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86905

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code 86905 is the #4,465 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $571K in payments across 49K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $3.06. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $61.23 per claim, 20.0× the median.

Total Paid

$571K

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

49K

Providers

83

Avg Cost/Claim

$12

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 86905? Based on 76 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$3.06

Average

$19.52

Std Dev

$43.45

Max

$315.58

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.52
p25
$1.64
Median
$3.06
p75
$17.37
p90
$61.23
p95
$79.56
p99
$172.79

50% of providers bill between $1.64 and $17.37 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.52 and $61.23.

Top 1% bill above $172.79.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 86905 was billed by 83 providers across 49K claims, totaling $571K in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 40K unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$3.06

Providers Billing

76

National Spending

$571K

Avg/Median Ratio

6.38×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 86905

#ProviderTotal Paid
1The Nemours Foundation

Wilmington, DE · General Acute Care Hospital Children

$128K
2Arthur G James Cancer Hospital And Research Institute

Columbus, OH · Special Hospital

$107K
3Yale New Haven Hospital

New Haven, CT · General Acute Care Hospital

$62K
4Childrens Hospital Of Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA · Case Manager/Care Coordinator

$43K
51215030697$36K
6Arkansas Childrens Hospital

Little Rock, AR · Clinic/Center, Critical Access Hospital

$34K
71316241102$16K
8Florida Clinical Practice Association Inc

Gainesville, FL · Surgery

$13K
91205935012$12K
10Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Inc

New Brunswick, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$10K
111073504981$10K
12Spectrum Health Hospitals

Grand Rapids, MI · General Acute Care Hospital

$10K
13Children's Hospital Corporation

Boston, MA · Clinic/Center

$9K
14Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY · General Acute Care Hospital

$7K
151164583753$6K
16Mount Sinai Hospital

New York, NY · Ambulance

$6K
17Unilab Corporation

West Hills, CA · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$6K
18The Cooper Health System

Camden, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$5K
19University Of Kentucky

Lexington, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$5K
201194740787$4K

Showing top 20 of 83 providers billing this code