Lab
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories INC
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories INC was paid $923K by Medicaid between Dec 2021 and Dec 2023, across 113 billing codes. Its largest line is 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 — 18% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoQUEST DIAGNOSTICS CLINICAL LABORATORIES INC
ANDERSON, SC 29621
ANDERSON, SC 29621
33aNPI1699434241assigned 12/10/2021
33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory
28Total paid$923K
24GClaims104,418
24DCodes billed113
24AFirst – last monthDec 2021 – Dec 2023
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in South Carolina
Rank by total paid#15 of 39
Median peer was paid$403K
This provider vs. median2.3×
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.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official BOWLES, CHARLES controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 885 | $8K | |
| 2022 | 61,100 | $525K | |
| 2023 | 42,433 | $389K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 18% | 3,911 | 2,082 | $169K |
| 87633 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, respiratory virus, 12-25 targets | 9.1% | 535 | 446 | $84K |
| 82306 | Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed | 5.9% | 4,919 | 4,241 | $55K |
| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel | 4.7% | 10,382 | 8,797 | $44K |
| 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 | 4.5% | 647 | 451 | $41K |
| 84443 | Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) | 4.3% | 6,371 | 5,497 | $39K |
| 80061 | Lipid panel | 4.2% | 6,474 | 5,664 | $38K |
| 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 | 4.0% | 799 | 703 | $37K |
| 87491 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe | 3.8% | 2,302 | 1,967 | $35K |
| 87591 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe | 3.5% | 2,165 | 1,885 | $32K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 3.4% | 10,180 | 8,690 | $31K |
| 87661 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Trichomonas vaginalis, amplified probe | 2.7% | 1,891 | 1,590 | $25K |
101 more codes
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | 2.2% | 4,886 | $20K |
| 87389 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique, HIV-1 antigen with HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies | 1.7% | 1,470 | $15K |
| 86480 | 1.5% | 335 | $14K | |
| 87581 | 1.4% | 749 | $13K | |
| 87486 | 1.4% | 749 | $13K | |
| 87798 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; not otherwise specified, amplified probe, each organism | 1.1% | 697 | $10K |
| 80074 | 1.1% | 632 | $10K | |
| 82607 | 1.1% | 2,038 | $10K | |
| 83970 | <1% | 357 | $8K | |
| 87086 | Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine | <1% | 2,351 | $8K |
| 86235 | <1% | 188 | $8K | |
| 82746 | <1% | 1,075 | $7K | |
| 87088 | <1% | 1,801 | $6K | |
| 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% | 235 | $6K |
| 84403 | <1% | 691 | $6K | |
| 82728 | <1% | 972 | $6K | |
| 84439 | <1% | 1,682 | $5K | |
| 84481 | <1% | 804 | $5K | |
| 87624 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; human papillomavirus (HPV), high-risk types | <1% | 255 | $4K |
| 80307 | Drug test(s), presumptive, any number of drug classes; immunoassay | <1% | 158 | $4K |
| 82670 | <1% | 419 | $4K | |
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | <1% | 260 | $4K |
| 0223U | <1% | 35 | $4K | |
| 84402 | <1% | 489 | $4K | |
| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) | <1% | 1,096 | $4K |
| 87186 | <1% | 1,029 | $4K | |
| 83735 | <1% | 1,335 | $4K | |
| 87502 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets | <1% | 70 | $4K |
| 83550 | <1% | 1,024 | $4K | |
| 87077 | <1% | 1,011 | $4K | |
| 86376 | <1% | 628 | $3K | |
| 83540 | <1% | 1,299 | $3K | |
| 84153 | <1% | 522 | $3K | |
| 86140 | <1% | 1,418 | $3K | |
| 86038 | <1% | 629 | $3K | |
| 87070 | <1% | 701 | $3K | |
| 88175 | Cytopathology, cervical or vaginal, any reporting system; collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer | <1% | 244 | $3K |
| 83880 | <1% | 183 | $2K | |
| 86003 | <1% | 35 | $2K | |
| 86696 | <1% | 345 | $2K | |
| 82570 | <1% | 1,096 | $2K | |
| 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 | <1% | 1,520 | $2K |
| 85652 | <1% | 1,751 | $2K | |
| 86592 | <1% | 1,006 | $2K | |
| 86225 | <1% | 333 | $2K | |
| 83001 | <1% | 341 | $2K | |
| 80076 | <1% | 529 | $2K | |
| 85027 | <1% | 614 | $2K | |
| 84144 | <1% | 293 | $2K | |
| 86803 | <1% | 233 | $2K | |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 3,106 | $2K |
| 84480 | <1% | 354 | $2K | |
| 86695 | <1% | 321 | $1K | |
| 81001 | <1% | 1,245 | $1K | |
| 84702 | <1% | 226 | $1K | |
| 82043 | <1% | 600 | $1K | |
| 83002 | <1% | 255 | $1K | |
| 84146 | <1% | 181 | $1K | |
| 84550 | <1% | 726 | $1K | |
| 86769 | <1% | 14 | $1K | |
| 82627 | <1% | 161 | $969.32 | |
| 86431 | <1% | 430 | $935.70 | |
| 86780 | <1% | 228 | $870.57 | |
| 86200 | <1% | 186 | $752.21 | |
| 84156 | <1% | 453 | $664.69 | |
| 86141 | <1% | 138 | $630.87 | |
| 87634 | <1% | 14 | $513.12 | |
| 83525 | <1% | 265 | $400.06 | |
| 84305 | <1% | 109 | $387.42 | |
| 82785 | <1% | 61 | $360.88 | |
| 83704 | <1% | 140 | $324.99 | |
| 86039 | <1% | 78 | $322.90 | |
| 84681 | <1% | 96 | $252.65 | |
| 80050 | General health panel | <1% | 28 | $231.00 |
| 83516 | <1% | 56 | $226.15 | |
| 82172 | <1% | 99 | $216.65 | |
| 83695 | <1% | 103 | $212.95 | |
| 84466 | <1% | 23 | $195.17 | |
| 85610 | <1% | 137 | $188.61 | |
| 84100 | <1% | 110 | $186.04 | |
| 82550 | <1% | 59 | $175.67 | |
| 84270 | <1% | 69 | $165.70 | |
| 84460 | <1% | 97 | $130.86 | |
| 82248 | <1% | 165 | $128.41 | |
| 83655 | <1% | 16 | $107.01 | |
| 86800 | <1% | 54 | $99.89 | |
| 82533 | <1% | 36 | $97.19 | |
| 82040 | <1% | 76 | $86.34 | |
| 81003 | <1% | 335 | $82.73 | |
| 82565 | <1% | 64 | $81.32 | |
| 83690 | <1% | 38 | $77.54 | |
| 84484 | <1% | 14 | $75.49 | |
| 80164 | <1% | 15 | $71.22 | |
| 84450 | <1% | 64 | $71.08 | |
| 80069 | <1% | 26 | $62.04 | |
| 84155 | <1% | 61 | $60.01 | |
| 84436 | <1% | 29 | $51.81 | |
| 85018 | <1% | 28 | $20.52 | |
| 82310 | <1% | 13 | $16.40 | |
| 84075 | <1% | 14 | $12.56 | |
| 82247 | <1% | 13 | $12.03 |
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 officialBOWLES, CHARLES (VICE PRESIDENT)
Parent organizationQUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED
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