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80048

Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals (calcium, total)

$616.5M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

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.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$77.2M8.1M—
2015$74.4M7.8M-3.6%
2016$73.2M7.7M-1.7%
2017$70.5M7.3M-3.6%
2018$72.4M7.1M+2.7%
2019$64.2M7.0M-11.4%
2020$48.2M5.7M-24.9%
2021$48.1M5.7M-0.2%
2022$45.3M5.4M-5.8%
2023$43.1M5.2M-4.8%

Top Providers for 80048

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical LaboratoryNC$2.0M242.4K$8.28
2Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical LaboratoryNJ$1.4M165.1K$8.28
3Quest Diagnostics IncorporatedClinical LaboratoryNJ$847.4K102.2K$8.29
4Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryFL$734.7K88.6K$8.29
5Unilab CorporationClinical LaboratoryCA$727.3K87.8K$8.29
6American Health Mw, LlcClinical LaboratoryOH$685.1K82.6K$8.29
7Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical LaboratoryAL$611.6K74.1K$8.25
8Laboratory Corporation Of AmericaClinical LaboratoryCA$608.6K73.4K$8.29
9Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical LaboratoryOH$599.1K72.3K$8.28
10Northwell Health LaboratoriesClinical LaboratoryNY$552.2K66.6K$8.29
11Quest Diagnostics Massachusetts LlcClinical LaboratoryMA$521.3K62.9K$8.29
12Unilab CorporationClinical LaboratoryCA$520.9K62.8K$8.29
13Labone LlcClinical LaboratoryKS$519.6K62.7K$8.29
14Quest Diagnostics Llc IlClinical LaboratoryIL$489.1K59.0K$8.29
15American Health S, LlcClinical LaboratoryFL$479.9K57.9K$8.29
16Sonora Quest Laboratories LlcClinical LaboratoryAZ$444.3K53.7K$8.28
17A2cl Services, LlcClinical LaboratoryWI$423.7K51.4K$8.25
18Quest Diagnostics LlcClinical LaboratoryMA$414.2K50.0K$8.29
19Laboratory Corporation Of AmericaClinical LaboratoryWA$391.0K47.2K$8.29
20Sentara Reference Lab Solutions, LlcClinical LaboratoryVA$370.1K44.8K$8.26
21Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryGA$359.9K43.4K$8.29
22Centers Lab Nj LlcClinical LaboratoryNJ$357.3K43.1K$8.29
23Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc.Clinical LaboratoryTX$346.1K41.8K$8.29
24Laboratory Corporation Of AmericaClinical LaboratoryFL$332.3K40.1K$8.29
25Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryTX$329.7K39.8K$8.29

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$4.1M497.4K445$9.3K
NJ$3.4M405.3K249$13.5K
FL$3.3M395.0K607$5.4K
NC$3.2M388.8K911$3.5K
TX$2.5M307.3K872$2.9K
OH$2.2M262.1K352$6.2K
MA$2.0M245.3K683$3.0K
NY$1.6M189.6K876$1.8K
IL$1.4M172.9K447$3.2K
VA$1.4M172.7K455$3.1K
MN$1.3M152.9K1.4K$879.08
TN$1.1M138.3K899$1.3K
WI$1.1M133.6K533$2.1K
AZ$1.1M131.3K168$6.5K
SC$1.0M126.1K396$2.6K
KS$1.0M122.7K205$5.0K
PA$982.6K118.7K137$7.2K
AL$942.0K114.4K368$2.6K
WA$875.8K106.2K321$2.7K
GA$860.3K104.1K386$2.2K
MD$838.2K101.1K218$3.8K
IA$560.1K67.8K342$1.6K
MS$496.9K60.4K300$1.7K
OK$467.9K56.6K79$5.9K
CO$465.0K56.1K105$4.4K
MO$435.9K52.7K312$1.4K
AR$433.8K52.5K301$1.4K
MI$385.7K46.6K190$2.0K
HI$366.9K44.5K8$45.9K
LA$358.9K43.4K287$1.3K

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Data Sources

  • • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • • Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data (2014-2023)
  • • CMS National Health Expenditure Data

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.