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82043

Urine microalbumin (protein) level

$228.2M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 82043 (Urine microalbumin (protein) level) received $228.2M in total Medicare payments.

Across 35.7M services, the average Medicare payment was $6.39 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$22.5M3.2M—
2015$23.4M3.3M+4.0%
2016$24.4M3.5M+4.2%
2017$25.3M3.6M+3.8%
2018$25.5M3.7M+0.8%
2019$23.4M3.7M-8.2%
2020$19.3M3.4M-17.5%
2021$20.6M3.6M+6.6%
2022$21.0M3.7M+1.9%
2023$22.7M4.0M+8.0%

Top Providers for 82043

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical LaboratoryNC$1.4M255.6K$5.65
2Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical LaboratoryNJ$1.2M210.1K$5.65
3Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryFL$886.0K156.6K$5.66
4Quest Diagnostics IncorporatedClinical LaboratoryNJ$764.6K135.1K$5.66
5Unilab CorporationClinical LaboratoryCA$725.3K128.2K$5.66
6Laboratory Corporation Of AmericaClinical LaboratoryCA$574.5K101.6K$5.66
7Laboratory Corporation Of AmericaClinical LaboratoryFL$517.3K91.4K$5.66
8Sonora Quest Laboratories LlcClinical LaboratoryAZ$487.3K86.3K$5.65
9Unilab CorporationClinical LaboratoryCA$472.3K83.4K$5.66
10Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical LaboratoryAL$457.3K81.0K$5.65
11Labone LlcClinical LaboratoryKS$441.5K78.0K$5.66
12Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical LaboratoryOH$436.2K77.2K$5.65
13Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc.Clinical LaboratoryTX$403.2K71.2K$5.66
14Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryTX$390.4K69.0K$5.66
15Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryFL$323.0K57.1K$5.66
16Laboratory Corporation Of AmericaClinical LaboratoryAZ$320.8K56.7K$5.66
17Quest Diagnostics Llc IlClinical LaboratoryIL$313.0K55.3K$5.66
18Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryGA$311.9K55.1K$5.66
19Laboratory Corporation Of AmericaClinical LaboratoryTX$272.8K48.3K$5.65
20Quest Diagnostics Incorporated MdClinical LaboratoryMD$271.0K47.9K$5.66
21Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryTX$264.2K46.7K$5.66
22Laboratory Corporation Of AmericaClinical LaboratoryTX$257.5K45.6K$5.65
23A2cl Services, LlcClinical LaboratoryWI$236.8K42.0K$5.63
24Bioreference Health, LlcClinical LaboratoryNJ$226.9K40.1K$5.65
25Laboratory Corporation Of AmericaClinical LaboratoryWA$197.8K35.0K$5.66

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$3.0M534.4K349$8.7K
NJ$2.4M427.7K204$11.9K
FL$2.4M428.7K684$3.5K
TX$2.2M396.6K722$3.1K
NC$2.0M356.1K685$2.9K
AZ$956.8K169.3K251$3.8K
NY$795.4K140.9K703$1.1K
OH$768.0K136.0K300$2.6K
KS$611.5K108.1K246$2.5K
AL$602.4K107.0K283$2.1K
MA$572.1K101.1K449$1.3K
GA$563.1K99.8K405$1.4K
IL$543.7K96.4K354$1.5K
TN$442.1K78.7K629$702.78
VA$437.8K77.6K325$1.3K
MD$430.7K76.2K169$2.5K
WA$412.3K73.2K269$1.5K
PA$361.9K64.0K107$3.4K
WI$326.3K58.1K181$1.8K
HI$212.7K37.8K2$106.3K
SC$212.7K37.8K200$1.1K
MN$194.9K34.6K660$295.25
OK$188.4K33.4K80$2.4K
NV$184.3K32.6K20$9.2K
IN$169.1K30.0K91$1.9K
OR$162.8K28.9K176$924.92
MI$137.8K24.4K167$825.34
CO$128.6K22.8K41$3.1K
IA$117.1K20.8K210$557.68
UT$112.3K19.9K171$656.75

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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.