$458.7M in total Medicare payments across 3 years
Procedure U0005 (Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, cdc or non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies, completed within) received $458.7M in total Medicare payments.
Across 18.5M services, the average Medicare payment was $24.82 per service.
COVID-19 testing saw massive billing spikes in 2020–2022.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $228.6M | 9.2M | — |
| 2022 | $193.9M | 7.8M | -15.2% |
| 2023 | $36.2M | 1.5M | -81.3% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinai Laboratory Corp | Clinical Laboratory | IL | $2.2M | 91.0K | $24.50 |
| 2 | West Coast Medical Labs Inc | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $1.6M | 64.6K | $24.50 |
| 3 | Alpha Diagnostics, Llc | Clinical Laboratory | NC | $1.4M | 59.1K | $24.50 |
| 4 | Fz Medical Group Inc | Clinical Laboratory | IL | $1.4M | 57.0K | $24.50 |
| 5 | Shoreline Diagnostics Llc | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $1.2M | 47.0K | $24.50 |
| 6 | Pacific Medical Labs | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $1.1M | 43.3K | $24.50 |
| 7 | Clarity Testing Services | Clinical Laboratory | IL | $821.6K | 33.5K | $24.50 |
| 8 | Optimalab Inc | Clinical Laboratory | IL | $687.8K | 28.1K | $24.50 |
| 9 | Pasteur Inc | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $591.1K | 24.1K | $24.50 |
| 10 | Cormeum Lab Services Llc | Clinical Laboratory | LA | $517.8K | 21.1K | $24.50 |
| 11 | Prime Lab, Inc. | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $471.3K | 19.2K | $24.50 |
| 12 | Genentox Laboratories Llc | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $454.7K | 18.6K | $24.51 |
| 13 | Simple Laboratories Llc | Clinical Laboratory | IL | $434.9K | 17.8K | $24.50 |
| 14 | Discover Labs Llc | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $404.2K | 16.5K | $24.50 |
| 15 | Centers Lab Nj Llc | Clinical Laboratory | NJ | $400.7K | 16.4K | $24.50 |
| 16 | Avellino Lab Usa, Inc. | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $397.5K | 16.2K | $24.50 |
| 17 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | NJ | $378.1K | 15.5K | $24.47 |
| 18 | Med Rush Clinical Lab Inc | Clinical Laboratory | IL | $376.9K | 15.4K | $24.50 |
| 19 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings | Clinical Laboratory | NC | $369.7K | 15.1K | $24.47 |
| 20 | Quest Diagnostics Incorporated | Clinical Laboratory | NJ | $352.4K | 14.4K | $24.50 |
| 21 | Healthy Care Clinical Laboratory Inc | Clinical Laboratory | CA | $333.6K | 13.6K | $24.50 |
| 22 | Professional Healthcare Inc | Clinical Laboratory | IL | $313.0K | 12.8K | $24.50 |
| 23 | Elitemed Laboratories, Llc | Clinical Laboratory | TX | $287.3K | 11.7K | $24.50 |
| 24 | Northwell Health Laboratories | Clinical Laboratory | NY | $272.2K | 11.1K | $24.50 |
| 25 | Meditech Clinical Services, Inc. | Clinical Laboratory | IL | $269.6K | 11.0K | $24.50 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $11.5M | 469.3K | 153 | $75.1K |
| IL | $8.7M | 355.6K | 101 | $86.3K |
| NJ | $3.2M | 129.8K | 90 | $35.3K |
| NC | $2.4M | 96.8K | 15 | $158.1K |
| TX | $1.5M | 60.0K | 66 | $22.3K |
| NY | $1.5M | 59.6K | 130 | $11.2K |
| LA | $861.6K | 35.2K | 11 | $78.3K |
| FL | $727.2K | 29.7K | 64 | $11.4K |
| PA | $617.2K | 25.2K | 25 | $24.7K |
| AZ | $395.8K | 16.2K | 11 | $36.0K |
| MD | $347.4K | 14.2K | 35 | $9.9K |
| SC | $344.4K | 14.1K | 8 | $43.1K |
| AL | $328.3K | 13.4K | 15 | $21.9K |
| VA | $322.0K | 13.1K | 19 | $16.9K |
| TN | $270.4K | 11.0K | 27 | $10.0K |
| MO | $268.7K | 11.0K | 6 | $44.8K |
| OK | $252.5K | 10.3K | 12 | $21.0K |
| NV | $246.6K | 10.1K | 6 | $41.1K |
| OH | $239.9K | 9.8K | 15 | $16.0K |
| DE | $221.7K | 9.1K | 4 | $55.4K |
| WI | $208.0K | 8.5K | 10 | $20.8K |
| WA | $202.1K | 8.3K | 41 | $4.9K |
| MI | $175.7K | 7.2K | 30 | $5.9K |
| GA | $174.4K | 7.1K | 28 | $6.2K |
| OR | $170.8K | 7.0K | 18 | $9.5K |
| KY | $164.2K | 6.7K | 14 | $11.7K |
| CO | $153.2K | 6.3K | 8 | $19.2K |
| MA | $123.0K | 5.0K | 45 | $2.7K |
| MS | $111.3K | 4.5K | 7 | $15.9K |
| KS | $107.5K | 4.4K | 6 | $17.9K |
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.