Lab
OIG excluded
First Choice Laboratory LLC
First Choice Laboratory LLC was paid $34K by Medicaid between Aug 2020 and Oct 2021, across 12 billing codes. Its largest line is 81408, — 54% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoFIRST CHOICE LABORATORY LLC
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33334
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33334
33aNPI1790109742assigned 02/11/2014
33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory
28Total paid$34K
24GClaims2,873
24DCodes billed12
24AFirst – last monthAug 2020 – Oct 2021
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in Florida
Rank by total paid#123 of 225
Median peer was paid$74K
This provider vs. median0.5×
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.
OIG exclusionListed on the federal exclusion list (05/07/2024).
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1,061 | $6K | |
| 2021 | 1,812 | $28K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81408 | 54% | 571 | 265 | $18K | |
| 81414 | 17% | 94 | 84 | $6K | |
| 81413 | 17% | 97 | 85 | $6K | |
| 81161 | 4.2% | 98 | 85 | $1K | |
| 81407 | 2.8% | 266 | 231 | $958.59 | |
| 81405 | 2.0% | 500 | 265 | $682.70 | |
| 81406 | 1.9% | 501 | 264 | $640.84 | |
| 81401 | <1% | 260 | 143 | $310.36 | |
| 81404 | 0% | 299 | 126 | $0.00 | |
| 81403 | 0% | 74 | 68 | $0.00 | |
| 81411 | 0% | 88 | 75 | $0.00 | |
| 81238 | 0% | 25 | 18 | $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.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialKITCHEN, RUSSELL (MEMBER)