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P9603

Travel allowance one way in connection with medically necessary laboratory specimen collection drawn from home bound or nursing home bound patient; prorated miles actually travelled

$547.3M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure P9603 (Travel allowance one way in connection with medically necessary laboratory specimen collection drawn from home bound or nursing home bound patient; prorated miles actually travelled) received $547.3M in total Medicare payments.

Across 591.6M services, the average Medicare payment was $0.93 per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$61.5M81.5M—
2015$61.9M70.9M+0.6%
2016$57.8M63.7M-6.6%
2017$60.1M65.1M+4.0%
2018$59.8M63.3M-0.5%
2019$58.1M60.1M-2.9%
2020$57.5M57.8M-1.1%
2021$41.3M41.9M-28.1%
2022$40.8M41.0M-1.4%
2023$48.4M46.3M+18.8%

Top Providers for P9603

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1American Health Mw, LlcClinical LaboratoryOH$3.6M3.4M$1.05
2American Health S, LlcClinical LaboratoryFL$2.8M2.6M$1.08
3Star Lab, IncClinical LaboratoryIL$2.5M2.3M$1.09
4Vista Clinical Diagnostics LlcClinical LaboratoryVA$2.0M1.9M$1.06
5Centers Lab Nj LlcClinical LaboratoryNJ$1.8M1.6M$1.09
6Heritage Lab Express IncClinical LaboratoryIL$1.6M1.4M$1.09
7Advanced Clinical Laboratories, Inc.Clinical LaboratoryFL$1.5M1.4M$1.06
8Myonsite Diagnostic LabClinical LaboratoryCA$1.5M1.4M$1.08
9Laboratory Of Florida LlcClinical LaboratoryFL$1.5M1.3M$1.09
10Clinical Laboratory Services, Inc.Clinical LaboratoryGA$1.3M1.2M$1.09
11Kan-Di-Ki LlcClinical LaboratoryNV$1.3M1.2M$1.09
12Victoria Healthcare ResourcesClinical LaboratoryLA$1.1M1.1M$1.04
13U S Lab & Radiology LlcClinical LaboratoryMA$1.1M1.0M$1.09
14Quality Clinical Lab LlcClinical LaboratoryFL$1.0M1.0M$0.98
15Professional Healthcare IncClinical LaboratoryIL$973.2K894.7K$1.09
16Mako Medical Laboratories, LlcClinical LaboratoryNC$925.0K853.4K$1.08
17Precision Labs LlcClinical LaboratoryMO$829.3K760.3K$1.09
18Unique Lab Services, LlcClinical LaboratoryAZ$749.9K692.9K$1.08
19Four Tech Laboratory LlcClinical LaboratoryCA$740.7K674.1K$1.10
20Reliant Scientific LlcClinical LaboratoryFL$712.5K655.0K$1.09
21Vip Labs Llc.Clinical LaboratoryIL$635.1K583.8K$1.09
22Chicago Clinical Laboratories, LtdClinical LaboratoryIL$623.1K572.8K$1.09
23Physicians Stat Lab Inc.Clinical LaboratoryFL$607.4K558.4K$1.09
24Pearl Diagnostic Laboratory, LlcClinical LaboratoryKY$604.9K575.5K$1.05
25American Lab LlcClinical LaboratoryFL$538.2K494.9K$1.09

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
FL$10.7M10.1M37$290.1K
IL$9.5M8.8M41$232.2K
CA$4.1M3.7M17$240.2K
OH$3.7M3.5M8$457.4K
NJ$2.5M2.3M10$245.2K
TX$2.3M2.1M31$73.2K
VA$2.0M1.9M5$403.7K
GA$1.5M1.4M4$368.5K
NC$1.4M1.3M6$236.5K
NV$1.4M1.3M4$348.6K
AZ$1.3M1.2M6$213.5K
LA$1.3M1.2M4$315.5K
MA$1.2M1.1M4$294.6K
MO$1.1M1.0M9$122.0K
KY$755.4K787.3K3$251.8K
AL$650.0K608.4K6$108.3K
OK$377.6K349.0K3$125.9K
DE$376.8K345.2K3$125.6K
CO$360.6K331.8K5$72.1K
AR$265.5K249.5K3$88.5K
MD$257.9K237.5K3$86.0K
PA$246.2K1.3M8$30.8K
KS$239.4K225.9K6$39.9K
ND$173.2K159.4K1$173.2K
TN$164.3K154.3K4$41.1K
MS$119.0K109.4K4$29.8K
WI$112.2K107.7K5$22.4K
RI$79.3K82.2K1$79.3K
WA$73.1K67.1K5$14.6K
UT$67.2K61.8K2$33.6K

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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.