$616.5M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure 80048 (Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals (calcium, total)) received $616.5M in total Medicare payments.
Across 67.2M services, the average Medicare payment was $9.18 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $77.2M | 8.1M | — |
| 2015 | $74.4M | 7.8M | -3.6% |
| 2016 | $73.2M | 7.7M | -1.7% |
| 2017 | $70.5M | 7.3M | -3.6% |
| 2018 | $72.4M | 7.1M | +2.7% |
| 2019 | $64.2M | 7.0M | -11.4% |
| 2020 | $48.2M | 5.7M | -24.9% |
| 2021 | $48.1M | 5.7M | -0.2% |
| 2022 | $45.3M | 5.4M | -5.8% |
| 2023 | $43.1M | 5.2M | -4.8% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | NC | $2.0M | 242.4K | $8.28 |
| 2 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | NJ | $1.4M | 165.1K | $8.28 |
| 3 | Quest Diagnostics Incorporated | Clinical Laboratory | NJ | $847.4K | 102.2K | $8.29 |
| 4 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | FL | $734.7K | 88.6K | $8.29 |
| 5 | Unilab Corporation | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $727.3K | 87.8K | $8.29 |
| 6 | American Health Mw, Llc | Clinical Laboratory | OH | $685.1K | 82.6K | $8.29 |
| 7 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | AL | $611.6K | 74.1K | $8.25 |
| 8 | Laboratory Corporation Of America | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $608.6K | 73.4K | $8.29 |
| 9 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | OH | $599.1K | 72.3K | $8.28 |
| 10 | Northwell Health Laboratories | Clinical Laboratory | NY | $552.2K | 66.6K | $8.29 |
| 11 | Quest Diagnostics Massachusetts Llc | Clinical Laboratory | MA | $521.3K | 62.9K | $8.29 |
| 12 | Unilab Corporation | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $520.9K | 62.8K | $8.29 |
| 13 | Labone Llc | Clinical Laboratory | KS | $519.6K | 62.7K | $8.29 |
| 14 | Quest Diagnostics Llc Il | Clinical Laboratory | IL | $489.1K | 59.0K | $8.29 |
| 15 | American Health S, Llc | Clinical Laboratory | FL | $479.9K | 57.9K | $8.29 |
| 16 | Sonora Quest Laboratories Llc | Clinical Laboratory | AZ | $444.3K | 53.7K | $8.28 |
| 17 | A2cl Services, Llc | Clinical Laboratory | WI | $423.7K | 51.4K | $8.25 |
| 18 | Quest Diagnostics Llc | Clinical Laboratory | MA | $414.2K | 50.0K | $8.29 |
| 19 | Laboratory Corporation Of America | Clinical Laboratory | WA | $391.0K | 47.2K | $8.29 |
| 20 | Sentara Reference Lab Solutions, Llc | Clinical Laboratory | VA | $370.1K | 44.8K | $8.26 |
| 21 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | GA | $359.9K | 43.4K | $8.29 |
| 22 | Centers Lab Nj Llc | Clinical Laboratory | NJ | $357.3K | 43.1K | $8.29 |
| 23 | Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $346.1K | 41.8K | $8.29 |
| 24 | Laboratory Corporation Of America | Clinical Laboratory | FL | $332.3K | 40.1K | $8.29 |
| 25 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $329.7K | 39.8K | $8.29 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $4.1M | 497.4K | 445 | $9.3K |
| NJ | $3.4M | 405.3K | 249 | $13.5K |
| FL | $3.3M | 395.0K | 607 | $5.4K |
| NC | $3.2M | 388.8K | 911 | $3.5K |
| TX | $2.5M | 307.3K | 872 | $2.9K |
| OH | $2.2M | 262.1K | 352 | $6.2K |
| MA | $2.0M | 245.3K | 683 | $3.0K |
| NY | $1.6M | 189.6K | 876 | $1.8K |
| IL | $1.4M | 172.9K | 447 | $3.2K |
| VA | $1.4M | 172.7K | 455 | $3.1K |
| MN | $1.3M | 152.9K | 1.4K | $879.08 |
| TN | $1.1M | 138.3K | 899 | $1.3K |
| WI | $1.1M | 133.6K | 533 | $2.1K |
| AZ | $1.1M | 131.3K | 168 | $6.5K |
| SC | $1.0M | 126.1K | 396 | $2.6K |
| KS | $1.0M | 122.7K | 205 | $5.0K |
| PA | $982.6K | 118.7K | 137 | $7.2K |
| AL | $942.0K | 114.4K | 368 | $2.6K |
| WA | $875.8K | 106.2K | 321 | $2.7K |
| GA | $860.3K | 104.1K | 386 | $2.2K |
| MD | $838.2K | 101.1K | 218 | $3.8K |
| IA | $560.1K | 67.8K | 342 | $1.6K |
| MS | $496.9K | 60.4K | 300 | $1.7K |
| OK | $467.9K | 56.6K | 79 | $5.9K |
| CO | $465.0K | 56.1K | 105 | $4.4K |
| MO | $435.9K | 52.7K | 312 | $1.4K |
| AR | $433.8K | 52.5K | 301 | $1.4K |
| MI | $385.7K | 46.6K | 190 | $2.0K |
| HI | $366.9K | 44.5K | 8 | $45.9K |
| LA | $358.9K | 43.4K | 287 | $1.3K |
Last Updated: February 2026 (data through 2023, the latest CMS release)
Note: All data is from publicly available Medicare records. OpenMedicare is an independent journalism project not affiliated with CMS.