dgx-20220421

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): April 21, 2022

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

001-12215

16-1387862

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

500 Plaza Drive

Secaucus,

07094

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(973)

520-2700

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value	DGX	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On April 21, 2022 Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (the "Company") issued a press release announcing, among other things, its results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED

By:			/s/ William J. O'Shaughnessy, Jr.
			William J. O'Shaughnessy, Jr.
			Deputy General Counsel and
			Corporate Secretary


d.	Exhibit

	99.1	Press release of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated dated April 21, 2022, announcing, among other things, its results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.

	104	The cover page from this current report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.