82728
Ferritin
Ferritin is the #464 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $205.4M in payments across 24.4M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $6.00. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $23.91 per claim, 4.0× the median.
Total Paid
$205.4M
0.02% of all spending
Total Claims
24.4M
Providers
9K
Avg Cost/Claim
$8
National Cost Distribution
How much do providers bill per claim for 82728? Based on 7K providers billing this code nationally.
Median
$6.00
Average
$15.52
Std Dev
$35.38
Max
$592.35
Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)
50% of providers bill between $1.11 and $11.52 per claim for this code.
90% bill between $0.17 and $23.91.
Top 1% bill above $174.21.
About This Procedure
HCPCS code 82728 (Ferritin) was billed by 9K providers across 24.4M claims, totaling $205.4M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 22.3M unique beneficiaries.
Risk Assessment
Billing Statistics
Median Cost/Claim
$6.00
Providers Billing
7K
National Spending
$205.4M
Avg/Median Ratio
2.59×
Highly skewed — outlier-driven
Top Providers Billing This Code
Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 82728
| # | Provider | Total Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Burlington, NC · Clinical Medical Laboratory | $5.3M |
| 2 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Dublin, OH · Clinical Medical Laboratory | $4.1M |
| 3 | Quest Diagnostics Incorporated Clifton, NJ · Clinical Medical Laboratory | $3.8M |
| 4 | Unilab Corporation West Hills, CA · Clinical Medical Laboratory | $3.7M |
| 5 | Bioreference Health Llc Elmwood Park, NJ · Clinical Medical Laboratory | $3.7M |
| 6 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Raritan, NJ · Clinical Medical Laboratory | $3.3M |
| 7 | 1245720820 | $3.0M |
| 8 | Quest Diagnostics Llc Il Wood Dale, IL · Clinical Medical Laboratory | $2.3M |
| 9 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Miramar, FL · Clinical Medical Laboratory | $2.2M |
| 10 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Seattle, WA · Clinical Medical Laboratory | $2.1M |
| 11 | Labone Llc Lenexa, KS · Clinical Medical Laboratory | $2.0M |
| 12 | Permanente Medical Group, Inc. Richmond, CA · Clinical Medical Laboratory | $1.6M |
| 13 | Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Birmingham, AL · Clinical Medical Laboratory | $1.4M |
| 14 | Sonora Quest Laboratories Llc Phoenix, AZ · Clinical Medical Laboratory | $1.4M |
| 15 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Irving, TX · Clinical Medical Laboratory | $1.4M |
| 16 | Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Tucker, GA · Clinical Medical Laboratory | $1.4M |
| 17 | 1124024922 | $1.3M |
| 18 | Northwell Health Laboratories New Hyde Park, NY · Clinical Medical Laboratory | $1.3M |
| 19 | 1316983158 | $1.3M |
| 20 | 1982606992 | $1.2M |
Showing top 20 of 9K providers billing this code