HCPCS 87502

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

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

1,317
87th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
$14M
90th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
144K
87th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
20
41st percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
125
60th percentile among 6,253 codes billed · 2021
–
Not compared: 2021 changed office visit values · 2021

Trend

Medicare payment on the code

$0$10M$20M2020: $17M paid20202021: $14M paid20212022: $20M paid20222023: $22M paid20232024: $23M paid2024$23M$0$10M$20M2020: $17M paid20202021: $14M paid20212022: $20M paid20222023: $22M paid20232024: $23M paid2024$23M$0$10M$20M2020: $17M paid20202021: $14M paid20212022: $20M paid20222023: $22M paid20232024: $23M paid2024$23M$0$10M$20M2020: $17M paid20202021: $14M paid20212022: $20M paid20222023: $22M paid20232024: $23M paid2024$23M

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

Billers

02,0004,0002020: 2,275 providers20202021: 1,317 providers20212022: 4,118 providers20222023: 3,547 providers20232024: 4,000 providers20244,00002,0004,0002020: 2,275 providers20202021: 1,317 providers20212022: 4,118 providers20222023: 3,547 providers20232024: 4,000 providers20244,00002,0004,0002020: 2,275 providers20202021: 1,317 providers20212022: 4,118 providers20222023: 3,547 providers20232024: 4,000 providers20244,00002,0004,0002020: 2,275 providers20202021: 1,317 providers20212022: 4,118 providers20222023: 3,547 providers20232024: 4,000 providers20244,000

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
20244,000$23,056,949+7%247,950211000.00
20233,547$21,590,957+10% (2023 changed hospital and observation visit codes)231,974211050.00
20224,118$19,592,981+43%209,953221060.00
20211,317$13,698,650– (Not compared: 2021 changed office visit values)144,091201250.00
20202,275$17,219,963first year in data182,717191230.00

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
California47$5,702,67759,773364,081
Texas113$2,084,16721,8192191
Alabama54$790,6848,79124903
New York64$703,8377,36721390
Oklahoma92$471,0464,9272092
Tennessee132$388,0624,0772071
New Jersey20$347,8503,63160470
Mississippi115$330,2283,4792173
Florida25$285,2972,98324692
Arkansas55$164,8061,7332376
Missouri72$157,0301,6451641
South Carolina60$143,1281,5061648
Pennsylvania12$136,5151,42523518
Louisiana65$135,7321,4801865
Massachusetts44$124,4431,3011875

Not listed: 19 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
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA25$5,610,65458,793139
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX26$1,779,52018,62029
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ64$950,8109,94530
Birmingham, AL24$683,0907,65023
Memphis, TN-MS-AR36$162,5601,70835
St. Louis, MO-IL61$138,7251,45216
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH41$125,4971,31221
Oklahoma City, OK26$111,1281,16119
Tulsa, OK11$98,4821,02815
Knoxville, TN41$96,7331,02018
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI12$84,30488056
Hot Springs, AR14$57,20460132
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN17$53,74456224
Tupelo, MS11$52,49855730
Corinth, MS17$49,80152627

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 31 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 87502 nationally

Clinical Laboratory accounts for 77% of payment for 87502 nationally in 2021, across 6 specialties on claims.

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated
Clinical Laboratory13710%$10,559,00677%110,990810
Nurse Practitioner44534%$1,050,5227.7%11,05025
Family Practice28321%$879,2316.4%9,26833
Internal Medicine15111%$468,9763.4%4,97433
Physician Assistant20716%$416,8183.0%4,39921
Emergency Medicine544.1%$197,1021.4%2,07738

Not listed: 18 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 87502 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