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83970

Parathormone (parathyroid hormone) level

$710.1M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 83970 (Parathormone (parathyroid hormone) level) received $710.1M in total Medicare payments.

Across 15.0M services, the average Medicare payment was $47.24 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$71.4M1.3M—
2015$73.1M1.3M+2.4%
2016$76.0M1.4M+4.0%
2017$79.3M1.4M+4.3%
2018$74.2M1.5M-6.4%
2019$70.6M1.6M-4.9%
2020$60.5M1.5M-14.3%
2021$66.8M1.6M+10.4%
2022$69.6M1.7M+4.1%
2023$68.6M1.7M-1.4%

Top Providers for 83970

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical LaboratoryNC$4.1M102.2K$40.38
2Unilab CorporationClinical LaboratoryCA$3.0M74.0K$40.43
3Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical LaboratoryNJ$2.8M68.3K$40.40
4Quest Diagnostics IncorporatedClinical LaboratoryNJ$2.5M60.9K$40.45
5Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryFL$2.4M59.4K$40.44
6Sonora Quest Laboratories LlcClinical LaboratoryAZ$1.8M44.1K$40.36
7Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical LaboratoryAL$1.6M40.1K$40.31
8Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryTX$1.6M39.0K$40.45
9Labone LlcClinical LaboratoryKS$1.5M35.9K$40.45
10Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryGA$1.4M33.7K$40.45
11Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc.Clinical LaboratoryTX$1.3M31.5K$40.45
12Laboratory Corporation Of AmericaClinical LaboratoryCA$1.2M30.2K$40.43
13Pathgroup Labs, LlcClinical LaboratoryNC$1.2M30.1K$40.33
14Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical LaboratoryOH$1.2M28.7K$40.38
15Quest Diagnostics Llc IlClinical LaboratoryIL$1.1M27.7K$40.45
16Laboratory Corporation Of AmericaClinical LaboratoryFL$1.0M25.5K$40.44
17Laboratory Corporation Of AmericaClinical LaboratoryTX$993.0K24.6K$40.37
18Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryTX$975.3K24.1K$40.45
19Laboratory Corporation Of AmericaClinical LaboratoryAZ$969.2K24.0K$40.45
20Laboratory Corporation Of AmericaClinical LaboratoryTX$916.3K22.7K$40.38
21Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryFL$737.8K18.2K$40.44
22Laboratory Corporation Of AmericaClinical LaboratoryWA$711.9K17.6K$40.45
23Northwell Health LaboratoriesClinical LaboratoryNY$700.6K17.3K$40.43
24Quest Diagnostics Incorporated MdClinical LaboratoryMD$693.2K17.1K$40.45
25Quest Diagnostics IncorporatedClinical LaboratoryNV$691.5K17.1K$40.41

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$8.6M212.2K188$45.6K
TX$7.4M182.3K236$31.2K
NC$6.9M170.9K300$23.0K
FL$6.5M162.0K323$20.2K
NJ$6.3M156.0K116$54.3K
AZ$4.2M103.8K127$33.0K
NY$3.0M75.1K301$10.1K
OH$2.2M55.7K146$15.4K
GA$2.0M49.9K133$15.2K
KS$1.9M47.3K42$45.5K
AL$1.8M44.1K36$49.3K
MA$1.7M42.4K205$8.4K
IL$1.7M41.7K94$17.8K
TN$1.5M36.1K189$7.7K
WA$1.4M33.9K80$17.0K
VA$936.8K23.2K68$13.8K
MD$908.7K22.5K25$36.3K
MI$902.8K22.4K63$14.3K
PA$879.7K21.8K36$24.4K
OK$848.9K21.0K18$47.2K
WI$757.8K18.9K20$37.9K
NV$753.0K18.6K7$107.6K
MN$511.6K12.7K98$5.2K
SC$492.8K12.2K62$7.9K
CO$421.9K10.4K11$38.4K
IA$408.6K10.1K49$8.3K
OR$386.8K9.6K52$7.4K
IN$365.3K9.1K34$10.7K
HI$333.6K8.3K3$111.2K
ND$273.0K6.8K5$54.6K

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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.