TABLE 8.2.

Clinical Laboratories Registered by Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) by Type of Facility, August 2004

Type of Laboratory	Number	Percentage
Ambulatory surgical centers	3,229	1.7
Community clinic	6,717	3.6
Comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility	205	0.1
Ancillary testing site in healthcare facility	2,712	1.5
End-stage renal disease dialysis facility	3,657	2.0
Health fair	482	0.3
Health maintenance organization	657	0.4
Home health agency	8,308	4.4
Hospice	1,285	0.7
Hospital	8,749	4.6
Independent	5,162	2.8
Industrial	1,647	0.9
Insurance	49	0.02
Intermediate care facility for mentally retarded	856	0.5
Mobile laboratory	1,096	0.5
Pharmacy	2,423	1.3
School/student health facility	1,771	0.9
Skilled nursing facility/nursing facility	14,792	7.9
Physician office	103,378	55.4
Other practitioner	2,239	1.2
Tissue bank/repositories	36	0.02
Blood banks	361	0.2
Rural health clinic	982	0.5
Federally qualified health center	247	0.1
Ambulance	1,993	1.1
Public health laboratories	119	0.06
Other	13,582	7.3
	186,734	100