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
March 21, 2005