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#152 of 11K

H0023

Behavioral health outreach service, per 15 minutes

Behavioral health outreach service, per 15 minutes is the #152 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $1.23B in payments across 9.5M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $53.97. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $316.98 per claim, 5.9× the median.

Total Paid

$1.23B

0.11% of all spending

Total Claims

9.5M

Providers

616

Avg Cost/Claim

$130

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for H0023? Based on 534 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$53.97

Average

$125.41

Std Dev

$335.36

Max

$5,450.95

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$8.74
p25
$19.45
Median
$53.97
p75
$112.69
p90
$316.98
p95
$339.01
p99
$958.48

50% of providers bill between $19.45 and $112.69 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $8.74 and $316.98.

Top 1% bill above $958.48.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code H0023 (Behavioral health outreach service, per 15 minutes) was billed by 616 providers across 9.5M claims, totaling $1.23B in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 3.0M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$53.97

Providers Billing

534

National Spending

$1.23B

Avg/Median Ratio

2.32×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for H0023

#ProviderTotal Paid
1New River Valley Community Services

Blacksburg, VA · Clinic/Center Mental Health (Including Community Mental Health Center)

$67.7M
2Horizon Behavioral Health

Lynchburg, VA · Community/Behavioral Health

$63.7M
3Mount Rogers Community Services

Wytheville, VA · Clinic/Center Mental Health (Including Community Mental Health Center)

$55.6M
4Justice Resource Institute Inc

Acton, MA · Clinic/Center Mental Health (Including Community Mental Health Center)

$40.9M
51396774147$39.7M
6Howard Center Inc

Burlington, VT · Clinic/Center, Adolescent and Children Mental Health

$39.4M
7Richmond Behavioral Health Authority

Richmond, VA · Counselor

$39.0M
8Hampton Newport News Community Services Board

Hampton, VA · Community/Behavioral Health

$34.8M
91699754010$32.7M
10Children's Services Of Roxbury Inc.

Roxbury, MA · Community/Behavioral Health

$31.1M
111689615296$29.4M
121235125055$28.7M
13Fairfax County Virginia

Fairfax, VA · Clinic/Center Mental Health (Including Community Mental Health Center)

$28.1M
141942270699$26.2M
15Community Healthlink Inc

Worcester, MA · Clinic/Center Mental Health (Including Community Mental Health Center)

$24.9M
161215930573$23.7M
171528091063$22.7M
181164588570$21.5M
191437137734$19.6M
201497717615$19.3M

Showing top 20 of 616 providers billing this code