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Newly CLIA-Certified Laboratories by State & Certificate: 2026 statistics from 3,299 public records
Texas leads with 340 of 3,299 records (10.3%), ahead of Washington with 314 (9.5%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: CMS Provider of Services File: Clinical Laboratories (CLIA)).
Data as of · Compiled by Zalwin from CMS Provider of Services File: Clinical Laboratories (CLIA)
Key findings
- Zalwin's CliaLabPulse dataset holds 3,299 CliaLabPulse records dated 2026-04-30 to 2026-09-25 (as of 2026-11-04; source: CMS Provider of Services File: Clinical Laboratories (CLIA)). #
- Texas leads with 340 of 3,299 records (10.3%), ahead of Washington with 314 (9.5%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: CMS Provider of Services File: Clinical Laboratories (CLIA)). #
- The most common certificate type is Certificate of waiver: 2,996 of 3,299 records (90.8%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: CMS Provider of Services File: Clinical Laboratories (CLIA)). #
- Across 90 records with a stated amount, the total is 3,179,113 and the median is 3,100; the largest is 867,000 (BEACON POINT DIAGNOSTICS (WORCESTER, MA)) (as of 2026-11-04; source: CMS Provider of Services File: Clinical Laboratories (CLIA)). #
- The top 10% of records by amount (9 of 90) account for 78.6% of the total (as of 2026-11-04; source: CMS Provider of Services File: Clinical Laboratories (CLIA)). #
- In Texas, the leading certificate type is Certificate of waiver with 264 of 340 records (77.6%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: CMS Provider of Services File: Clinical Laboratories (CLIA)). #
CliaLabPulse records by state
| Group | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 340 | 10.3% |
| Washington | 314 | 9.5% |
| Florida | 281 | 8.5% |
| California | 246 | 7.5% |
| Minnesota | 183 | 5.5% |
| Georgia | 135 | 4.1% |
| North Carolina | 111 | 3.4% |
| Ohio | 108 | 3.3% |
| New York | 107 | 3.2% |
| Illinois | 104 | 3.2% |
| South Carolina | 99 | 3.0% |
| Arizona | 95 | 2.9% |
| New Jersey | 71 | 2.2% |
| Pennsylvania | 68 | 2.1% |
| Virginia | 68 | 2.1% |
CliaLabPulse records by certificate type
| Group | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certificate of waiver | 2,996 | 90.8% |
| Registration (pending survey) | 260 | 7.9% |
| Provider-performed microscopy (PPM) | 27 | 0.8% |
| Certificate of accreditation | 12 | 0.4% |
| Certificate of compliance | 4 | 0.1% |
Methodology and data provenance
- Sample: 3,299 public records dated 2026-04-30 to 2026-09-25; illustrative samples excluded.
- Source: CMS Provider of Services File: Clinical Laboratories (CLIA). Refreshed automatically about every 168 hours; figures above are as of 2026-11-04.
- Shares are of all records in the dataset; totals and medians use only records with a stated amount.
- Organization-level data only. Informational; verify individual records at the official source.
Cite this study
Zalwin Research, "CliaLabPulse statistics" (data as of 2026-11-04), https://zalwin.com/research/clialabpulse
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