | $207K |
| 86480 | 14% | 4,143 | 4,009 | $192K | |
| 86780 | 10% | 12,724 | 12,231 | $139K | |
| 86593 | <1% | 3,522 | 3,280 | $13K | |
| 87661 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Trichomonas vaginalis, amplified probe | <1% | 84 | 84 | $2K |
| 86703 | <1% | 185 | 185 | $2K | |
| 86592 | <1% | 202 | 180 | $739.75 | |
| 87081 | <1% | 18 | 12 | $58.30 |
Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialCARRIGAN, BRYNN (DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH)
Parent organizationCOUNTY OF KERN