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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 IL 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 Illinois, CY2024, the market on this page.

  1. 1Size and growth. 53 billing groups and 512 clinicians billed 80061 in Illinois in CY2024 — ~135,772 all-Medicare services (estimated), 77,650 observed fee-for-service. The market is up 5.8% year over year.
  2. 2Payment. Half the field lists between $47 and $80 per service; the median group lists $69. Submitted charges are provider-set list amounts, not payments.
  3. 3State benchmarks. Illinois is the #12 state market of 51 for 80061, and its volume moved +20.4% over five years.
Estimated all-Medicare volume estimate
FFS + estimated MA

~776,727 services

444,223 observed fee-for-service (57%) · ~332,504 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

Illinois ranks #12 of the 51 state markets by est. all-Medicare services for this code — 381.0 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 (#12 of 51 ≈ the 78th percentile). Where each group on this page sits nationally within its specialty renders on its drill-down.

Market position
volume →

Illinois is a high-volume, growing market for this code — #23 of 51 state markets by 5-year growth, #12 of 51 by est. all-Medicare services.

5-yr change +20.4% CAGR (avg. yearly growth) +2.1%/yr volume #12 of 51 growth #23 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 $47 and $80

Submitted charges are provider-set list amounts, not payments · median $69 (named groups)
Every group, one dot53 billing groups · median $69

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

$0$75$150++2 groups list more, to $263 →average submitted charge per service, per billing groupmedian $69
One dot per billing group, 80061 in IL 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.

Chicago is Illinois's largest named-group market for this service — drawn to scale

Where the market isbubble = services
Chicago: 11,516 services · 14 groups · median list charge $72Decatur: 6,264 services · 2 groups · median list charge $72Joliet: 4,744 services · 3 groups · median list charge $69Naperville: 4,393 services · 2 groups · median list charge $60Quincy: 4,021 services · 2 groups · median list charge $95Bloomington: 3,567 services · 1 groups · median list charge $190Champaign: 3,120 services · 1 groups · median list charge $190Hinsdale: 2,972 services · 2 groups · median list charge $55Moline: 2,629 services · 2 groups · median list charge $88Lombard: 2,370 services · 2 groups · median list charge $69Orland Park: 2,334 services · 4 groups · median list charge $69Downers Grove: 2,091 services · 1 groups · median list charge $69Wheaton: 1,678 services · 1 groups · median list charge $69Lisle: 1,443 services · 1 groups · median list charge $69Hoffman Estates: 1,354 services · 1 groups · median list charge $69Oak Lawn: 1,293 services · 4 groups · median list charge $64Mokena: 1,241 services · 3 groups · median list charge $69Westmont: 1,178 services · 1 groups · median list charge $69Elmhurst: 1,169 services · 2 groups · median list charge $69Tinley Park: 1,125 services · 1 groups · median list charge $69Glen Ellyn: 1,096 services · 1 groups · median list charge $69Danville: 1,072 services · 3 groups · median list charge $190Elgin: 1,064 services · 2 groups · median list charge $74Itasca: 938 services · 1 groups · median list charge $69Plainfield: 895 services · 1 groups · median list charge $69Antioch: 848 services · 1 groups · median list charge $57East Dundee: 846 services · 2 groups · median list charge $74Bartlett: 702 services · 1 groups · median list charge $69Bloomingdale: 636 services · 2 groups · median list charge $74New Lenox: 635 services · 1 groups · median list charge $69Evergreen Park: 630 services · 2 groups · median list charge $54Woodridge: 574 services · 1 groups · median list charge $69Galena: 483 services · 1 groups · median list charge $20Aurora: 482 services · 1 groups · median list charge $69Mahomet: 469 services · 1 groups · median list charge $190Palos Park: 465 services · 1 groups · median list charge $54St Charles: 464 services · 1 groups · median list charge $69Olympia Fields: 442 services · 1 groups · median list charge $190Tuscola: 417 services · 1 groups · median list charge $190Willowbrook: 365 services · 2 groups · median list charge $74ChicagoDecaturJolietNapervilleQuincyBloomingtonChampaignMolineLombardOrland Park
40 of the top 40 billing cities mapped (100.0% of their named-group volume).
Leading city marketsthe map, as a list
1Chicago 11,516 $72
14 groups · median list charge
2Decatur 6,264 $72
2 groups · median list charge
3Joliet 4,744 $69
3 groups · median list charge
4Naperville 4,393 $60
2 groups · median list charge
5Quincy 4,021 $95
2 groups · median list charge
6Bloomington 3,567 $190
1 group · median list charge
7Champaign 3,120 $190
1 group · median list charge
8Hinsdale 2,972 $55
2 groups · median list charge
9Moline 2,629 $88
2 groups · median list charge
10Lombard 2,370 $69
2 groups · median list charge
11Orland Park 2,334 $69
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 chart53 groups · bubble = services
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One mark per physician group, 80061 in IL 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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