HCPCS 87631

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

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

353
77th percentile among 6,116 codes billed · 2020
$27M
94th percentile among 6,116 codes billed · 2020
187K
89th percentile among 6,116 codes billed · 2020
34
65th percentile among 6,116 codes billed · 2020
2,093
94th percentile among 6,116 codes billed · 2020

Trend

Medicare payment on the code

$0$20M2020: $27M paid20202021: $27M paid20212022: $18M paid20222023: $21M paid20232024: $35M paid2024$35M$0$20M2020: $27M paid20202021: $27M paid20212022: $18M paid20222023: $21M paid20232024: $35M paid2024$35M$0$20M2020: $27M paid20202021: $27M paid20212022: $18M paid20222023: $21M paid20232024: $35M paid2024$35M$0$20M2020: $27M paid20202021: $27M paid20212022: $18M paid20222023: $21M paid20232024: $35M paid2024$35M

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

Billers

05002020: 353 providers20202021: 522 providers20212022: 583 providers20222023: 636 providers20232024: 778 providers202477805002020: 353 providers20202021: 522 providers20212022: 583 providers20222023: 636 providers20232024: 778 providers202477805002020: 353 providers20202021: 522 providers20212022: 583 providers20222023: 636 providers20232024: 778 providers202477805002020: 353 providers20202021: 522 providers20212022: 583 providers20222023: 636 providers20232024: 778 providers2024778

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
2024778$35,027,874+70%251,176321,3010.00
2023636$20,552,882+14%147,604321,0120.00
2022583$18,045,728-33%129,039369570.00
2021522$26,915,103+1%189,407321,2220.00
2020353$26,525,031first year in data186,822342,0930.00

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
California69$11,083,09878,1042144,318
Texas20$4,621,78632,4132083,437
Pennsylvania14$2,134,89315,0051755,074
New York25$1,013,3017,134241,517
Florida19$541,7243,83052861
Alabama11$309,3832,262135522
New Jersey30$148,3431,05017129
Arkansas17$69,0144902849
North Carolina11$68,65748434112
Tennessee14$63,21248020120
Missouri12$45,9273222258

Not listed: 30 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
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA53$10,472,88773,801426
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ43$683,8364,82418

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 2 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 87631 nationally

Clinical Laboratory accounts for 97% of payment for 87631 nationally in 2020, across 6 specialties on claims.

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated
Clinical Laboratory19355%$25,767,79297%181,390940
Internal Medicine308.5%$260,6280.98%1,84862
Family Practice4713%$186,5230.70%1,35129
Pathology154.2%$115,9180.44%83656
Nurse Practitioner3811%$98,1980.37%70419
Physician Assistant164.5%$45,1330.17%32120

Not listed: 6 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 87631 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