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#2724 of 11K

31526

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code 31526 is the #2,724 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $4.0M in payments across 16K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $113.38. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $1,004.17 per claim, 8.9× the median.

Total Paid

$4.0M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

16K

Providers

54

Avg Cost/Claim

$255

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 31526? Based on 53 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$113.38

Average

$286.95

Std Dev

$390.94

Max

$1,625.31

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$62.42
p25
$74.55
Median
$113.38
p75
$218.33
p90
$1,004.17
p95
$1,173.62
p99
$1,502.25

50% of providers bill between $74.55 and $218.33 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $62.42 and $1,004.17.

Top 1% bill above $1,502.25.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 31526 was billed by 54 providers across 16K claims, totaling $4.0M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 13K unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$113.38

Providers Billing

53

National Spending

$4.0M

Avg/Median Ratio

2.53×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 31526

#ProviderTotal Paid
1Phoenix Children's Hospital

Phoenix, AZ · General Acute Care Hospital Children

$1.6M
2Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH · Clinic/Center, Primary Care

$434K
31609915784$275K
4Arkansas Childrens Hospital

Little Rock, AR · Clinic/Center, Critical Access Hospital

$216K
5Egleston Children's Hospital At Emory University Inc.

Atlanta, GA · Pediatrics Pediatric Emergency Medicine

$184K
6Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Hartford, CT · General Acute Care Hospital, Children

$179K
71114958584$178K
8Children's Hospital Corporation

Boston, MA · Clinic/Center

$126K
91669617197$113K
101275563447$80K
111093024101$63K
12Regents Of The University Of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI · Clinic/Center, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment

$56K
131861886350$52K
141033133525$44K
15University Physicians Incorporated

Aurora, CO · Anesthesiology

$35K
161780669200$32K
171346230968$32K
18Our Lady Of The Lake Physician Group Llc

Baton Rouge, LA · Allergy & Immunology

$29K
19Phoenix Children's Hospital

Phoenix, AZ · Pediatrics

$22K
201871110148$22K

Showing top 20 of 54 providers billing this code

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