$435.8M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure 82728 (Ferritin (blood protein) level) received $435.8M in total Medicare payments.
Across 27.9M services, the average Medicare payment was $15.62 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $44.7M | 2.5M | — |
| 2015 | $45.0M | 2.5M | +0.7% |
| 2016 | $47.3M | 2.6M | +5.1% |
| 2017 | $49.0M | 2.7M | +3.5% |
| 2018 | $45.8M | 2.8M | -6.4% |
| 2019 | $43.2M | 2.9M | -5.7% |
| 2020 | $36.5M | 2.7M | -15.5% |
| 2021 | $40.7M | 3.0M | +11.6% |
| 2022 | $40.7M | 3.0M | -0.0% |
| 2023 | $42.8M | 3.2M | +5.0% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | NC | $1.9M | 144.9K | $13.34 |
| 2 | Quest Diagnostics Incorporated | Clinical Laboratory | NJ | $1.6M | 122.7K | $13.36 |
| 3 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | NJ | $1.6M | 121.8K | $13.34 |
| 4 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | FL | $1.2M | 89.9K | $13.36 |
| 5 | Unilab Corporation | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $1.1M | 81.7K | $13.36 |
| 6 | Bioreference Health, Llc | Clinical Laboratory | NJ | $944.9K | 70.8K | $13.35 |
| 7 | Wilfredo Blasini | Pathology | FL | $904.4K | 67.8K | $13.34 |
| 8 | Ryan Olson | Pathology | FL | $756.7K | 56.7K | $13.34 |
| 9 | Sonora Quest Laboratories Llc | Clinical Laboratory | AZ | $676.3K | 50.8K | $13.32 |
| 10 | Laboratory Corporation Of America | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $673.4K | 50.4K | $13.35 |
| 11 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | AL | $662.6K | 49.8K | $13.32 |
| 12 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | OH | $601.2K | 45.1K | $13.34 |
| 13 | Northwell Health Laboratories | Clinical Laboratory | NY | $596.9K | 44.7K | $13.35 |
| 14 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | GA | $593.5K | 44.4K | $13.36 |
| 15 | Labone Llc | Clinical Laboratory | KS | $592.9K | 44.4K | $13.36 |
| 16 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | FL | $577.9K | 43.3K | $13.36 |
| 17 | Unilab Corporation | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $544.5K | 40.8K | $13.36 |
| 18 | Laboratory Corporation Of America | Clinical Laboratory | FL | $539.5K | 40.4K | $13.35 |
| 19 | Sunrise Medical Laboratories, Inc. | Clinical Laboratory | NY | $539.3K | 40.4K | $13.35 |
| 20 | Quest Diagnostics Llc Il | Clinical Laboratory | IL | $492.0K | 36.8K | $13.36 |
| 21 | Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $432.7K | 32.4K | $13.36 |
| 22 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $399.7K | 29.9K | $13.36 |
| 23 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $385.3K | 28.8K | $13.36 |
| 24 | Quest Diagnostics Llc | Clinical Laboratory | MA | $362.1K | 27.1K | $13.36 |
| 25 | Laboratory Corporation Of America | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $361.1K | 27.1K | $13.32 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | $5.8M | 438.4K | 671 | $8.7K |
| CA | $5.3M | 395.2K | 401 | $13.1K |
| NJ | $5.1M | 380.4K | 195 | $26.0K |
| NY | $3.6M | 267.3K | 769 | $4.6K |
| TX | $3.5M | 265.5K | 808 | $4.4K |
| NC | $3.0M | 224.4K | 580 | $5.2K |
| AZ | $1.2M | 91.1K | 132 | $9.2K |
| OH | $1.2M | 91.0K | 206 | $5.9K |
| IL | $1.2M | 89.9K | 306 | $3.9K |
| AL | $1.1M | 86.6K | 248 | $4.6K |
| TN | $1.0M | 77.5K | 706 | $1.5K |
| MA | $1.0M | 76.3K | 256 | $4.0K |
| GA | $1.0M | 75.2K | 296 | $3.4K |
| KS | $829.4K | 62.1K | 92 | $9.0K |
| MD | $807.3K | 60.5K | 186 | $4.3K |
| VA | $797.1K | 59.9K | 316 | $2.5K |
| WA | $666.1K | 50.1K | 178 | $3.7K |
| PA | $663.1K | 49.7K | 100 | $6.6K |
| NV | $432.4K | 32.5K | 58 | $7.5K |
| SC | $395.1K | 29.7K | 230 | $1.7K |
| AR | $330.9K | 24.9K | 149 | $2.2K |
| OR | $297.0K | 22.3K | 155 | $1.9K |
| MN | $291.9K | 21.9K | 271 | $1.1K |
| MI | $291.6K | 21.9K | 125 | $2.3K |
| IN | $290.3K | 21.8K | 68 | $4.3K |
| OK | $284.3K | 21.3K | 50 | $5.7K |
| CO | $280.8K | 21.1K | 67 | $4.2K |
| WI | $256.8K | 19.4K | 57 | $4.5K |
| MS | $178.2K | 13.5K | 106 | $1.7K |
| IA | $168.2K | 12.6K | 155 | $1.1K |
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.