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#14 HotspotCA

San Diego, CA

Flagged Providers
10
Suspicious Spending
$1.58B
Avg per Provider
$158.3M
National Rank
#14 of 32

Fraud Pattern Analysis

San Diego, CA ranks #14 among the 32 cities with the highest concentration of flagged Medicaid providers in the OpenMedicaid dataset. With 10 flagged providers billing a combined $1.58B in suspicious Medicaid charges, this city is near the national city average of 13 flagged providers. The average suspicious spending per flagged provider ($158.3M) is notably high, which may indicate large-scale billing schemes rather than isolated incidents.