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85027

Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test

$252.2M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 85027 (Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test) received $252.2M in total Medicare payments.

Across 33.8M services, the average Medicare payment was $7.47 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$29.7M3.5M—
2015$30.1M3.6M+1.2%
2016$29.5M3.5M-1.9%
2017$29.2M3.4M-1.0%
2018$26.9M3.4M-8.1%
2019$25.0M3.6M-7.1%
2020$20.1M3.1M-19.4%
2021$20.8M3.2M+3.7%
2022$20.2M3.2M-2.9%
2023$20.6M3.3M+1.8%

Top Providers for 85027

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical LaboratoryNJ$1.5M238.4K$6.34
2Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical LaboratoryNC$1.1M173.2K$6.33
3Unilab CorporationClinical LaboratoryCA$626.6K98.9K$6.34
4Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryFL$569.0K89.8K$6.34
5Quest Diagnostics IncorporatedClinical LaboratoryNJ$548.6K86.5K$6.34
6Unilab CorporationClinical LaboratoryCA$478.5K75.5K$6.34
7Laboratory Corporation Of AmericaClinical LaboratoryFL$475.4K75.0K$6.34
8Laboratory Corporation Of AmericaClinical LaboratoryCA$426.5K67.3K$6.34
9Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical LaboratoryAL$325.6K51.5K$6.33
10Northwell Health LaboratoriesClinical LaboratoryNY$312.7K49.3K$6.34
11Quest Diagnostics Massachusetts LlcClinical LaboratoryMA$295.9K46.7K$6.34
12Sentara Reference Lab Solutions, LlcClinical LaboratoryVA$282.1K44.6K$6.33
13Laboratory Corporation Of America HoldingsClinical LaboratoryOH$281.6K44.5K$6.33
14Quest Diagnostics Llc IlClinical LaboratoryIL$261.8K41.3K$6.34
15Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryGA$253.0K39.9K$6.34
16Labone LlcClinical LaboratoryKS$250.9K39.6K$6.34
17Pathgroup Labs, LlcClinical LaboratoryNC$213.3K33.7K$6.33
18Quest Diagnostics LlcClinical LaboratoryMA$201.3K31.8K$6.34
19Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryTX$200.0K31.5K$6.34
20Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryFL$197.5K31.2K$6.34
21University Hospitals Laboratory Services FoundationClinical LaboratoryOH$195.0K30.9K$6.32
22American Health S, LlcClinical LaboratoryFL$193.5K30.5K$6.34
23Laboratory Corporation Of AmericaClinical LaboratoryWA$174.7K27.6K$6.34
24Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories IncClinical LaboratoryTX$168.9K26.6K$6.34
25Quest Diagnostics Incorporated MdClinical LaboratoryMD$154.3K24.3K$6.34

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
NJ$2.4M373.9K81$29.2K
CA$2.1M335.4K213$10.0K
NC$1.8M288.9K503$3.6K
FL$1.8M286.8K101$18.0K
TX$1.1M179.6K614$1.9K
MA$967.9K152.7K440$2.2K
OH$906.8K143.3K86$10.5K
AZ$841.7K132.9K175$4.8K
VA$654.0K103.4K194$3.4K
IL$641.6K101.3K189$3.4K
KS$601.8K95.0K81$7.4K
NY$598.2K94.4K254$2.4K
MN$512.0K81.2K1.1K$460.05
WA$457.5K72.5K352$1.3K
TN$456.8K72.3K382$1.2K
GA$434.6K68.7K106$4.1K
AL$422.8K66.9K63$6.7K
PA$402.1K63.5K72$5.6K
WI$384.3K60.9K479$802.22
SC$352.2K55.8K246$1.4K
MD$347.9K55.0K45$7.7K
NE$190.4K30.1K132$1.4K
IA$162.0K25.7K138$1.2K
CO$158.1K25.0K51$3.1K
MO$158.0K24.9K90$1.8K
NV$152.3K24.0K9$16.9K
OK$145.4K23.0K26$5.6K
OR$130.9K20.7K94$1.4K
LA$128.4K20.3K90$1.4K
MI$127.9K20.2K39$3.3K

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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.