Ideal Option Lab
Ideal Option Lab was paid $1.32M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 23 billing codes. Its largest line is 87491, Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe — 15% of everything it billed.
KENNEWICK, WA 99336
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in Washington
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.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Paid by month
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 13,643 | $282K | |
| 2019 | 13,275 | $298K | |
| 2020 | 10,231 | $178K | |
| 2021 | 7,701 | $113K | |
| 2022 | 10,685 | $180K | |
| 2023 | 8,134 | $149K | |
| 2024incomplete | 6,088 | $119K |
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87491 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe | 15% | 5,602 | 5,272 | $201K |
| 80074 | 15% | 4,122 | 4,042 | $201K | |
| 87591 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe | 15% | 5,513 | 5,189 | $198K |
| 87661 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Trichomonas vaginalis, amplified probe | 12% | 4,454 | 4,196 | $163K |
| 87389 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique, HIV-1 antigen with HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies | 8.3% | 4,617 | 4,365 | $110K |
| 86780 | 4.6% | 4,632 | 4,379 | $61K | |
| 86708 | 4.0% | 4,178 | 4,096 | $53K | |
| 86704 | 3.8% | 4,090 | 4,011 | $50K | |
| 80076 | 3.8% | 6,122 | 5,856 | $50K | |
| 86706 | 3.6% | 4,280 | 4,197 | $47K | |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | 3.2% | 4,979 | 4,726 | $42K |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | 3.1% | 2,450 | 2,333 | $41K |
11 more codes
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 2.7% | 4,668 | $35K |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | 1.9% | 6,473 | $26K |
| 84439 | 1.7% | 2,446 | $22K | |
| 86803 | <1% | 517 | $8K | |
| 87801 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; amplified probe, multiple organisms | <1% | 99 | $7K |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | <1% | 181 | $3K |
| 86705 | <1% | 126 | $1K | |
| 87340 | <1% | 126 | $1K | |
| 80050 | General health panel | <1% | 14 | $770.98 |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | <1% | 26 | $405.74 |
| 82977 | <1% | 42 | $362.04 |
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.
Who's on the registration
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Kennewick, WA | $39.28M |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Hagerstown, MD | $7.35M |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Cut Bank, MT | $3.65M |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Great Falls, MT | $3.29M |
| Colorado Hospitalist Services, PLLC | Englewood, CO | $2.21M |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Cumberland, MD | $1.79M |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Bozeman, MT | $1.62M |
| Eagle Creek Emergency Group, PC | Paris, TN | $1.42M |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Billings, MT | $1.16M |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Frederick, MD | $1.06M |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Waldorf, MD | $917K |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Kalispell, MT | $731K |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Helena, MT | $702K |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Helena, MT | $695K |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Williston, ND | $691K |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Great Falls, MT | $676K |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Butte, MT | $620K |
| Ideal Option, PLLC | Catonsville, MD | $590K |
| Havely Springs Emergency Group, PC | Springfield, TN | $584K |
| Colorado Hospitalist Services, PLLC | Denver, CO | $341K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.