Lab
Central Montana Laboratory, LLC
Central Montana Laboratory, LLC was paid $148K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Sep 2022, across 24 billing codes. Its largest line is 87635, Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe — 27% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCENTRAL MONTANA LABORATORY, LLC
GREAT FALLS, MT 59405
GREAT FALLS, MT 59405
33aNPI1164519377assigned 10/08/2006
33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory
28Total paid$148K
24GClaims7,788
24DCodes billed24
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Sep 2022
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in Montana
Rank by total paid#9 of 18
Median peer was paid$125K
This provider vs. median1.2×
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 | 5,641 | $86K | |
| 2019 | 432 | $4K | |
| 2022 | 1,715 | $58K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | 27% | 816 | 758 | $41K |
| 80050 | General health panel | 22% | 603 | 585 | $32K |
| 82306 | Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed | 15% | 749 | 721 | $22K |
| G2023 | Specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), any specimen source | 12% | 827 | 764 | $17K |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | 6.1% | 715 | 677 | $9K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 3.6% | 682 | 632 | $5K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 3.2% | 722 | 658 | $5K |
| 84439 | 3.1% | 523 | 512 | $5K | |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | 2.7% | 478 | 465 | $4K |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | 1.2% | 216 | 211 | $2K |
| 87088 | 1.1% | 205 | 193 | $2K | |
| 87086 | Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine | 1.0% | 205 | 193 | $2K |
12 more codes
| 82607 | <1% | 63 | $943.52 | |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 417 | $648.86 |
| 87651 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe | <1% | 14 | $628.90 |
| 87186 | <1% | 75 | $570.65 | |
| 87077 | <1% | 75 | $536.66 | |
| 81001 | <1% | 80 | $218.16 | |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | <1% | 19 | $157.48 |
| 87070 | <1% | 16 | $139.45 | |
| 83540 | <1% | 15 | $99.98 | |
| 85652 | <1% | 27 | $71.96 | |
| U0002 | 2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc | 0% | 72 | $0.00 |
| P9604 | Travel allowance one way in connection with medically necessary laboratory specimen collection drawn from home bound or nursing home bound patient; prorated trip charge | 0% | 174 | $0.00 |
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 officialCHRISTIAENS, ALLYN (MEMBER)