Quest Diagnostics

Quest Diagnostics — Clinical laboratory — VA reference lab, region by region · questdiagnostics.com.

What it sells

Quest Diagnostics provides reference laboratory testing and courier services to VA facilities region by region under the same VA Medical Laboratory Testing Federal Supply Schedule (FSS-621-II) — VISN-level agreements, not one national contract.

The contract and the money

VA Federal Supply Schedule FSS-621-II, contract V797D70090; example: VISN 6 single-award BPA for reference lab testing and courier services, Apr 2023–Mar 2028.

• $2 billion ceiling (schedule ceiling — NOT VA spend) — Per the GovTribe record for Quest’s FSS contract; total VA spend across VISNs was UNSOURCED in this research. (GovTribe (FPDS-derived))
• $57.676 million ceiling (VISN 6 BPA, 2023–2028) — One region’s blanket purchase agreement for lab testing and courier services. (GovTribe (FPDS-derived))

On the record

What the government’s own watchdogs and prosecutors have published about this company, newest first. The summaries are ours; the findings are theirs.

• Blood Testing Laboratory to Pay $6 Million to Settle Kickback and Unnecessary-Testing Allegations — Berkeley HeartLab (DOJ) (2017-04-28) — DOJ: Quest paid $6 million over Berkeley HeartLab (acquired 2011), which allegedly paid kickbacks disguised as processing fees and waived copays, producing medically unnecessary cardiovascular tests billed to federal programs.
• Quest Diagnostics to Pay U.S. $302 Million to Resolve Allegations a Subsidiary Sold Misbranded Test Kits (DOJ) (2009-04-15) — DOJ: Quest and Nichols Institute Diagnostics resolved criminal and civil claims over test kits sold until 2006; NID pleaded guilty to felony misbranding ($40M criminal fine) and Quest/NID paid $262 million plus interest on False Claims Act allegations.

If this company is in your chain

• Tell Your Story — this site publishes documented family records. If this company is in your veteran’s chain, your documents belong on the record next to ours.
• VA OIG Hotline: 800-488-8244 — report suspected wrongdoing, inadequate patient care, or mismanagement straight to the Inspector General.

Middlemen data checked 2026-10-25 against the sources cited on this page. If a figure or a fact here is wrong, tell us — corrections are the point of this site.