Lab
Western Diagnostic Services Laboratory, LLC
Western Diagnostic Services Laboratory, LLC was paid $48K by Medicaid between Oct 2018 and Oct 2024, across 7 billing codes. Its largest line is 88305, Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination — 88% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWESTERN DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES LABORATORY, LLC
SANTA MARIA, CA 93454
SANTA MARIA, CA 93454
33aNPI1497120653assigned 12/14/2015
33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory
28Total paid$48K
24GClaims5,639
24DCodes billed7
24AFirst – last monthOct 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in California
Rank by total paid#366 of 561
Median peer was paid$222K
This provider vs. median0.2×
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 | 13 | $0.00 | |
| 2019 | 633 | $2K | |
| 2020 | 846 | $2K | |
| 2021 | 881 | $11K | |
| 2022 | 842 | $10K | |
| 2023 | 1,362 | $13K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,062 | $10K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88305 | Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination | 88% | 4,703 | 4,545 | $42K |
| 88341 | 4.8% | 14 | 13 | $2K | |
| 88342 | 3.2% | 230 | 229 | $2K | |
| 88312 | 3.0% | 432 | 430 | $1K | |
| G0416 | Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examinations, for prostate needle biopsy, any method | 1.1% | 13 | 12 | $508.44 |
| 88304 | <1% | 27 | 26 | $164.70 | |
| 88300 | <1% | 220 | 220 | $27.10 |
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 officialFERGUSON, KEVIN (PRESIDENT)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic Pathology Services of the Central Coast | Santa Maria, CA | $2.11M |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.