Ameridrug Laboratories INC

Ameridrug Laboratories INC was paid $507K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Feb 2020, across 57 billing codes. Its largest line is G0483, Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms (any type, single or tandem and excluding immunoassays (e.g., ia, eia, elisa, emit, fpia) and enzymatic methods (e.g., alcohol dehydrogenase)), (2) stable isotope or other universally recognized internal standards in all samples (e.g., to control for matrix effects, interferences and variations in signal strength), and (3) method or drug-specific calibration and matrix-matched quality control material (e.g., to control for instrument variations and mass spectral drift); qualitative or quantitative, all sources, includes specimen validity testing, per day; 22 or more drug class(es), including metabolite(s) if performed — 21% of everything it billed.

Compared with peers

Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in Colorado

Rank by total paid#30 of 91

Median peer was paid$53K

This provider vs. median9.5×

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	10,456	$157K
2019	4,166	$346K
2020	68	$4K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
G0483	Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms (any type, single or tandem and excluding immunoassays (e.g., ia, eia, elisa, emit, fpia) and enzymatic methods (e.g., alcohol dehydrogenase)), (2) stable isotope or other universally recognized internal standards in all samples (e.g., to control for matrix effects, interferences and variations in signal strength), and (3) method or drug-specific calibration and matrix-matched quality control material (e.g., to control for instrument variations and mass spectral drift); qualitative or quantitative, all sources, includes specimen validity testing, per day; 22 or more drug class(es), including metabolite(s) if performed	21%	1,950	1,424	$109K
81406		18%	252	113	$90K
80307	Drug test(s), presumptive, any number of drug classes; immunoassay	12%	1,974	1,474	$60K
81298		7.3%	135	112	$37K
81317		5.5%	136	112	$28K
81321		5.5%	135	112	$28K
81201		5.4%	135	112	$27K
81404		5.1%	136	112	$26K
81295		4.7%	135	112	$24K
81405		2.3%	135	112	$12K
81403		1.6%	135	112	$8K
81401		<1%	134	112	$5K

45 more codes

82670		<1%	259	$3K
84403		<1%	261	$3K
82306	Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed	<1%	225	$3K
84402		<1%	257	$3K
84270		<1%	258	$3K
82627		<1%	263	$3K
81209		<1%	134	$2K
84481		<1%	300	$2K
84146		<1%	264	$2K
83002		<1%	265	$2K
84443	Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)	<1%	353	$2K
86800		<1%	290	$2K
86376		<1%	293	$2K
82533		<1%	256	$2K
84144		<1%	187	$2K
83001		<1%	175	$2K
82728		<1%	216	$1K
84702		<1%	190	$1K
84439		<1%	345	$1K
80061	Lipid panel	<1%	290	$1K
84681		<1%	189	$1K
82607		<1%	148	$1K
82746		<1%	181	$1K
80053	Comprehensive metabolic panel	<1%	318	$954.42
82172		<1%	122	$942.79
85025	Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count	<1%	303	$919.09
83036	Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C)	<1%	294	$811.41
83550		<1%	216	$810.66
83735		<1%	217	$662.98
83540		<1%	213	$611.15
83090		<1%	117	$563.75
83525		<1%	171	$543.11
84550		<1%	256	$487.44
84100		<1%	211	$420.37
83690		<1%	144	$314.55
82150		<1%	145	$306.60
82977		<1%	113	$259.52
82248		<1%	143	$227.19
87581		0%	46	$0.00
81288		0%	135	$0.00
87486		0%	44	$0.00
87633	Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, respiratory virus, 12-25 targets	0%	44	$0.00
81408		0%	155	$0.00
87798	Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; not otherwise specified, amplified probe, each organism	0%	44	$0.00
81479	Unlisted molecular pathology procedure	0%	248	$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 officialHUFF, BLANE (CEO/ FOUNDER)

Same official

Other billing entities under HUFF, BLANE

Full network →

Provider	Location	Paid
Trupath Laboratories INC	Loveland, CO	$1.81M

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