<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001022079-23-000066.txt : 20230308
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001022079-23-000066
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230306
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230308
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230308

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KUPPUSAMY KARTHIK
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001955217

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12215
		FILM NUMBER:		23716610

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 PLAZA DRIVE
		STREET 2:		C/O QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC
		CITY:			SECAUCUS
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07094

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001022079
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-MEDICAL LABORATORIES [8071]
		IRS NUMBER:				161387862
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 PLAZA DRIVE
		CITY:			SECAUCUS
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07094
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9735202700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 PLAZA DRIVE
		CITY:			SECAUCUS
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07094

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CORNING CLINICAL LABORATORIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960903
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        <footnote id="F1">Stock issued by Quest Diagnostics Incorporated in settlement of a performance share award dated February 18, 2020, approved in accordance with the requirements of Rule 16b-3(d).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Disposition of common stock to the issuer solely to cover tax withholding obligations arising from the settlement of said performance share award.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The amount includes exempt purchases made under the Company's stock purchase plan since the date of the last filing on Form 4.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">These underlying shares were acquired on a periodic basis by the trustee of the Company's tax qualified Profit Sharing (401(k)) Plan. The information was obtained from the plan administrator as of a current date. The number of shares is based on the account balance of the Company stock fund under the Plan (which includes some money market instruments) divided by the market price of the Company's stock as of that date.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>William J. O'Shaughnessy, Jr., Attorney in Fact for Karthik Kuppusamy</signatureName>
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