Lab
County of Santa Cruz
County of Santa Cruz was paid $695K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 25 billing codes. Its largest line is 87635, Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe — 34% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoCOUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ
SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060
SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060
33aNPI1740329515assigned 02/06/2007
33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory
28Total paid$695K
24GClaims28,203
24DCodes billed25
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in California
Rank by total paid#212 of 561
Median peer was paid$222K
This provider vs. median3.1×
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 | 8,443 | $103K | |
| 2019 | 4,742 | $40K | |
| 2020 | 3,957 | $133K | |
| 2021 | 4,790 | $301K | |
| 2022 | 2,211 | $93K | |
| 2023 | 2,406 | $15K | |
| 2024incomplete | 1,654 | $10K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87635 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe | 34% | 4,624 | 4,460 | $238K |
| 87633 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, respiratory virus, 12-25 targets | 31% | 564 | 535 | $212K |
| 85025 | Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count | 11% | 10,886 | 10,534 | $74K |
| 87491 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe | 5.3% | 1,171 | 1,152 | $37K |
| 87591 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe | 5.3% | 1,170 | 1,152 | $37K |
| 87486 | 2.6% | 564 | 535 | $18K | |
| 87581 | 2.6% | 564 | 535 | $18K | |
| 87798 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; not otherwise specified, amplified probe, each organism | 2.5% | 565 | 536 | $17K |
| 83036 | Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) | 2.0% | 1,438 | 1,432 | $14K |
| 85027 | <1% | 932 | 924 | $6K | |
| 87081 | <1% | 731 | 722 | $5K | |
| 86592 | <1% | 933 | 929 | $4K |
13 more codes
| 87086 | Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine | <1% | 520 | $4K |
| 81003 | <1% | 1,259 | $3K | |
| 82043 | <1% | 341 | $2K | |
| 85014 | <1% | 807 | $2K | |
| 99000 | <1% | 553 | $2K | |
| 82570 | <1% | 341 | $2K | |
| 87088 | <1% | 93 | $557.27 | |
| 87070 | <1% | 24 | $201.36 | |
| 87186 | <1% | 25 | $193.00 | |
| 87880 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A | <1% | 13 | $134.29 |
| 85651 | <1% | 31 | $81.19 | |
| 87205 | <1% | 12 | $57.00 | |
| 36415 | Collection of venous blood by venipuncture | <1% | 42 | $1.08 |
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 officialPEELER, AMY (CHIEF OF CLINICS)
Parent organizationCOUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| County of Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz, CA | $80.28M |
| County of Santa Cruz | Watsonville, CA | $76.81M |
| County of Santa Cruz | Watsonville, CA | $459K |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.