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#186 of 11K

71045

Chest X-ray, single view

Chest X-ray, single view is the #186 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $916.8M in payments across 112.6M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $4.93. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $24.19 per claim, 4.9× the median.

Total Paid

$916.8M

0.08% of all spending

Total Claims

112.6M

Providers

13K

Avg Cost/Claim

$8

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 71045? Based on 13K providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$4.93

Average

$10.35

Std Dev

$18.22

Max

$279.87

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$1.95
p25
$3.19
Median
$4.93
p75
$7.73
p90
$24.19
p95
$43.80
p99
$103.13

50% of providers bill between $3.19 and $7.73 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $1.95 and $24.19.

Top 1% bill above $103.13.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 71045 (Chest X-ray, single view) was billed by 13K providers across 112.6M claims, totaling $916.8M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 88.2M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$4.93

Providers Billing

13K

National Spending

$916.8M

Avg/Median Ratio

2.10×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 71045

#ProviderTotal Paid
1Community Health Network, Inc

Indianapolis, IN · General Acute Care Hospital

$7.2M
21487608931$5.1M
31467504555$4.8M
41053361642$4.2M
51033745708$4.1M
61366407603$4.1M
7University Of Kentucky

Lexington, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$4.0M
81508856535$3.8M
9Uofl Health-louisville Inc

Louisville, KY · Psychiatric Hospital

$3.7M
101336192665$3.4M
111669408159$3.2M
121538107875$3.1M
131568461572$3.1M
141356435341$2.9M
151376719666$2.8M
16Our Lady Of The Lake Hospital Inc.

Baton Rouge, LA · General Acute Care Hospital

$2.8M
171710970975$2.7M
18North Shore-lij Medical Pc

Great Neck, NY · Urology

$2.7M
191861783961$2.7M
20State Of Mississippi - University Of Mississippi Medical Center

Jackson, MS · General Acute Care Hospital

$2.6M

Showing top 20 of 13K providers billing this code