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#279 of 11K

J0585

Injection, onabotulinumtoxinA, 1 unit

Injection, onabotulinumtoxinA, 1 unit is the #279 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $506.8M in payments across 949K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $470.36. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $1,054.79 per claim, 2.2× the median.

Total Paid

$506.8M

0.05% of all spending

Total Claims

949K

Providers

973

Avg Cost/Claim

$534

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for J0585? Based on 931 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$470.36

Average

$553.50

Std Dev

$424.23

Max

$4,325.09

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$121.99
p25
$278.05
Median
$470.36
p75
$726.72
p90
$1,054.79
p95
$1,269.50
p99
$1,917.83

50% of providers bill between $278.05 and $726.72 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $121.99 and $1,054.79.

Top 1% bill above $1,917.83.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code J0585 (Injection, onabotulinumtoxinA, 1 unit) was billed by 973 providers across 949K claims, totaling $506.8M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 653K unique beneficiaries.

Fraud Risk Context

Injectable drug codes carry high per-claim costs and have been involved in drug diversion and upcoding schemes.

Source: HHS OIG Reports

Risk Assessment

This procedure is featured in our investigation: Specialty Drug Costs

Read the full analysis for context on billing patterns associated with this code.

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$470.36

Providers Billing

931

National Spending

$506.8M

Avg/Median Ratio

1.18×

Normal distribution

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for J0585

#ProviderTotal Paid
11083045140$20.5M
2Arkansas Childrens Hospital

Little Rock, AR · Clinic/Center, Critical Access Hospital

$10.7M
3The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, OH · General Acute Care Hospital

$10.1M
4Accredo Health Group Inc

Memphis, TN · Pharmacy

$8.1M
5Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Albuquerque, NM · Surgery

$7.2M
61295842615$7.2M
7Yale New Haven Hospital

New Haven, CT · General Acute Care Hospital

$7.1M
81255354130$6.8M
91639134414$6.6M
10Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, OH · General Acute Care Hospital

$6.5M
111013942788$6.4M
12Spectrum Health Primary Care Partners

Grand Rapids, MI · Psychologist, Clinical Child & Adolescent

$6.3M
13State Of Mississippi - University Of Mississippi Medical Center

Jackson, MS · General Acute Care Hospital

$5.9M
141710065933$5.8M
151164491072$5.4M
16Phoenix Children's Hospital

Phoenix, AZ · General Acute Care Hospital Children

$5.4M
171811206071$5.0M
18Procare Pharmacy Direct, Llc.

Monroeville, PA · Pharmacy, Community/Retail Pharmacy

$4.5M
191669588158$4.3M
201003860537$4.3M

Showing top 20 of 973 providers billing this code