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#248 of 11K

D9223

Deep sedation/general anesthesia, each additional 15 min

Deep sedation/general anesthesia, each additional 15 min is the #248 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $585.2M in payments across 4.1M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $107.14. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $362.61 per claim, 3.4× the median.

Total Paid

$585.2M

0.05% of all spending

Total Claims

4.1M

Providers

3K

Avg Cost/Claim

$143

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for D9223? Based on 2K providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$107.14

Average

$168.77

Std Dev

$171.61

Max

$2,109.27

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$42.18
p25
$69.98
Median
$107.14
p75
$208.04
p90
$362.61
p95
$481.52
p99
$850.00

50% of providers bill between $69.98 and $208.04 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $42.18 and $362.61.

Top 1% bill above $850.00.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code D9223 (Deep sedation/general anesthesia, each additional 15 min) was billed by 3K providers across 4.1M claims, totaling $585.2M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 2.4M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$107.14

Providers Billing

2K

National Spending

$585.2M

Avg/Median Ratio

1.58×

Moderately skewed

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for D9223

#ProviderTotal Paid
11033432562$19.0M
21437568409$8.6M
31144597931$7.9M
41780938274$7.6M
51174948574$7.6M
61760633341$7.3M
71538528682$7.2M
81003321365$6.7M
91508086299$6.4M
101689025256$6.1M
111225597339$6.0M
121154533826$5.9M
131720573587$5.9M
141487262820$4.9M
151588875967$4.4M
161043437866$4.4M
171407330046$4.3M
181659768802$4.1M
191235422106$3.7M
201306258991$3.5M

Showing top 20 of 3K providers billing this code