HCPCS 87801

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

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

581
81st percentile among 6,116 codes billed · 2020
$41M
96th percentile among 6,116 codes billed · 2020
592K
94th percentile among 6,116 codes billed · 2020
153
91st percentile among 6,116 codes billed · 2020
2,718
95th percentile among 6,116 codes billed · 2020

Trend

Medicare payment on the code

$0$20M$40M2020: $41M paid20202021: $46M paid20212022: $36M paid20222023: $37M paid20232024: $48M paid2024$48M$0$20M$40M2020: $41M paid20202021: $46M paid20212022: $36M paid20222023: $37M paid20232024: $48M paid2024$48M$0$20M$40M2020: $41M paid20202021: $46M paid20212022: $36M paid20222023: $37M paid20232024: $48M paid2024$48M$0$20M$40M2020: $41M paid20202021: $46M paid20212022: $36M paid20222023: $37M 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

05002020: 581 providers20202021: 824 providers20212022: 842 providers20222023: 561 providers20232024: 598 providers202459805002020: 581 providers20202021: 824 providers20212022: 842 providers20222023: 561 providers20232024: 598 providers202459805002020: 581 providers20202021: 824 providers20212022: 842 providers20222023: 561 providers20232024: 598 providers202459805002020: 581 providers20202021: 824 providers20212022: 842 providers20222023: 561 providers20232024: 598 providers2024598

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
2024598$48,225,071+30%702,2751724,1280.00
2023561$36,961,405+2%543,4731503,2790.00
2022842$36,154,012-22%524,2261442,1270.00
2021824$46,110,252+12%661,8901673,0400.00
2020581$41,202,130first year in data592,0371532,7180.00

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
Texas74$10,701,509153,0531686,424
Pennsylvania17$7,293,926104,26041235,847
South Carolina37$4,706,75867,443162697
California56$4,187,02560,0441173,099
Georgia32$1,919,01828,0232122,283
Oklahoma15$1,544,84522,4062854,818
North Carolina18$1,406,16320,229453,578
Virginia13$1,384,83319,9353277,749
Arizona35$1,294,36318,6261021,742
New Jersey30$1,285,69818,5392512,555
Florida19$1,023,95514,6794312,415
Massachusetts17$718,72510,2932891,694
Alabama27$597,8979,344572,078
Illinois27$499,7497,215142792
Indiana16$446,5076,4362251,405

Not listed: 20 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
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX46$8,329,478118,970146
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA23$3,387,04548,554114
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX17$1,609,88923,114249
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ52$1,323,27219,081162
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA12$1,131,34716,705546
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ30$1,039,56914,97393
Birmingham, AL14$498,7577,84491
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN24$448,6106,484149
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN13$390,7555,624227
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC19$291,7914,164180
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA12$154,0092,219162
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY11$13,30919117

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 12 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 87801 nationally

Clinical Laboratory accounts for 84% of payment for 87801 nationally in 2020, across 8 specialties on claims.

observed calculated calculated calculated calculated calculated
Clinical Laboratory19634%$34,425,55984%494,7842,524
Urology21537%$4,728,90411%67,853316
Pathology366.2%$902,4592.2%12,942360
Podiatry152.6%$395,0320.96%5,662377
Nurse Practitioner234.0%$258,7020.63%3,706161
Obstetrics & Gynecology569.6%$192,9650.47%2,77650
Family Practice152.6%$148,6690.36%2,155144
Physician Assistant122.1%$66,0440.16%94479

Not listed: 7 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 87801 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