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#2311 of 11K

G0438

Annual wellness visit, first visit

Annual wellness visit, first visit is the #2,311 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $6.8M in payments across 263K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $19.28. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $127.53 per claim, 6.6× the median.

Total Paid

$6.8M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

263K

Providers

1K

Avg Cost/Claim

$26

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for G0438? Based on 519 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$19.28

Average

$45.31

Std Dev

$52.07

Max

$275.00

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.88
p25
$4.40
Median
$19.28
p75
$81.94
p90
$127.53
p95
$146.15
p99
$200.21

50% of providers bill between $4.40 and $81.94 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.88 and $127.53.

Top 1% bill above $200.21.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code G0438 (Annual wellness visit, first visit) was billed by 1K providers across 263K claims, totaling $6.8M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 246K unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$19.28

Providers Billing

519

National Spending

$6.8M

Avg/Median Ratio

2.35×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for G0438

#ProviderTotal Paid
11003849621$537K
21982095543$390K
31376635045$294K
41205265279$272K
51356839872$229K
61396749941$227K
71558445403$222K
81700886322$212K
91245315456$211K
10Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority

Richmond, VA · General Acute Care Hospital

$193K
11Group Health Plan, Inc.

Minneapolis, MN · Clinic/Center, Multi-Specialty

$192K
121750766762$186K
131730184110$174K
141982840922$141K
15Park Nicollet Clinic

St Louis Park, MN · Obstetrics & Gynecology

$135K
161366618019$120K
171326434291$119K
181083759641$118K
191750803631$118K
201558394312$110K

Showing top 20 of 1K providers billing this code