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#559 of 11K

S0281

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code S0281 is the #559 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $148.0M in payments across 1.9M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $92.97. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $245.01 per claim, 2.6× the median.

Total Paid

$148.0M

0.01% of all spending

Total Claims

1.9M

Providers

406

Avg Cost/Claim

$78

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for S0281? Based on 339 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$92.97

Average

$109.55

Std Dev

$116.63

Max

$690.45

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$4.16
p25
$14.49
Median
$92.97
p75
$138.46
p90
$245.01
p95
$335.79
p99
$545.16

50% of providers bill between $14.49 and $138.46 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $4.16 and $245.01.

Top 1% bill above $545.16.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code S0281 was billed by 406 providers across 1.9M claims, totaling $148.0M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 1.8M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$92.97

Providers Billing

339

National Spending

$148.0M

Avg/Median Ratio

1.18×

Normal distribution

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for S0281

#ProviderTotal Paid
1South Dakota Achieve

Sioux Falls, SD · Clinic/Center Developmental Disabilities

$10.7M
2Black Hills Works Inc

Rapid City, SD · Day Training Developmentally Disabled Services

$9.7M
31215947809$7.1M
41134367063$4.8M
51225067317$4.6M
6Huron Area Center For Independence

Huron, SD · Clinic/Center Developmental Disabilities

$4.6M
71558761981$4.6M
8Dakotabilities

Sioux Falls, SD · Voluntary or Charitable

$4.4M
9Volunteers Of America Dakotas

Sioux Falls, SD · Residential Treatment Facility Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities

$3.7M
101932254760$3.3M
11Nystrom & Associates, Ltd

New Brighton, MN · Marriage & Family Therapist

$3.1M
121366526782$3.0M
131578600417$3.0M
141659419653$2.8M
151114002573$2.7M
161861514945$2.7M
171124174651$2.7M
18Nv St Dv Mh Ds Desert Dev Center

Las Vegas, NV · Respite Care Respite Care Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities Child

$2.5M
191124158811$2.5M
201952370561$2.4M

Showing top 20 of 406 providers billing this code