Lab
West Coast Pathology Laboratory INC
West Coast Pathology Laboratory INC was paid $712K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Feb 2020, across 26 billing codes. Its largest line is 87798, Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; not otherwise specified, amplified probe, each organism — 18% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoWEST COAST PATHOLOGY LABORATORY INC
HERCULES, CA 94547
HERCULES, CA 94547
33aNPI1790781110assigned 06/21/2005
33bProvider typeClinical Medical Laboratory
28Total paid$712K
24GClaims57,916
24DCodes billed26
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Feb 2020
Compared with peers
Next to other Clinical Medical Laboratory providers in California
Rank by total paid#211 of 561
Median peer was paid$222K
This provider vs. median3.2×
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 | 35,802 | $458K | |
| 2019 | 21,576 | $243K | |
| 2020 | 538 | $10K |
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 | 18% | 5,333 | 4,420 | $131K |
| 87592 | 9.5% | 4,408 | 4,262 | $67K | |
| 87624 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; human papillomavirus (HPV), high-risk types | 8.7% | 3,823 | 3,708 | $62K |
| 87491 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe | 8.1% | 4,583 | 4,498 | $58K |
| 88175 | Cytopathology, cervical or vaginal, any reporting system; collected in preservative fluid, automated thin layer | 7.8% | 4,903 | 4,861 | $56K |
| 87591 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe | 7.3% | 4,582 | 4,497 | $52K |
| 87661 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Trichomonas vaginalis, amplified probe | 5.7% | 3,913 | 3,782 | $41K |
| 87511 | 4.7% | 1,533 | 1,500 | $33K | |
| 87660 | 3.4% | 3,890 | 3,793 | $24K | |
| 87015 | 3.1% | 5,711 | 5,251 | $22K | |
| 87801 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; amplified probe, multiple organisms | 2.9% | 1,048 | 1,013 | $21K |
| 87481 | 2.9% | 2,710 | 2,653 | $20K |
14 more codes
| 87480 | 2.7% | 2,649 | $19K | |
| 87653 | 2.6% | 923 | $18K | |
| 87625 | 2.5% | 1,075 | $18K | |
| 88305 | Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination | 2.2% | 310 | $16K |
| 87529 | 1.8% | 430 | $13K | |
| 87510 | 1.8% | 3,755 | $13K | |
| 88162 | 1.5% | 270 | $11K | |
| 87081 | <1% | 913 | $4K | |
| 88143 | <1% | 577 | $4K | |
| 88142 | <1% | 299 | $3K | |
| 87623 | <1% | 216 | $2K | |
| 88342 | <1% | 29 | $2K | |
| 88312 | <1% | 19 | $926.55 | |
| 87590 | <1% | 14 | $126.10 |
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 officialHILL, CHRISTINE (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS)