Lab
Golden Star Labs LLC
Golden Star Labs LLC was paid $50.43M by Medicaid between Jul 2022 and Dec 2024, across 5 billing codes. Its largest line is 87637, Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV — 98% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoGOLDEN STAR LABS LLC
LOS ANGELES, CA 90066
LOS ANGELES, CA 90066
33aNPI1265182984assigned 03/25/2022
33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory
28Total paid$50.43M
24GClaims416,540
24DCodes billed5
24AFirst – last monthJul 2022 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in California
Rank by total paid#20 of 561
Median peer was paid$222K
This provider vs. median227×
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11,486 | $492K | |
| 2023 | 72,982 | $8.92M | |
| 2024incomplete | 332,072 | $41.02M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87637 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV | 98% | 396,984 | 110,618 | $49.63M |
| U0004 | 2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r | 1.3% | 10,206 | 7,261 | $678K |
| U0005 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, cdc or non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies, completed within 2 calendar days from date of specimen collection (list separately in addition to either hcpcs code u0003 or u0004) as described by cms-2020-01-r2 | <1% | 5,823 | 4,285 | $112K |
| 99000 | <1% | 3,506 | 2,654 | $10K | |
| 87636 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus types A and B | <1% | 21 | 21 | $3K |
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 officialPRICE, JAMES (MANAGING DIRECTOR)
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