$523.6M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure 84439 (Thyroxine (thyroid chemical), free) received $523.6M in total Medicare payments.
Across 50.4M services, the average Medicare payment was $10.39 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $56.1M | 4.7M | — |
| 2015 | $57.3M | 4.8M | +2.2% |
| 2016 | $59.5M | 5.0M | +3.9% |
| 2017 | $60.8M | 5.1M | +2.1% |
| 2018 | $56.4M | 5.2M | -7.2% |
| 2019 | $51.8M | 5.3M | -8.2% |
| 2020 | $42.9M | 4.8M | -17.2% |
| 2021 | $46.5M | 5.2M | +8.5% |
| 2022 | $45.8M | 5.2M | -1.5% |
| 2023 | $46.4M | 5.3M | +1.3% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | NC | $2.8M | 315.6K | $8.83 |
| 2 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | NJ | $2.4M | 274.7K | $8.83 |
| 3 | Quest Diagnostics Incorporated | Clinical Laboratory | NJ | $1.8M | 205.4K | $8.84 |
| 4 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | FL | $1.8M | 200.0K | $8.84 |
| 5 | Unilab Corporation | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $1.2M | 141.1K | $8.84 |
| 6 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | AL | $1.1M | 120.4K | $8.82 |
| 7 | Laboratory Corporation Of America | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $950.6K | 107.6K | $8.83 |
| 8 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | OH | $923.2K | 104.6K | $8.83 |
| 9 | Laboratory Corporation Of America | Clinical Laboratory | FL | $874.7K | 99.0K | $8.83 |
| 10 | Sonora Quest Laboratories Llc | Clinical Laboratory | AZ | $792.4K | 89.8K | $8.82 |
| 11 | Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $764.0K | 86.4K | $8.84 |
| 12 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | GA | $727.9K | 82.3K | $8.84 |
| 13 | Northwell Health Laboratories | Clinical Laboratory | NY | $715.3K | 80.9K | $8.84 |
| 14 | Labone Llc | Clinical Laboratory | KS | $691.4K | 78.2K | $8.84 |
| 15 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | FL | $690.3K | 78.1K | $8.84 |
| 16 | Laboratory Corporation Of America | Clinical Laboratory | AZ | $593.1K | 67.1K | $8.84 |
| 17 | Unilab Corporation | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $579.1K | 65.5K | $8.84 |
| 18 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $573.3K | 64.9K | $8.84 |
| 19 | Quest Diagnostics Llc Il | Clinical Laboratory | IL | $557.5K | 63.1K | $8.84 |
| 20 | Sunrise Medical Laboratories, Inc. | Clinical Laboratory | NY | $539.0K | 61.0K | $8.84 |
| 21 | Laboratory Corporation Of America | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $538.4K | 61.1K | $8.81 |
| 22 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $487.3K | 55.1K | $8.84 |
| 23 | Bioreference Health, Llc | Clinical Laboratory | NJ | $445.1K | 50.4K | $8.83 |
| 24 | Quest Diagnostics Incorporated Md | Clinical Laboratory | MD | $435.2K | 49.2K | $8.84 |
| 25 | Laboratory Corporation Of America | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $410.8K | 46.5K | $8.83 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NJ | $5.6M | 631.4K | 168 | $33.2K |
| FL | $5.5M | 623.4K | 875 | $6.3K |
| CA | $5.3M | 600.0K | 435 | $12.2K |
| TX | $4.4M | 493.5K | 879 | $5.0K |
| NC | $4.2M | 472.1K | 668 | $6.2K |
| NY | $2.8M | 319.7K | 885 | $3.2K |
| AZ | $1.8M | 203.7K | 251 | $7.2K |
| OH | $1.6M | 185.7K | 251 | $6.5K |
| AL | $1.6M | 180.5K | 404 | $3.9K |
| GA | $1.2M | 134.7K | 315 | $3.8K |
| KS | $1.1M | 121.0K | 145 | $7.4K |
| IL | $1.0M | 115.3K | 310 | $3.3K |
| TN | $970.4K | 110.6K | 836 | $1.2K |
| MD | $863.8K | 97.8K | 211 | $4.1K |
| VA | $778.4K | 88.4K | 369 | $2.1K |
| MA | $768.2K | 87.0K | 212 | $3.6K |
| PA | $712.1K | 80.6K | 108 | $6.6K |
| WA | $598.2K | 67.9K | 185 | $3.2K |
| SC | $500.3K | 56.8K | 243 | $2.1K |
| MI | $425.1K | 48.2K | 169 | $2.5K |
| NV | $419.2K | 47.5K | 32 | $13.1K |
| OK | $394.3K | 44.7K | 103 | $3.8K |
| CO | $319.7K | 36.2K | 93 | $3.4K |
| IN | $303.6K | 34.5K | 118 | $2.6K |
| OR | $288.5K | 32.8K | 164 | $1.8K |
| LA | $275.9K | 31.3K | 186 | $1.5K |
| KY | $273.8K | 31.1K | 124 | $2.2K |
| WI | $248.0K | 28.3K | 81 | $3.1K |
| MS | $236.4K | 27.0K | 143 | $1.7K |
| MO | $220.4K | 25.0K | 217 | $1.0K |
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.