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#1757 of 11K

G0444

Annual depression screening, fifteen minutes

Annual depression screening, fifteen minutes is the #1,757 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $14.5M in payments across 3.1M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $4.23. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $14.04 per claim, 3.3× the median.

Total Paid

$14.5M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

3.1M

Providers

5K

Avg Cost/Claim

$5

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for G0444? Based on 3K providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$4.23

Average

$6.38

Std Dev

$7.67

Max

$118.03

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.15
p25
$0.81
Median
$4.23
p75
$10.21
p90
$14.04
p95
$17.46
p99
$34.58

50% of providers bill between $0.81 and $10.21 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.15 and $14.04.

Top 1% bill above $34.58.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code G0444 (Annual depression screening, fifteen minutes) was billed by 5K providers across 3.1M claims, totaling $14.5M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 2.8M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$4.23

Providers Billing

3K

National Spending

$14.5M

Avg/Median Ratio

1.51×

Moderately skewed

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for G0444

#ProviderTotal Paid
11689009854$634K
2Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center

Niagara Falls, NY · General Acute Care Hospital

$296K
31679646061$252K
41487644993$235K
51083623409$189K
61417901323$147K
71972528032$141K
81548330715$136K
91598953721$133K
101881801835$132K
11Suffolk Primary Health Llc

Riverhead, NY · Clinic/Center Primary Care

$132K
121043469042$113K
131942645247$106K
141720017528$102K
151225251507$101K
161528447679$96K
171962460352$96K
181932399466$94K
191841323771$92K
201063507747$91K

Showing top 20 of 5K providers billing this code