$665.0M in total Medicare payments across 8 years
Procedure G0480 (Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms) received $665.0M in total Medicare payments.
Across 6.3M services, the average Medicare payment was $106.24 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $60.1M | 821.4K | — |
| 2017 | $98.9M | 879.9K | +64.5% |
| 2018 | $102.7M | 931.7K | +3.8% |
| 2019 | $104.5M | 948.9K | +1.8% |
| 2020 | $78.4M | 700.8K | -25.0% |
| 2021 | $77.0M | 683.7K | -1.8% |
| 2022 | $73.1M | 656.8K | -5.1% |
| 2023 | $70.3M | 635.7K | -3.9% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | NC | $2.9M | 27.4K | $106.30 |
| 2 | Dominion Diagnostics, Llc | Clinical Laboratory | RI | $2.6M | 23.2K | $111.64 |
| 3 | Quest Diagnostics Massachusetts Llc | Clinical Laboratory | MA | $2.1M | 18.9K | $112.14 |
| 4 | Unilab Corporation | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $1.8M | 16.1K | $112.04 |
| 5 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | GA | $1.8M | 15.9K | $112.11 |
| 6 | Quest Diagnostics Incorporated | Clinical Laboratory | NJ | $1.7M | 15.5K | $112.10 |
| 7 | Quest Diagnostics Llc Il | Clinical Laboratory | IL | $1.5M | 13.0K | $112.13 |
| 8 | Paradigm Labs, Llc | Clinical Laboratory | GA | $1.4M | 12.4K | $111.39 |
| 9 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $1.4M | 12.3K | $112.02 |
| 10 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc | Clinical Laboratory | FL | $1.3M | 11.6K | $111.98 |
| 11 | Unilab Corporation | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $1.3M | 11.5K | $111.79 |
| 12 | Millennium Health, Llc | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $1.2M | 10.5K | $111.78 |
| 13 | Drugscan, Inc. | Clinical Laboratory | PA | $1.2M | 10.3K | $111.58 |
| 14 | Quest Diagnostics Llc | Clinical Laboratory | MA | $1.1M | 10.2K | $111.27 |
| 15 | Regional Toxicology Services, Llc | Clinical Laboratory | WA | $1.0M | 9.4K | $111.79 |
| 16 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | NJ | $911.9K | 8.3K | $109.52 |
| 17 | Ethos Holding Corp | Clinical Laboratory | KY | $897.8K | 8.0K | $112.09 |
| 18 | Steven Kozmary | Interventional Pain Management | NV | $777.6K | 6.9K | $112.09 |
| 19 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | NC | $751.5K | 7.0K | $107.75 |
| 20 | Aegis Sciences Corporation | Clinical Laboratory | TN | $717.1K | 6.5K | $109.65 |
| 21 | Vibra Of Southeastern Michigan, Llc | Clinical Laboratory | MI | $666.4K | 6.0K | $111.86 |
| 22 | Synergy Laboratories, Inc. | Clinical Laboratory | AL | $646.2K | 5.9K | $109.51 |
| 23 | Edward Kowlowitz | Interventional Pain Management | IN | $645.3K | 5.8K | $111.24 |
| 24 | Mako Medical Laboratories, Llc | Clinical Laboratory | NC | $620.6K | 5.6K | $111.51 |
| 25 | American Forensic Toxicology Services Llc | Clinical Laboratory | NY | $611.7K | 5.5K | $111.89 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NC | $5.9M | 54.3K | 148 | $39.6K |
| CA | $5.6M | 50.4K | 47 | $119.4K |
| TX | $5.6M | 50.9K | 144 | $38.8K |
| GA | $5.1M | 46.1K | 107 | $48.1K |
| MA | $4.7M | 42.4K | 45 | $105.4K |
| NJ | $4.5M | 40.5K | 49 | $91.8K |
| PA | $4.0M | 35.6K | 42 | $94.5K |
| KY | $3.2M | 29.3K | 127 | $25.4K |
| FL | $3.2M | 28.2K | 135 | $23.3K |
| RI | $2.6M | 23.4K | 2 | $1.3M |
| NY | $2.4M | 21.5K | 31 | $76.5K |
| TN | $2.1M | 19.0K | 71 | $29.1K |
| IN | $2.0M | 17.9K | 50 | $39.4K |
| IL | $1.9M | 16.9K | 21 | $89.9K |
| MI | $1.7M | 15.5K | 27 | $63.5K |
| NV | $1.7M | 14.9K | 14 | $118.9K |
| WA | $1.5M | 13.9K | 38 | $40.5K |
| AL | $1.4M | 12.9K | 27 | $52.5K |
| OH | $1.0M | 9.9K | 27 | $38.8K |
| OR | $942.3K | 8.5K | 21 | $44.9K |
| MD | $907.2K | 8.1K | 31 | $29.3K |
| LA | $857.3K | 7.7K | 30 | $28.6K |
| OK | $801.6K | 7.3K | 35 | $22.9K |
| SC | $743.3K | 7.0K | 54 | $13.8K |
| MO | $686.0K | 6.2K | 23 | $29.8K |
| AZ | $677.2K | 6.2K | 15 | $45.1K |
| KS | $641.2K | 5.8K | 4 | $160.3K |
| MS | $618.0K | 5.6K | 41 | $15.1K |
| CT | $386.9K | 3.5K | 17 | $22.8K |
| ND | $379.0K | 3.4K | 6 | $63.2K |
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.