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J0689

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code J0689 is the #4,932 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $350K in payments across 103K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $0.36. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $6.61 per claim, 18.4× the median.

Total Paid

$350K

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

103K

Providers

186

Avg Cost/Claim

$3

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for J0689? Based on 137 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$0.36

Average

$2.51

Std Dev

$5.20

Max

$29.51

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.04
p25
$0.08
Median
$0.36
p75
$2.25
p90
$6.61
p95
$11.38
p99
$26.87

50% of providers bill between $0.08 and $2.25 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.04 and $6.61.

Top 1% bill above $26.87.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code J0689 was billed by 186 providers across 103K claims, totaling $350K in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 78K 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

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$0.36

Providers Billing

137

National Spending

$350K

Avg/Median Ratio

6.97×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for J0689

#ProviderTotal Paid
1St Elizabeth Medical Center, Inc

Edgewood, KY · Portable X-Ray and/or Other Portable Diagnostic Imaging Supplier

$90K
21154365062$64K
3Arthur G James Cancer Hospital And Research Institute

Columbus, OH · Special Hospital

$35K
41740221795$29K
5Umass Memorial Medical Center, Inc.

Worcester, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$26K
61306871223$17K
7Ohiohealth Corporation

Columbus, OH · General Acute Care Hospital

$10K
81689282147$10K
91265539498$8K
10The General Hospital Corporation

Boston, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$7K
11Regents Of The University Of California

Sacramento, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$6K
12Southcoast Hospitals Group, Inc

New Bedford, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$4K
131538244918$4K
14Boston Medical Center Corporation

Boston, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$3K
15Rochester General Hospital

Rochester, NY · Dentist, General Practice

$3K
16Ahs Hospital Corp.

Summit, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$3K
171417919531$2K
181518018191$2K
19Kennedy University Hospital Inc.

Stratford, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$2K
20Ohio State University Hospitals

Columbus, OH · General Acute Care Hospital

$1K

Showing top 20 of 186 providers billing this code