Avalon’s 5th Annual Lab Trend Report: The Sentinel Guide to Smarter Lab Testing
Avalon’s Lab Trend Report is the sentinel, one-of-a-kind industry publication that has become a trusted benchmark for understanding how clinical laboratory testing continues to evolve across the U.S. healthcare system. Now in its fifth year, the 2025 edition delivers unmatched insight into routine and genetic testing trends, emerging technologies, and the policies reshaping diagnostics in a rapidly transforming healthcare environment.
The 2025 report provides a comprehensive view of how lab testing is evolving and what this means for health plans, providers, and patients.
Inside the 2025 Lab Trend Report:
- 5-Year Diagnostic Trends: Track the evolution of lab testing since 2020 and how Avalon’s clients outperform industry cost trends.
- Site-of-Service Price Discrepancies: Explore how the same test can cost 5.7x more depending on where it’s performed.
- Emerging Diagnostic Innovations: Learn about the growing role of biomarkers, MCED, and polygenic risk scores in early detection and treatment precision.
- Policy Insights: Understand how federal shifts, including site-neutral payment proposals, Washington’s chronic disease cost agenda, and the use of AI, could reshape the diagnostic landscape.
- Real-World Impact: Avalon’s Lab Benefit Management programs helped clients achieve up to 37% averted costs, while enabling better, faster care.
This year’s report also highlights the consequences of mismanaged testing, including startling underuse of necessary genetic tests for cancer patients, and continued waste from overuse.
As the volume, complexity, and influence of lab testing continue to grow, the 2025 Lab Trend Report provides the data and direction leaders need to make diagnostics work smarter.