Commonwealth Laboratories, Inc.

[redacted] took a SIBO breath test with Commonwealth Laboratories, LLC on 7/22/16. We were notified to bill her insurance, which responded with a zero payment and a patient responsibility for the entire test amount. We bill for each unit and code for our test based off of a "Usual and Customary" fee...

schedule for medical and laboratory CPT codes, in which insurance companies determine how much of that to allow. [redacted] of CA sent a large portion of the test cost to the patient deductible for the year. As a company, we do not charge a patient more than $175 out of pocket for our breath tests, which is why the patient was billed for, and paid the $175 bill for taking the SIBO breath test, analyzation of the test, and reporting of the results to the patients doctor. Please feel free to contact me with any further questions. [redacted]