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#2973 of 11K

A4550

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code A4550 is the #2,973 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $2.9M in payments across 232K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $4.85. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $49.25 per claim, 10.2× the median.

Total Paid

$2.9M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

232K

Providers

508

Avg Cost/Claim

$12

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for A4550? Based on 272 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$4.85

Average

$32.34

Std Dev

$89.29

Max

$700.00

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.07
p25
$0.67
Median
$4.85
p75
$15.30
p90
$49.25
p95
$223.79
p99
$450.00

50% of providers bill between $0.67 and $15.30 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.07 and $49.25.

Top 1% bill above $450.00.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code A4550 was billed by 508 providers across 232K claims, totaling $2.9M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 194K unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$4.85

Providers Billing

272

National Spending

$2.9M

Avg/Median Ratio

6.67×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for A4550

#ProviderTotal Paid
11982643003$464K
21285873166$343K
31083896062$227K
41598969008$210K
51508285776$190K
61255437166$137K
7Childrens Hospital Of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA · General Acute Care Hospital Children

$98K
81902855828$84K
91265593594$84K
101063488179$64K
111881743631$63K
12Rhode Island Hospital

Providence, RI · General Acute Care Hospital

$61K
131497792816$55K
141679663447$52K
151508802315$48K
161952376410$43K
171699703959$36K
181891793022$35K
191144745951$31K
201023398906$25K

Showing top 20 of 508 providers billing this code