HCPCS 80048

Laboratory test (ClaimLight category; the code descriptor is not shown)

Laboratory Work RVU per service none (2021 fee schedule; adds 0 work RVUs)

16,118
98th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
$48M
96th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
5.7M
99th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
44
71st percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
576
82nd percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
-0.2%
Medicare payment on the code vs 2020; billers -0.1% · 2021

Trend

Medicare payment on the code

$0$20M$40M2020: $48M paid20202021: $48M paid20212022: $45M paid20222023: $43M paid20232024: $42M paid2024$42M$0$20M$40M2020: $48M paid20202021: $48M paid20212022: $45M paid20222023: $43M paid20232024: $42M paid2024$42M$0$20M$40M2020: $48M paid20202021: $48M paid20212022: $45M paid20222023: $43M paid20232024: $42M paid2024$42M$0$20M$40M2020: $48M paid20202021: $48M paid20212022: $45M paid20222023: $43M paid20232024: $42M paid2024$42M

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data years 2020–2024.

Billers

010K2020: 16K providers20202021: 16K providers20212022: 15K providers20222023: 15K providers20232024: 14K providers202414K010K2020: 16K providers20202021: 16K providers20212022: 15K providers20222023: 15K providers20232024: 14K providers202414K010K2020: 16K providers20202021: 16K providers20212022: 15K providers20222023: 15K providers20232024: 14K providers202414K010K2020: 16K providers20202021: 16K providers20212022: 15K providers20222023: 15K providers20232024: 14K providers202414K

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data years 2020–2024.

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated reported
202413,827$41,864,079-3%5,063,616395340.00
202314,725$43,135,650-5%5,215,111415410.00
202215,459$45,298,350-6%5,435,219415520.00
202116,118$48,084,894-0%5,696,991445760.00
202016,132$48,160,986first year in data5,744,342455840.00

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data years 2020–2024.

By state

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated
California430$4,383,023518,602952,906
Florida866$3,759,762444,88043886
North Carolina889$3,237,077383,17345370
New Jersey209$2,895,642342,464351,135
Texas997$2,892,398342,67836591
Ohio366$2,676,299316,71072669
Massachusetts668$2,292,398271,16445481
New York904$1,832,026217,06139530
Illinois480$1,642,376194,54144512
Tennessee911$1,619,731192,62642555
Pennsylvania181$1,435,501169,843633,297
Wisconsin831$1,413,785168,26242258
Arizona183$1,382,208163,670323,828
Kansas214$1,264,549149,59245482
Virginia526$1,262,665149,63354782

Not listed: 4 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AE, XX, ZZ); they are in the national totals.

Not listed: 4 states with fewer than 11 billers (small cells).

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Providers placed by practice address. Data year 2021.

Top metro areas

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ614$4,334,103512,83541
Burlington, NC24$2,145,651253,81541
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA222$2,107,866249,48072
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH525$1,979,432234,07443
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN358$1,444,674171,13343
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL104$1,327,958157,00777
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL62$1,323,869156,55139
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX207$1,140,844135,10632
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN35$1,052,893124,46546
Columbus, OH227$980,746116,08282
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ73$975,756115,61039
Kansas City, MO-KS87$924,537109,32028
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA210$841,77499,99928
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI37$829,03399,00152
Birmingham, AL115$796,64794,38097

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 84 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2021.

Specialties billing 80048 nationally

Clinical Laboratory accounts for 70% of payment for 80048 nationally in 2021, across 31 specialties on claims.

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated
Clinical Laboratory9505.9%$33,666,82270%3,983,8344,194
Internal Medicine3,83624%$4,271,1968.9%507,545132
Family Practice4,75129%$3,939,0698.2%467,91398
Nurse Practitioner2,03113%$1,229,7502.6%145,92172
Pathology720.45%$989,0832.1%117,4831,632
Hematology-Oncology5303.3%$958,7802.0%113,911215
Cardiology5843.6%$500,6961.0%59,719102
Physician Assistant1,0596.6%$481,5401.0%57,11854
Endocrinology3522.2%$414,8110.86%49,446140
Urology4352.7%$291,4420.61%34,60780
Medical Oncology1530.95%$244,9690.51%29,117190
Nephrology2891.8%$211,7420.44%25,14087
Rheumatology1420.88%$162,2890.34%19,321136
Interventional Cardiology1731.1%$110,5160.23%13,12276
Neurology180.11%$79,8400.17%9,440524

Not listed: 28 specialties with fewer than 11 billers (small cells).

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Provider-level lines (fewer than 11 beneficiaries suppressed by CMS); specialty is the provider type on claims. Data year 2021.

Top billers of 80048 nationally

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Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service only; CMS suppresses provider lines with fewer than 11 beneficiaries. How these figures are computed · Limitations