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20553

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code 20553 is the #1,157 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $36.3M in payments across 843K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $29.47. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $83.53 per claim, 2.8× the median.

Total Paid

$36.3M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

843K

Providers

1K

Avg Cost/Claim

$43

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 20553? Based on 1K providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$29.47

Average

$42.58

Std Dev

$55.62

Max

$920.09

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$9.68
p25
$18.62
Median
$29.47
p75
$44.07
p90
$83.53
p95
$134.93
p99
$234.82

50% of providers bill between $18.62 and $44.07 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $9.68 and $83.53.

Top 1% bill above $234.82.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 20553 was billed by 1K providers across 843K claims, totaling $36.3M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 676K unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$29.47

Providers Billing

1K

National Spending

$36.3M

Avg/Median Ratio

1.44×

Normal distribution

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 20553

#ProviderTotal Paid
11013268069$2.7M
2Rector & Visitors Of The University Of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA · General Acute Care Hospital

$1.2M
31083708226$972K
4Unm Hospital

Albuquerque, NM · General Acute Care Hospital

$746K
51457319485$713K
61275736829$649K
71093819419$576K
81962779520$519K
9Yale New Haven Hospital

New Haven, CT · General Acute Care Hospital

$493K
10Boston Medical Center Corporation

Boston, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$477K
11Akron General Medical Center

Akron, OH · General Acute Care Hospital

$456K
121346244126$452K
131447226584$434K
14University Of Kentucky

Lexington, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$418K
151679622112$418K
16Truman Medical Center, Incorporated

Kansas City, MO · General Acute Care Hospital

$417K
171528448909$374K
181215936927$373K
191154889608$330K
201700325677$327K

Showing top 20 of 1K providers billing this code