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80061 Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides) CPT · General Laboratory test
Classification Test General Laboratory Clinical Chemistry (CMS RBCS)
First observed 2013 — start of our 12-year window; the code predates it
National scale 35.11M services · est. ▲ 3.3% YoY · 12.39M FFS beneficiaries (CY2024, all-Medicare estimate) — 17.29M observed fee-for-service services
CMS descriptor · RBCS classification · Medicare Part B physician/supplier claims, 12-year window · National figures — the AL market is below
Data year CY2024 CY2023 CY2022 locked column CY2021 locked column CY2020 locked column
Market overview
Market Brief 80061
The whole of 80061, written up and sourced.

The Brief is a national document for 80061. Its findings page carries one finding per chapter, each opening the chapter that prints its figure and the table behind it — like these, from Alabama, CY2024, the market on this page.

  1. 1Size and growth. 83 billing groups and 564 clinicians billed 80061 in Alabama in CY2024 — ~187,216 all-Medicare services (estimated), 75,989 observed fee-for-service. The market is up 3.4% year over year.
  2. 2Payment. Half the field lists between $22 and $40 per service; the median group lists $27. Submitted charges are provider-set list amounts, not payments.
  3. 3State benchmarks. Alabama is the #8 state market of 51 for 80061, and its volume moved +29.7% over five years.
Estimated all-Medicare volume estimate
FFS + estimated MA

~1,320,387 services

535,931 observed fee-for-service (41%) · ~784,456 estimated Medicare Advantage.

Scaled from the observed floor by each state’s fee-for-service share (FFS share as of 2024) — scaled estimate — assumes MA utilization mirrors FFS; not an observation. How we scale
National benchmarks

Alabama ranks #8 of the 51 state markets by est. all-Medicare services for this code — 1,431.0 services per 1,000 Part B FFS beneficiaries in CY2024.

2,591 svc (lowest) median 265,684 4,168,391 (highest)

Each tick is one state market's est. all-Medicare services (scaled estimate) for this code, CY2024, on a value axis — the 50 states and DC; overseas territories are excluded. Rank counts from the highest (#8 of 51 ≈ the 86th percentile). Where each group on this page sits nationally within its specialty renders on its drill-down.

Market position
volume →

Alabama is a high-volume, growing market for this code — #13 of 51 state markets by 5-year growth, #8 of 51 by est. all-Medicare services.

5-yr change +29.7% CAGR (avg. yearly growth) +4.4%/yr volume #8 of 51 growth #13 of 51
Volume bands are terciles among all state markets for this search, CY2020–CY2024; growth bands are this market's own 5-year change (±2%). CAGR excludes 2020 and the introduction year.
Average charge
per service, submitted list amounts — not payments · named-group basis, observed FFS
Average payment
per service, Medicare paid amounts — not charges · all disclosed claims, observed FFS basis
Charge-to-payment ratio
average list price vs average Medicare payment per service · named-group basis
What they charge

Half the field lists between $22 and $40

Submitted charges are provider-set list amounts, not payments · median $27 (named groups)
Every group, one dot83 billing groups · median $27

The same field as one dot per billing group: where the cluster sits, and how far the tail reaches

$0$50$100++4 groups list more, to $158 →average submitted charge per service, per billing groupmedian $27
One dot per billing group, 80061 in AL CY2024 — average submitted charge per service, provider-set list amounts, not payments. The axis caps near the 95th percentile so the cluster is legible; groups beyond it draw at the cap in accent and are counted on the chart.

Mobile is Alabama's largest named-group market for this service — drawn to scale

Where the market isbubble = services
Mobile: 12,530 services · 9 groups · median list charge $22Birmingham: 10,180 services · 9 groups · median list charge $25Dothan: 5,671 services · 8 groups · median list charge $36Tuscaloosa: 5,478 services · 6 groups · median list charge $26Enterprise: 5,373 services · 5 groups · median list charge $40Sheffield: 4,633 services · 2 groups · median list charge $32Montgomery: 4,271 services · 5 groups · median list charge $39Huntsville: 2,974 services · 6 groups · median list charge $26Cullman: 2,684 services · 2 groups · median list charge $31Muscle Shoals: 2,160 services · 4 groups · median list charge $47Florence: 2,097 services · 4 groups · median list charge $32Saraland: 1,032 services · 2 groups · median list charge $34Fairhope: 956 services · 1 groups · median list charge $25Centre: 955 services · 1 groups · median list charge $45Alabaster: 921 services · 2 groups · median list charge $20Tuscumbia: 863 services · 2 groups · median list charge $32Trussville: 847 services · 1 groups · median list charge $27Madison: 832 services · 4 groups · median list charge $23Winfield: 827 services · 1 groups · median list charge $21Killen: 814 services · 1 groups · median list charge $30Opelika: 639 services · 2 groups · median list charge $25Decatur: 629 services · 3 groups · median list charge $25Anniston: 578 services · 3 groups · median list charge $32Hoover: 549 services · 2 groups · median list charge $27Moody: 520 services · 1 groups · median list charge $27Brewton: 468 services · 1 groups · median list charge $158Ashland: 452 services · 1 groups · median list charge $17Daphne: 452 services · 2 groups · median list charge $35Clanton: 400 services · 3 groups · median list charge $20Pinson: 318 services · 1 groups · median list charge $27Auburn: 289 services · 2 groups · median list charge $26Hazel Green: 275 services · 1 groups · median list charge $30Springville: 258 services · 1 groups · median list charge $27Albertville: 245 services · 1 groups · median list charge $37Jasper: 237 services · 2 groups · median list charge $36Fulton: 186 services · 1 groups · median list charge $96MobileBirminghamDothanTuscaloosaEnterpriseSheffieldMontgomeryHuntsvilleCullmanFlorenceSaralandFairhope
36 of the top 40 billing cities mapped (97.1% of their named-group volume).
Leading city marketsthe map, as a list
1Mobile 12,530 $22
9 groups · median list charge
2Birmingham 10,180 $25
9 groups · median list charge
3Dothan 5,671 $36
8 groups · median list charge
4Tuscaloosa 5,478 $26
6 groups · median list charge
5Enterprise 5,373 $40
5 groups · median list charge
6Sheffield 4,633 $32
2 groups · median list charge
7Montgomery 4,271 $39
5 groups · median list charge
8Huntsville 2,974 $26
6 groups · median list charge
9Cullman 2,684 $31
2 groups · median list charge
10Muscle Shoals 2,160 $47
4 groups · median list charge
11Florence 2,097 $32
4 groups · median list charge
City grain — the group ranking lives below. 11 cities listed.

Every group in this market, placed by list charge against volume

This market’s groups, on one chart83 groups · bubble = services
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One mark per physician group, 80061 in AL CY2024 — marks are unnamed here: a mark’s position is its average list charge, and that figure is part of the platform. Submitted charges are provider-set list amounts, not payments.

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