Lab
Coast Diagnostics, LLC
Coast Diagnostics, LLC was paid $5.71M by Medicaid between Mar 2018 and Dec 2024, across 116 billing codes. Its largest line is 87798, Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; not otherwise specified, amplified probe, each organism — 34% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCOAST DIAGNOSTICS, LLC
MOBILE, AL 36608
MOBILE, AL 36608
33aNPI1659755908assigned 07/16/2015
33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory
28Total paid$5.71M
24GClaims239,490
24DCodes billed116
24AFirst – last monthMar 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in Alabama
Rank by total paid#12 of 61
Median peer was paid$46K
This provider vs. median125×
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 | 115 | $1K | |
| 2019 | 408 | $11K | |
| 2020 | 6,367 | $261K | |
| 2021 | 29,367 | $882K | |
| 2022 | 68,774 | $1.94M | |
| 2023 | 59,228 | $1.38M | |
| 2024incomplete | 75,231 | $1.24M |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87798 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; not otherwise specified, amplified probe, each organism | 34% | 23,668 | 14,868 | $1.95M |
| 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 | 20% | 26,252 | 19,258 | $1.13M |
| 87631 | 7.9% | 9,267 | 7,722 | $453K | |
| 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 | 4.1% | 17,301 | 13,622 | $232K |
| 87633 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, respiratory virus, 12-25 targets | 3.7% | 1,876 | 1,443 | $213K |
| 87653 | 2.5% | 13,923 | 10,611 | $145K | |
| 87801 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; amplified probe, multiple organisms | 2.5% | 5,645 | 3,716 | $143K |
| 87486 | 2.5% | 12,409 | 9,484 | $143K | |
| 87581 | 2.4% | 12,227 | 9,315 | $140K | |
| 87651 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe | 2.4% | 11,776 | 8,935 | $138K |
| 87481 | 2.1% | 5,349 | 4,132 | $120K | |
| 87541 | 1.9% | 9,622 | 7,277 | $111K |
104 more codes
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | 1.8% | 4,316 | $105K |
| 87641 | 1.2% | 7,342 | $68K | |
| 87500 | 1.1% | 6,215 | $63K | |
| 87640 | <1% | 6,058 | $54K | |
| 87184 | <1% | 5,922 | $40K | |
| G0480 | 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; 1-7 drug class(es), including metabolite(s) if performed | <1% | 1,001 | $36K |
| 87591 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe | <1% | 3,057 | $29K |
| 87507 | <1% | 211 | $28K | |
| 87150 | <1% | 1,097 | $28K | |
| 87491 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe | <1% | 3,041 | $27K |
| 87661 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Trichomonas vaginalis, amplified probe | <1% | 2,892 | $27K |
| 87529 | <1% | 1,624 | $21K | |
| 87505 | <1% | 478 | $20K | |
| 87498 | <1% | 1,588 | $15K | |
| G0482 | 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; 15-21 drug class(es), including metabolite(s) if performed | <1% | 548 | $14K |
| 82306 | Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed | <1% | 1,809 | $12K |
| 87563 | <1% | 1,800 | $12K | |
| 87181 | <1% | 393 | $9K | |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | <1% | 2,636 | $9K |
| 87506 | <1% | 90 | $8K | |
| 86409 | <1% | 223 | $8K | |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | <1% | 3,301 | $7K |
| 86413 | <1% | 233 | $7K | |
| G2023 | Specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), any specimen source | <1% | 481 | $7K |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | <1% | 1,960 | $7K |
