HCPCS 84439

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

Laboratory Work RVU per service none (2020 fee schedule; adds 0 work RVUs)

10,680
97th percentile among 6,116 codes billed · 2020
$43M
96th percentile among 6,116 codes billed · 2020
4.8M
99th percentile among 6,116 codes billed · 2020
53
78th percentile among 6,116 codes billed · 2020
738
86th percentile among 6,116 codes billed · 2020

Trend

Medicare payment on the code

$0$20M$40M2020: $43M paid20202021: $47M paid20212022: $46M paid20222023: $46M paid20232024: $48M paid2024$48M$0$20M$40M2020: $43M paid20202021: $47M paid20212022: $46M paid20222023: $46M paid20232024: $48M paid2024$48M$0$20M$40M2020: $43M paid20202021: $47M paid20212022: $46M paid20222023: $46M paid20232024: $48M paid2024$48M$0$20M$40M2020: $43M paid20202021: $47M paid20212022: $46M paid20222023: $46M paid20232024: $48M paid2024$48M

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

Billers

05,00010K2020: 11K providers20202021: 11K providers20212022: 11K providers20222023: 11K providers20232024: 11K providers202411K05,00010K2020: 11K providers20202021: 11K providers20212022: 11K providers20222023: 11K providers20232024: 11K providers202411K05,00010K2020: 11K providers20202021: 11K providers20212022: 11K providers20222023: 11K providers20232024: 11K providers202411K05,00010K2020: 11K providers20202021: 11K providers20212022: 11K providers20222023: 11K providers20232024: 11K providers202411K

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
202410,641$47,651,980+3%5,399,478516690.00
202310,614$46,412,062+1%5,260,037516890.00
202210,555$45,818,005-1%5,152,785527190.00
202110,807$46,504,426+8%5,165,860547300.00
202010,680$42,870,012first year in data4,791,632537380.00

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
Florida945$5,069,577566,408771,058
California458$4,748,845530,0931282,988
New Jersey187$4,181,463466,616622,204
Texas827$3,997,554447,08758781
North Carolina622$3,426,765382,87655471
New York907$2,848,147317,82563642
Arizona207$1,678,986187,658821,082
Ohio228$1,482,080165,55045743
Alabama416$1,458,879163,67666523
Tennessee738$1,350,450151,57651361
Pennsylvania126$1,148,724128,211614,189
Georgia333$1,130,874126,37768689
Illinois309$989,084110,50741768
Kansas141$825,66392,26059452
Massachusetts257$742,93882,90231327

Not listed: 1 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (XX); they are in the national totals.

Not listed: 6 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 2020.

Top metro areas

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ646$6,577,378733,78687
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA297$2,751,299307,105135
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL58$2,392,502267,31038
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ88$1,560,490174,399126
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX173$1,412,455157,80472
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL149$1,143,269127,666166
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX149$1,058,288118,17144
Birmingham, AL96$1,054,032117,98353
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN223$982,427109,73741
Columbus, OH147$975,503108,97338
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA23$922,877103,009208
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX58$794,47588,85644
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA96$779,10686,91057
Kansas City, MO-KS80$730,03681,58559
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH151$648,09972,28325

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 86 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2020.

Specialties billing 84439 nationally

Clinical Laboratory accounts for 74% of payment for 84439 nationally in 2020, across 24 specialties on claims.

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated
Clinical Laboratory8037.5%$31,714,21274%3,541,4944,410
Internal Medicine3,24530%$4,232,4189.9%473,667146
Family Practice3,07029%$2,834,9066.6%317,923104
Endocrinology6666.2%$1,676,8363.9%188,433283
Nurse Practitioner1,07910%$540,9441.3%60,64656
Pathology460.43%$520,2071.2%58,2171,266
Hematology-Oncology4234.0%$328,9150.77%36,83287
Cardiology1791.7%$262,6750.61%29,377164
Physician Assistant4704.4%$209,3910.49%23,46550
General Practice680.64%$80,8330.19%9,038133
Rheumatology1131.1%$71,8580.17%8,09272
Medical Oncology1181.1%$71,3910.17%7,99968
Emergency Medicine310.29%$36,3810.08%4,084132
Gastroenterology250.23%$30,9270.07%3,457138
Urology160.15%$30,4380.07%3,389212

Not listed: 24 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 2020.

Top billers of 84439 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