# Penalty for knowingly, willfully, and repeatedly billing for a clinical diagnostic laboratory test other than on an assignment-related basis. (Penalties are assessed in the same manner as 42 U.S.C. 1395u(j)(2)(B) , which is assessed according to 1320a-7a(a)) — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies For Penalty for knowingly, willfully, and repeatedly billing for a clinical diagnostic laboratory test other than on an assignment-related basis. (Penalties are assessed in the same manner as 42 U.S.C. 1395u(j)(2)(B) , which is assessed according to 1320a-7a(a)), agency is HHS; statutory authority is 1395l(h)(5)(D); maximum penalty is 19,940, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10. - **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Violation:** Penalty for knowingly, willfully, and repeatedly billing for a clinical diagnostic laboratory test other than on an assignment-related basis. (Penalties are assessed in the same manner as 42 U.S.C. 1395u(j)(2)(B) , which is assessed according to 1320a-7a(a)) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Statutory authority:** 1395l(h)(5)(D) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Maximum penalty:** 19,940 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 1395l(h)(5)(D) | 42 CFR 402.105(d)(2)(i) | CMS | Penalty for knowingly, willfully, and repeatedly billing for a clinical diagnostic laboratory test other than on an assignment-related basis. (Penalties are assessed in the same manner as 42 U.S.C. 1395u(j)(2)(B) , which is assessed according to 1320a-7a(a)) | 2024 | 19,435 | 19,940 ## Source - https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-102/section-102.3 Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-02-26. Part of [Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies](https://referencesource.org/federal-civil-penalty-maximums/).