| 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 | <1% | 187 | $7K |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | <1% | 2,654 | $6K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | <1% | 3,199 | $6K |
| 82670 | <1% | 626 | $6K | |
| 87502 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets | <1% | 199 | $5K |
| 87634 | <1% | 197 | $5K | |
| 84403 | <1% | 565 | $5K | |
| 82627 | <1% | 650 | $5K | |
| 82607 | <1% | 1,185 | $4K | |
| 84481 | <1% | 692 | $4K | |
| 87511 | <1% | 693 | $4K | |
| 84146 | <1% | 551 | $4K | |
| 83003 | <1% | 641 | $4K | |
| 83002 | <1% | 576 | $3K | |
| 82746 | <1% | 738 | $3K | |
| 84270 | <1% | 440 | $3K | |
| 84144 | <1% | 545 | $3K | |
| 87186 | <1% | 237 | $3K | |
| 82533 | <1% | 583 | $3K | |
| 82728 | <1% | 741 | $3K | |
| 83001 | <1% | 460 | $3K | |
| 83525 | <1% | 676 | $3K | |
| 84439 | <1% | 1,362 | $3K | |
| 84402 | <1% | 302 | $3K | |
| 87493 | <1% | 190 | $2K | |
| 81513 | <1% | 72 | $2K | |
| 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% | 131 | $2K |
| 81514 | <1% | 35 | $2K | |
| 86769 | <1% | 36 | $2K | |
| 80164 | <1% | 266 | $2K | |
| 84466 | <1% | 427 | $2K | |
| 87086 | Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine | <1% | 672 | $2K |
| 83735 | <1% | 827 | $2K | |
| 82150 | <1% | 642 | $1K | |
| 82977 | <1% | 632 | $1K | |
| 86431 | <1% | 657 | $1K | |
| 83540 | <1% | 622 | $1K | |
| 87632 | <1% | 17 | $1K | |
| 82248 | <1% | 820 | $1K | |
| 86140 | <1% | 628 | $1K | |
| 84550 | <1% | 660 | $997.41 | |
| 80050 | General health panel | <1% | 478 | $926.42 |
| 84100 | <1% | 603 | $913.96 | |
| 83615 | <1% | 436 | $904.89 | |
| 87070 | <1% | 206 | $707.68 | |
| 87076 | <1% | 254 | $676.84 | |
| 87389 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique, HIV-1 antigen with HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies | <1% | 148 | $661.05 |
| 80076 | <1% | 101 | $578.61 | |
| 82947 | <1% | 186 | $551.70 | |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | <1% | 283 | $533.63 |
| 87426 | Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) | <1% | 16 | $400.20 |
| 85027 | <1% | 563 | $367.08 | |
| 80177 | <1% | 67 | $282.47 | |
| 80307 | Drug test(s), presumptive, any number of drug classes; immunoassay | <1% | 37 | $269.35 |
| 81001 | <1% | 366 | $244.43 | |
| 86592 | <1% | 166 | $216.96 | |
| 84681 | <1% | 27 | $144.00 | |
| 84154 | <1% | 18 | $140.74 | |
| 84153 | <1% | 43 | $124.19 | |
| 86703 | <1% | 17 | $111.06 | |
| 80069 | <1% | 14 | $104.00 | |
| 87088 | <1% | 41 | $100.52 | |
| 87077 | <1% | 22 | $93.67 | |
| 82550 | <1% | 133 | $90.72 | |
| 83690 | <1% | 15 | $70.99 | |
| 82043 | <1% | 31 | $69.58 | |
| 84134 | <1% | 79 | $66.60 | |
| 82570 | <1% | 34 | $62.98 | |
| 86701 | <1% | 20 | $60.00 | |
| 82140 | <1% | 17 | $52.38 | |
| 84436 | <1% | 67 | $19.95 | |
| 87522 | Neg quan hep c or qual rna | <1% | 30 | $19.28 |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 1,135 | $7.54 |
| 81003 | <1% | 19 | $4.07 | |
| 83550 | <1% | 14 | $3.94 | |
| 99000 | 0% | 80 | $0.00 | |
| 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 | 0% | 14 | $0.00 |
| U0002 | 2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc | 0% | 18 | $0.00 |
| 84479 | 0% | 28 | $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.
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