HCPCS 81479

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

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

71
61st percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
$409M
99th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
186K
88th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
192
92nd percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
14,960
98th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
+41.9%
Medicare payment on the code vs 2020; billers +10.9% · 2021

Trend

Medicare payment on the code

$0$250M$500M2020: $288M paid20202021: $409M paid20212022: $470M paid20222023: $488M paid20232024: $572M paid2024$572M$0$250M$500M2020: $288M paid20202021: $409M paid20212022: $470M paid20222023: $488M paid20232024: $572M paid2024$572M$0$250M$500M2020: $288M paid20202021: $409M paid20212022: $470M paid20222023: $488M paid20232024: $572M paid2024$572M$0$250M$500M2020: $288M paid20202021: $409M paid20212022: $470M paid20222023: $488M paid20232024: $572M paid2024$572M

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

Billers

0502020: 64 providers20202021: 71 providers20212022: 71 providers20222023: 80 providers20232024: 76 providers2024760502020: 64 providers20202021: 71 providers20212022: 71 providers20222023: 80 providers20232024: 76 providers2024760502020: 64 providers20202021: 71 providers20212022: 71 providers20222023: 80 providers20232024: 76 providers2024760502020: 64 providers20202021: 71 providers20212022: 71 providers20222023: 80 providers20232024: 76 providers202476

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
202476$572,066,288+17%232,62120124,5590.00
202380$488,385,850+4%209,94614922,5130.00
202271$470,191,375+15%201,54726817,5440.00
202171$408,675,867+42%185,56219214,9600.00
202064$287,964,850first year in data138,63822814,0250.00

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
California19$304,488,803127,44188519,249

Not listed: 21 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

No metro area has a reportable line for 81479 in 2021.

Specialties billing 81479 nationally

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Not listed: 2 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 81479 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