Lab
Santa Barbara County Auditor
Santa Barbara County Auditor was paid $941K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 3 billing codes. Its largest line is 87491, Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe — 45% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoSANTA BARBARA COUNTY AUDITOR
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93110
SANTA BARBARA, CA 93110
33aNPI1144312695assigned 09/29/2006
33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory
28Total paid$941K
24GClaims34,295
24DCodes billed3
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in California
Rank by total paid#193 of 561
Median peer was paid$222K
This provider vs. median4.2×
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 | 5,213 | $155K | |
| 2019 | 5,146 | $150K | |
| 2020 | 4,607 | $129K | |
| 2021 | 5,988 | $155K | |
| 2022 | 3,882 | $106K | |
| 2023 | 4,407 | $118K | |
| 2024incomplete | 5,052 | $127K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87491 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe | 45% | 14,534 | 13,728 | $420K |
| 87591 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe | 45% | 14,541 | 13,731 | $419K |
| 87389 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique, HIV-1 antigen with HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies | 11% | 5,220 | 5,010 | $102K |
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 officialGAMBLE, DANA (DEPUTY DIRECTOR)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Barbara County Public Health Dept | Santa Barbara, CA | $856K |
| Santa Barbara County Auditor | Santa Maria, CA | $589K |
| Santa Barbara County Auditor | Santa Barbara, CA | $126K |
| Santa Barbara County Auditor | Lompoc, CA | $87K |
| Santa Barbara County Auditor | Santa Barbara, CA | $66K |
| Santa Barbara County Auditor | Carpinteria, CA | $41K |
| Santa Barbara County Auditor | Santa Barbara, CA | $33K |
| Santa Barbara County Auditor | Lompoc, CA | $26K |
| Santa Barbara County Auditor | Santa Maria, CA | $3K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.