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#88 of 11K

S5136

Companion care, adult, per 15 minutes

Companion care, adult, per 15 minutes is the #88 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $2.24B in payments across 6.4M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $302.34. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $5,075.87 per claim, 16.8× the median.

Total Paid

$2.24B

0.21% of all spending

Total Claims

6.4M

Providers

200

Avg Cost/Claim

$353

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for S5136? Based on 196 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$302.34

Average

$1,438.71

Std Dev

$2,102.61

Max

$9,824.42

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$16.76
p25
$107.61
Median
$302.34
p75
$2,109.68
p90
$5,075.87
p95
$5,653.69
p99
$7,598.28

50% of providers bill between $107.61 and $2,109.68 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $16.76 and $5,075.87.

Top 1% bill above $7,598.28.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code S5136 (Companion care, adult, per 15 minutes) was billed by 200 providers across 6.4M claims, totaling $2.24B in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 407K unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$302.34

Providers Billing

196

National Spending

$2.24B

Avg/Median Ratio

4.76×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for S5136

#ProviderTotal Paid
1Consumer Direct Care Network Virginia

Missoula, MT · Home Health

$93.9M
2Brandi's Hope Community Services

Magee, MS · Day Training Developmentally Disabled Services

$90.3M
3Dac, Inc

Maquoketa, IA · Community/Behavioral Health

$83.4M
4Systems Unlimited Inc.

Iowa City, IA · Day Training Developmentally Disabled Services

$82.7M
5Rem Iowa Community Services Inc.

Hiawatha, IA · Community Based Residential Treatment Facility Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities

$77.0M
6Hope Haven Inc

Rock Valley, IA · Nursing Facility/Intermediate Care Facility

$76.6M
71558528463$63.8M
8Rem East Llc

Flowood, MS · Community/Behavioral Health

$58.5M
9Discovery Living Inc.

Cedar Rapids, IA · Community Based Residential Treatment Facility Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities

$58.0M
10National Mentor Services Llc

Saint Louis, MO · Case Management

$55.7M
11Rehabilitation Centers Llc

Magee, MS · Respite Care

$54.2M
12Boswell Regional Center

Magee, MS · Community Based Residential Treatment Facility Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities

$48.5M
13Rem Missouri Llc

Saint Louis, MO · Clinic/Center Developmental Disabilities

$45.3M
14Exceptional Persons Inc

Waterloo, IA · Day Training, Developmentally Disabled Services

$44.8M
151508955485$43.0M
16Trivium Life Services

Council Bluffs, IA · Day Training, Developmentally Disabled Services

$41.8M
17Handicapped Development Center

Davenport, IA · Day Training, Developmentally Disabled Services

$41.3M
18Link Associates

West Des Moines, IA · Community Based Residential Treatment Facility Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities

$40.9M
191790846319$38.8M
201285729418$33.2M

Showing top 20 of 200 providers billing this code