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G2023

Specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), any specimen source

$112.7M in total Medicare payments across 4 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure G2023 (Specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), any specimen source) received $112.7M in total Medicare payments.

Across 4.9M services, the average Medicare payment was $23.24 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2020$11.9M509.0K—
2021$30.1M1.3M+152.8%
2022$47.1M2.0M+56.3%
2023$23.6M1.0M-49.9%

Top Providers for G2023

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1West Coast Medical Labs IncClinical LaboratoryCA$3.1M136.7K$22.99
2Sinai Laboratory CorpClinical LaboratoryIL$2.1M91.6K$22.99
3Fz Medical Group IncClinical LaboratoryIL$1.4M60.8K$22.99
4Clarity Testing ServicesClinical LaboratoryIL$1.1M49.0K$22.99
5Pacific Medical LabsClinical LaboratoryCA$995.2K43.3K$22.99
6Shoreline Diagnostics LlcClinical LaboratoryCA$802.1K34.9K$22.99
7Rainbow Lab IncClinical LaboratoryIL$591.3K25.7K$22.99
8Lifescan Labs Of Illinois, LlcClinical LaboratoryIL$553.9K24.1K$22.99
9Pasteur IncClinical LaboratoryCA$510.5K22.2K$22.99
10Prime Lab, Inc.Clinical LaboratoryCA$443.2K19.3K$22.99
11Genetic Technological Innovations, LlcClinical LaboratoryAZ$273.9K11.9K$22.99
12Hannan Lab IncClinical LaboratoryIL$269.8K11.7K$22.99
13Safeena Enterprises IncClinical LaboratoryIL$263.5K11.5K$22.99
14Path Md, Inc.Clinical LaboratoryCA$257.6K11.2K$22.99
15Elitemed Laboratories, LlcClinical LaboratoryTX$257.2K11.2K$22.99
16Healthy Care Clinical Laboratory IncClinical LaboratoryCA$254.4K11.1K$22.99
17Advanced Molecular Diagnostics, LlcClinical LaboratoryNJ$251.5K10.9K$22.99
18Avellino Lab Usa, Inc.Clinical LaboratoryCA$232.5K10.1K$22.99
19Medarbor LlcClinical LaboratoryPA$231.9K10.1K$22.99
20Ppg Labs LlcClinical LaboratoryIL$230.0K10.0K$22.99
21Med Tech Clinical Laboratory,incClinical LaboratoryNJ$229.4K10.0K$22.99
22Purity Diagnostic LlcClinical LaboratoryNJ$216.3K9.4K$22.99
23Gene By Gene LtdClinical LaboratoryTX$215.1K9.4K$22.99
24Sh Diagnostics IncClinical LaboratoryIL$206.1K9.0K$22.99
25Delaware Diagnostic Labs, LlcClinical LaboratoryDE$199.9K8.7K$22.99

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
CA$9.5M414.9K86$110.9K
IL$8.7M377.8K90$96.5K
NJ$1.3M57.6K39$33.9K
TX$804.1K35.0K30$26.8K
PA$400.2K17.4K11$36.4K
AZ$300.2K13.1K5$60.0K
NY$298.9K13.0K21$14.2K
FL$265.2K11.5K34$7.8K
SC$235.3K10.2K4$58.8K
DE$207.8K9.0K3$69.3K
NC$207.5K9.0K11$18.9K
VA$189.3K8.2K5$37.9K
WI$158.3K6.9K4$39.6K
OK$137.4K6.0K5$27.5K
LA$118.9K5.2K1$118.9K
GA$97.8K4.3K8$12.2K
UT$91.8K4.0K4$22.9K
CO$90.7K3.9K3$30.2K
NV$83.2K3.6K5$16.6K
AL$57.3K2.5K6$9.5K
MA$57.2K2.5K4$14.3K
PR$31.5K1.4K47$670.26
WA$27.8K1.2K4$7.0K
MS$26.7K1.2K2$13.3K
AR$25.9K1.1K2$12.9K
KY$25.2K1.1K4$6.3K
MI$19.0K8288$2.4K
OR$18.4K8012$9.2K
IN$17.8K7741$17.8K
OH$17.8K6672$8.9K

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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.