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#5052 of 11K

J1020

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code J1020 is the #5,052 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $307K in payments across 88K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $2.63. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $7.78 per claim, 3.0× the median.

Total Paid

$307K

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

88K

Providers

287

Avg Cost/Claim

$3

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for J1020? Based on 240 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$2.63

Average

$3.68

Std Dev

$4.18

Max

$33.77

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.43
p25
$1.38
Median
$2.63
p75
$4.65
p90
$7.78
p95
$10.15
p99
$21.93

50% of providers bill between $1.38 and $4.65 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.43 and $7.78.

Top 1% bill above $21.93.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code J1020 was billed by 287 providers across 88K claims, totaling $307K in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 74K 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

$2.63

Providers Billing

240

National Spending

$307K

Avg/Median Ratio

1.40×

Normal distribution

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for J1020

#ProviderTotal Paid
11962696542$81K
21316147242$19K
31508285776$17K
41437199882$12K
51144757063$11K
6Geisinger Clinic

Danville, PA · Surgery

$11K
7University Of Kentucky

Lexington, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$7K
81891783916$6K
91528546108$6K
101841405859$5K
111306873500$5K
121063790608$5K
131104963305$5K
141235297847$5K
151720395205$4K
161487742722$4K
171184976136$3K
181205197894$3K
191215054788$3K
201356748685$3K

Showing top 20 of 287 providers billing this code