Metrolab, INC.

Metrolab, INC. was paid $1.50M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Mar 2023, across 46 billing codes. Its largest line is 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 — 41% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoMETROLAB, INC.
ENCINO, CA 91436

33aNPI1467599241assigned 01/31/2007

33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory

28Total paid$1.50M

24GClaims48,116

24DCodes billed46

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Mar 2023

Compared with peers

Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in California

Rank by total paid#168 of 561

Median peer was paid$222K

This provider vs. median6.8×

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	4,861	$7K
2019	1,002	$1K
2020	9,890	$228K
2021	12,569	$280K
2022	17,468	$863K
2023	2,326	$124K

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
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	41%	11,984	7,446	$616K
87635	Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe	37%	9,191	5,801	$555K
G2024	Specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]) from an individual in a snf or by a laboratory on behalf of a hha, any specimen source	10%	8,534	4,366	$157K
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	6.2%	6,773	3,949	$93K
87502	Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets	2.3%	375	136	$35K
0100U		<1%	418	380	$9K
U0003	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, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r	<1%	188	186	$8K
G2023	Specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), any specimen source	<1%	538	387	$7K
P9603	Travel allowance one way in connection with medically necessary laboratory specimen collection drawn from home bound or nursing home bound patient; prorated miles actually travelled	<1%	1,382	951	$6K
82306	Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed	<1%	503	453	$3K
80053	Comprehensive metabolic panel	<1%	1,341	1,237	$2K
84443	Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)	<1%	1,002	927	$2K

34 more codes

80061	Lipid panel	<1%	1,059	$2K
85025	Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count	<1%	1,258	$1K
83036	Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C)	<1%	899	$1K
84480		<1%	305	$452.17
83970		<1%	39	$412.37
84153		<1%	134	$389.03
86677		<1%	101	$291.74
82607		<1%	374	$279.95
83625		<1%	83	$241.81
82150		<1%	51	$186.39
82746		<1%	74	$182.34
84439		<1%	55	$170.33
86141		<1%	73	$162.11
80050	General health panel	<1%	77	$160.00
83690		<1%	39	$136.99
82728		<1%	45	$135.78
84436		<1%	327	$135.48
82248		<1%	132	$131.31
86038		<1%	39	$123.13
83735		<1%	77	$117.06
86318		<1%	19	$106.60
83540		<1%	93	$103.58
83550		<1%	16	$102.60
86430		<1%	38	$96.79
86063		<1%	38	$91.34
80076		<1%	23	$50.22
82977		<1%	77	$42.37
82550		<1%	61	$35.66
85651		<1%	54	$32.33
84550		<1%	120	$31.91
84100		<1%	12	$9.90
81000		<1%	36	$7.19
36415	Collection of venous blood by venipuncture	0%	42	$0.00
84479		0%	17	$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 officialTAVAKOLI, BEHROUZ (C.E.O)