LabOne to Announce Year-End Results and Schedules Conference Call

    Business Editors

    LENEXA, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 2005--LabOne, Inc. (Nasdaq: LABS) announced today that it will report fourth-quarter and full-year 2004 financial results before the open of the market March 2, 2005.
    LabOne will conduct its quarterly conference call with W. Thomas Grant II, chairman, president and CEO; John W. McCarty, executive vice president and CFO; and Michael J. Asselta, executive vice president and COO, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, March 2, 2005. To join the conference call, dial 1-800-818-5264. At approximately 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, a recording of the call will be available as a voice mail at 1-888-203-1112, pass code 2468263, through April 2, 2005. The audio recording will also be available on the investor info section of the company's web site at www.LabOne.com.

    About LabOne, Inc.

    Headquartered in the Greater Kansas City area, LabOne is a diagnostic services provider. The services and information LabOne and its subsidiaries provide include: risk assessment information services for the insurance industry; diagnostic healthcare testing to physicians, hospitals, managed care organizations and employers; and drug testing services and related employee qualification products to employers and the government.

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CONTACT: LabOne, Inc. John McCarty, 913-577-1244 john.mccarty@LabOne.com

KEYWORD: KANSAS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: INSURANCE HUMAN RESOURCES MEDICAL EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALLS SOURCE: LabOne, Inc.

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