Exhibit 23.1

            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


The Board of Directors
LabOne, Inc.:

We consent to the use of our reports with respect to the consolidated
financial statements and the related financial statement schedule,
management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting incorporated by reference herein and to the reference to our firm
under the heading "Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm" in the
prospectus.

Our report dated March 11, 2005 on management's assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31,
2004 contains an explanatory paragraph that states that management excluded
from its assessment of the effectiveness of LabOne, Inc.'s internal control
over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004 Health Alliance's and
Northwest Toxicology's internal control over financial reporting associated
with total assets of $71.7 million and total revenues of $69.5 million
included in the consolidated financial statements of  LabOne, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of and for the year ended December 31, 2004.   Our audit of
internal control over financial reporting of LabOne, Inc. also excluded an
evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of the laboratory
operations of Health Alliance and Northwest Toxicology.




                                  /s/KPMG LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
May 16, 2005