$254.9M in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure 84481 (Thyroid hormone, t3 measurement, free) received $254.9M in total Medicare payments.
Across 13.3M services, the average Medicare payment was $19.13 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $23.7M | 1.1M | — |
| 2015 | $25.4M | 1.2M | +6.9% |
| 2016 | $27.3M | 1.3M | +7.6% |
| 2017 | $29.2M | 1.3M | +7.0% |
| 2018 | $28.8M | 1.4M | -1.2% |
| 2019 | $26.6M | 1.4M | -7.6% |
| 2020 | $22.0M | 1.3M | -17.3% |
| 2021 | $23.9M | 1.4M | +8.4% |
| 2022 | $23.7M | 1.4M | -0.8% |
| 2023 | $24.3M | 1.5M | +2.5% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | NC | $1.1M | 69.3K | $16.57 |
| 2 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | FL | $1.1M | 65.4K | $16.59 |
| 3 | Unilab Corporation | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $787.1K | 47.4K | $16.59 |
| 4 | Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $724.9K | 43.7K | $16.60 |
| 5 | Sonora Quest Laboratories Llc | Clinical Laboratory | AZ | $715.4K | 43.2K | $16.57 |
| 6 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | NJ | $690.4K | 41.7K | $16.57 |
| 7 | Quest Diagnostics Incorporated | Clinical Laboratory | NJ | $634.3K | 38.3K | $16.58 |
| 8 | Laboratory Corporation Of America | Clinical Laboratory | AZ | $463.2K | 27.9K | $16.60 |
| 9 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $456.5K | 27.5K | $16.60 |
| 10 | Laboratory Corporation Of America | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $435.2K | 26.2K | $16.59 |
| 11 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | FL | $423.8K | 25.6K | $16.59 |
| 12 | Laboratory Corporation Of America | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $420.8K | 25.4K | $16.54 |
| 13 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | AL | $420.6K | 25.4K | $16.55 |
| 14 | Laboratory Corporation Of America | Clinical Laboratory | FL | $413.1K | 24.9K | $16.59 |
| 15 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | GA | $388.3K | 23.4K | $16.60 |
| 16 | Labone Llc | Clinical Laboratory | KS | $385.1K | 23.2K | $16.60 |
| 17 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | OH | $377.0K | 22.7K | $16.58 |
| 18 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $350.2K | 21.1K | $16.60 |
| 19 | Pathgroup Labs, Llc | Clinical Laboratory | NC | $315.1K | 19.1K | $16.53 |
| 20 | Northwell Health Laboratories | Clinical Laboratory | NY | $312.2K | 18.8K | $16.59 |
| 21 | Quest Diagnostics Llc Il | Clinical Laboratory | IL | $275.7K | 16.6K | $16.60 |
| 22 | Sunrise Medical Laboratories, Inc. | Clinical Laboratory | NY | $262.1K | 15.8K | $16.59 |
| 23 | Unilab Corporation | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $255.8K | 15.4K | $16.60 |
| 24 | Laboratory Corporation Of America | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $239.2K | 14.4K | $16.58 |
| 25 | Bioreference Health, Llc | Clinical Laboratory | NJ | $225.4K | 13.6K | $16.58 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $3.3M | 199.5K | 203 | $16.3K |
| TX | $3.2M | 194.4K | 332 | $9.7K |
| FL | $3.2M | 192.3K | 318 | $10.0K |
| NJ | $2.1M | 126.7K | 55 | $38.0K |
| NC | $1.9M | 115.9K | 136 | $14.1K |
| NY | $1.5M | 93.3K | 145 | $10.7K |
| AZ | $1.5M | 92.3K | 117 | $13.1K |
| OH | $700.4K | 42.3K | 54 | $13.0K |
| AL | $584.5K | 35.4K | 79 | $7.4K |
| GA | $554.8K | 33.5K | 86 | $6.5K |
| KS | $485.8K | 29.3K | 24 | $20.2K |
| IL | $479.7K | 28.9K | 50 | $9.6K |
| MA | $382.4K | 23.1K | 24 | $15.9K |
| TN | $371.7K | 22.6K | 190 | $2.0K |
| OK | $311.2K | 18.8K | 58 | $5.4K |
| NV | $303.4K | 18.3K | 25 | $12.1K |
| SC | $299.4K | 18.1K | 64 | $4.7K |
| MD | $298.0K | 18.0K | 32 | $9.3K |
| WA | $282.1K | 17.0K | 36 | $7.8K |
| VA | $240.4K | 14.6K | 64 | $3.8K |
| PA | $219.8K | 13.3K | 24 | $9.2K |
| CO | $192.1K | 11.6K | 19 | $10.1K |
| MI | $182.0K | 11.0K | 34 | $5.4K |
| LA | $152.7K | 9.3K | 72 | $2.1K |
| OR | $145.3K | 8.8K | 64 | $2.3K |
| ND | $144.7K | 8.7K | 15 | $9.6K |
| KY | $132.2K | 8.0K | 37 | $3.6K |
| WI | $118.7K | 7.2K | 22 | $5.4K |
| MO | $105.9K | 6.4K | 61 | $1.7K |
| NM | $99.9K | 6.0K | 14 | $7.1K |
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.