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90839

Psychotherapy for crisis, first 60 min

Psychotherapy for crisis, first 60 min is the #1,067 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $44.1M in payments across 438K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $83.98.

Total Paid

$44.1M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

438K

Providers

569

Avg Cost/Claim

$101

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 90839? Based on 527 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$83.98

Average

$93.80

Std Dev

$74.79

Max

$718.38

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$23.53
p25
$54.45
Median
$83.98
p75
$113.27
p90
$149.43
p95
$203.17
p99
$351.08

50% of providers bill between $54.45 and $113.27 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $23.53 and $149.43.

Top 1% bill above $351.08.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 90839 (Psychotherapy for crisis, first 60 min) was billed by 569 providers across 438K claims, totaling $44.1M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 339K unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$83.98

Providers Billing

527

National Spending

$44.1M

Avg/Median Ratio

1.12×

Normal distribution

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 90839

#ProviderTotal Paid
11912066218$4.4M
21265477632$2.8M
3Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, OH · General Acute Care Hospital

$2.8M
41982637633$2.0M
5Children's Hospital Medical Center Of Akron

Akron, OH · General Acute Care Hospital Children

$1.7M
61346293156$1.4M
71114479920$1.1M
8Dayton Children's Hospital

Dayton, OH · General Acute Care Hospital, Children

$955K
91013092857$918K
101477582526$886K
11County Of Stanislaus

Modesto, CA · Community/Behavioral Health

$851K
12Community Health Network, Inc

Indianapolis, IN · General Acute Care Hospital

$826K
131891153953$765K
141316119019$752K
151699010348$719K
161912079328$707K
171871606764$569K
18Team Mental Health Services Inc.

Detroit, MI · Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology

$492K
19Mainehealth

Portland, ME · Emergency Medicine

$487K
20County Of Shasta

Redding, CA · Community/Behavioral Health

$483K

Showing top 20 of 569 providers billing this code