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#1629 of 11K

0421

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code 0421 is the #1,629 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $17.4M in payments across 156K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $28.39. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $144.99 per claim, 5.1× the median.

Total Paid

$17.4M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

156K

Providers

177

Avg Cost/Claim

$111

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 0421? Based on 58 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$28.39

Average

$86.62

Std Dev

$210.13

Max

$1,575.50

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.22
p25
$0.83
Median
$28.39
p75
$124.02
p90
$144.99
p95
$187.19
p99
$817.01

50% of providers bill between $0.83 and $124.02 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.22 and $144.99.

Top 1% bill above $817.01.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 0421 was billed by 177 providers across 156K claims, totaling $17.4M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 52K unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$28.39

Providers Billing

58

National Spending

$17.4M

Avg/Median Ratio

3.05×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 0421

#ProviderTotal Paid
11194899138$9.2M
21629371398$2.4M
31689715674$995K
41275739047$925K
51093801680$637K
61962474387$473K
71215014956$447K
81225184963$417K
91154387926$290K
101821043332$264K
111477560035$257K
121487657235$219K
131194812255$199K
141184804825$169K
151720251440$150K
161578780185$84K
171861491417$67K
181861451841$52K
191841291002$44K
201710922471$28K

Showing top 20 of 177 providers billing this code