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82746

Folic acid level, serum

$369.9M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 82746 (Folic acid level, serum) received $369.9M in total Medicare payments.

Across 21.8M services, the average Medicare payment was $16.95 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$41.3M2.1M—
2015$41.7M2.1M+1.0%
2016$42.1M2.2M+1.1%
2017$42.0M2.1M-0.2%
2018$38.3M2.2M-8.8%
2019$35.5M2.2M-7.3%
2020$29.1M2.0M-18.0%
2021$32.4M2.2M+11.1%
2022$32.6M2.2M+0.7%
2023$34.8M2.4M+6.8%

Top Providers for 82746

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical LaboratoryNC$1.7M117.3K$14.40
2Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryFL$1.7M115.8K$14.41
3Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical LaboratoryNJ$1.2M86.7K$14.40
4Unilab CorporationClinical LaboratoryCA$1.1M76.9K$14.40
5Quest Diagnostics IncorporatedClinical LaboratoryNJ$1.0M70.7K$14.41
6Laboratory Corporation Of AmericaClinical LaboratoryFL$878.5K61.0K$14.40
7Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryFL$841.0K58.4K$14.41
8Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical LaboratoryOH$794.3K55.2K$14.39
9Northwell Health LaboratoriesClinical LaboratoryNY$735.5K51.1K$14.40
10Laboratory Corporation Of AmericaClinical LaboratoryCA$722.6K50.2K$14.40
11Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical LaboratoryAL$702.3K48.9K$14.37
12Sonora Quest Laboratories LlcClinical LaboratoryAZ$700.9K48.8K$14.38
13Bioreference Health, LlcClinical LaboratoryNJ$635.6K44.1K$14.40
14Sunrise Medical Laboratories, Inc.Clinical LaboratoryNY$540.6K37.5K$14.40
15Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryGA$518.5K36.0K$14.41
16Unilab CorporationClinical LaboratoryCA$500.1K34.7K$14.41
17Quest Diagnostics Llc IlClinical LaboratoryIL$496.9K34.5K$14.41
18Labone LlcClinical LaboratoryKS$436.1K30.3K$14.41
19Laboratory Corporation Of AmericaClinical LaboratoryAZ$428.6K29.7K$14.41
20Quest Diagnostics LlcClinical LaboratoryMA$342.6K23.8K$14.41
21Accu Reference Medical Lab, LlcClinical LaboratoryNJ$331.0K23.0K$14.41
22Wilfredo BlasiniPathologyFL$324.9K22.6K$14.38
23Pathgroup Labs, LlcClinical LaboratoryNC$289.3K20.1K$14.38
24Lenco Diagnostic Laboratories,inc.Clinical LaboratoryNY$282.5K19.6K$14.41
25Quest Diagnostics Massachusetts LlcClinical LaboratoryMA$276.7K19.2K$14.41

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
FL$6.2M430.9K647$9.6K
CA$4.9M339.5K299$16.4K
NJ$3.9M268.2K97$39.8K
NY$3.3M230.4K639$5.2K
NC$2.4M168.2K178$13.6K
TX$1.9M129.8K346$5.4K
AZ$1.4M94.7K124$11.0K
OH$1.3M93.1K207$6.5K
IL$1.0M72.8K222$4.7K
AL$977.6K68.1K167$5.9K
MA$913.1K63.4K126$7.2K
GA$768.2K53.4K172$4.5K
KS$602.3K41.8K81$7.4K
TN$556.6K38.8K368$1.5K
WA$513.4K35.7K105$4.9K
MI$460.3K32.0K84$5.5K
PA$354.9K24.7K41$8.7K
VA$351.5K24.5K143$2.5K
MD$331.3K23.0K67$4.9K
NV$312.0K21.7K39$8.0K
WI$254.9K17.9K16$15.9K
SC$196.5K13.7K118$1.7K
MO$194.4K13.5K129$1.5K
IN$189.4K13.2K41$4.6K
OK$175.2K12.2K44$4.0K
ND$140.7K9.8K6$23.4K
KY$133.5K9.3K52$2.6K
OR$132.7K9.2K47$2.8K
HI$109.6K7.6K2$54.8K
CO$109.4K7.6K36$3.0K

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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.