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#469 of 11K

99243

Office or other outpatient consultation, low complexity

Office or other outpatient consultation, low complexity is the #469 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $203.1M in payments across 2.6M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $82.43.

Total Paid

$203.1M

0.02% of all spending

Total Claims

2.6M

Providers

4K

Avg Cost/Claim

$79

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 99243? Based on 4K providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$82.43

Average

$81.28

Std Dev

$36.71

Max

$742.40

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$37.04
p25
$63.44
Median
$82.43
p75
$97.32
p90
$119.10
p95
$137.55
p99
$182.68

50% of providers bill between $63.44 and $97.32 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $37.04 and $119.10.

Top 1% bill above $182.68.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 99243 (Office or other outpatient consultation, low complexity) was billed by 4K providers across 2.6M claims, totaling $203.1M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 2.4M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$82.43

Providers Billing

4K

National Spending

$203.1M

Avg/Median Ratio

0.99×

Normal distribution

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 99243

#ProviderTotal Paid
1Texas Children's Physician Group

Houston, TX · Pediatrics

$6.0M
2Phoenix Children's Hospital

Phoenix, AZ · Pediatrics

$3.6M
3The Nemours Foundation

Jacksonville, FL · Clinic/Center Multi-Specialty

$3.2M
4Cook Children's Physician Network

Fort Worth, TX · Medical Genetics, Clinical Genetics (M.D.)

$3.0M
51184609851$2.8M
61437555265$2.4M
71093768723$2.3M
8State Of Mississippi - University Of Mississippi Medical Center

Jackson, MS · General Acute Care Hospital

$2.1M
91801856786$1.9M
101780800128$1.8M
111255405460$1.7M
12Yale University

New Haven, CT · Internal Medicine

$1.7M
13Los Angeles County Department Of Mental Health

Los Angeles, CA · Clinic/Center, Mental Health (Including Community Mental Health Center)

$1.6M
14Geisinger Clinic

Danville, PA · Surgery

$1.6M
15Prisma Health University Medical Group

Greenville, SC · Internal Medicine

$1.5M
16Spectrum Health Primary Care Partners

Grand Rapids, MI · Psychologist, Clinical Child & Adolescent

$1.5M
171780669200$1.4M
181669448882$1.4M
191861592867$1.3M
201043287469$1.3M

Showing top 20 of 4K providers billing this code