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#2635 of 11K

J3420

Injection, vitamin B-12 cyanocobalamin, up to one thousand mcg

Injection, vitamin B-12 cyanocobalamin, up to one thousand mcg is the #2,635 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $4.4M in payments across 2.2M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $1.04. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $2.52 per claim, 2.4× the median.

Total Paid

$4.4M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

2.2M

Providers

3K

Avg Cost/Claim

$2

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for J3420? Based on 3K providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$1.04

Average

$1.87

Std Dev

$8.06

Max

$252.98

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.13
p25
$0.45
Median
$1.04
p75
$1.56
p90
$2.52
p95
$4.43
p99
$14.81

50% of providers bill between $0.45 and $1.56 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.13 and $2.52.

Top 1% bill above $14.81.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code J3420 (Injection, vitamin B-12 cyanocobalamin, up to one thousand mcg) was billed by 3K providers across 2.2M claims, totaling $4.4M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 1.7M 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

$1.04

Providers Billing

3K

National Spending

$4.4M

Avg/Median Ratio

1.80×

Moderately skewed

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for J3420

#ProviderTotal Paid
11295720449$520K
2University Of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT · Clinic/Center, Dental

$283K
31629094891$206K
41821271032$129K
5University Of Kentucky

Lexington, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$88K
61750510277$85K
7Rhode Island Hospital

Providence, RI · General Acute Care Hospital

$81K
81720316144$78K
91649584319$60K
10Charleston Area Medical Center Inc

Charleston, WV · General Acute Care Hospital

$49K
111720401607$44K
12Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute Llc

Cape Coral, FL · Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

$42K
131902196256$41K
141457973026$40K
15Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

Bakersfield, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$37K
161144228446$36K
171487045530$33K
181689729352$31K
19Union Community Health Center Inc.

Bronx, NY · Clinic/Center

$30K
201528399193$29K

Showing top 20 of 3K providers billing this code