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J7121

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code J7121 is the #4,731 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $428K in payments across 52K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $1.75. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $33.75 per claim, 19.3× the median.

Total Paid

$428K

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

52K

Providers

86

Avg Cost/Claim

$8

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for J7121? Based on 55 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$1.75

Average

$14.14

Std Dev

$38.08

Max

$249.95

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.10
p25
$0.30
Median
$1.75
p75
$7.87
p90
$33.75
p95
$60.72
p99
$168.68

50% of providers bill between $0.30 and $7.87 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.10 and $33.75.

Top 1% bill above $168.68.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code J7121 was billed by 86 providers across 52K claims, totaling $428K in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 41K 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

$1.75

Providers Billing

55

National Spending

$428K

Avg/Median Ratio

8.08×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for J7121

#ProviderTotal Paid
11649726738$267K
21649276734$44K
31043293608$41K
4Henry Ford Health System

Detroit, MI · General Acute Care Hospital

$35K
51699756221$10K
6Children's Hospital Medical Center Of Akron

Akron, OH · General Acute Care Hospital Children

$8K
71417952748$3K
8Scottish Rite Children's Medical Center

Atlanta, GA · Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

$2K
9Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, OH · General Acute Care Hospital

$2K
10University Of California Irvine

Orange, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$2K
111568528594$1K
121730171265$1K
13Ohiohealth Corporation

Columbus, OH · General Acute Care Hospital

$1K
141437122009$1K
151023086055$807
161124098421$792
17Southern Ohio Medical Center

Portsmouth, OH · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$725
181619969219$679
191972557064$564
20Pikeville Medical Center Inc

Pikeville, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$527

Showing top 20 of 86 providers billing this code