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#2035 of 11K

43249

Upper GI endoscopy with balloon dilation of esophagus

Upper GI endoscopy with balloon dilation of esophagus is the #2,035 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $9.8M in payments across 28K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $153.37. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $574.06 per claim, 3.7× the median.

Total Paid

$9.8M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

28K

Providers

171

Avg Cost/Claim

$350

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 43249? Based on 163 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$153.37

Average

$255.85

Std Dev

$287.21

Max

$1,989.14

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$43.24
p25
$77.19
Median
$153.37
p75
$324.05
p90
$574.06
p95
$893.42
p99
$1,228.13

50% of providers bill between $77.19 and $324.05 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $43.24 and $574.06.

Top 1% bill above $1,228.13.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 43249 (Upper GI endoscopy with balloon dilation of esophagus) was billed by 171 providers across 28K claims, totaling $9.8M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 25K unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$153.37

Providers Billing

163

National Spending

$9.8M

Avg/Median Ratio

1.67×

Moderately skewed

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 43249

#ProviderTotal Paid
11063457380$2.7M
2Spectrum Health Hospitals

Grand Rapids, MI · General Acute Care Hospital

$1.1M
31700831724$959K
41598710147$544K
5Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

Bakersfield, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$382K
6Yale New Haven Hospital

New Haven, CT · General Acute Care Hospital

$348K
71588731087$206K
81265689111$189K
91588668842$188K
10Spectrum Health Primary Care Partners

Grand Rapids, MI · Psychologist, Clinical Child & Adolescent

$187K
111558390781$154K
121932586260$152K
13The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, OH · General Acute Care Hospital

$151K
141477527398$149K
151700112745$146K
16Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Albuquerque, NM · Emergency Medicine

$119K
171487759858$109K
181487607784$88K
19Eastern Maine Medical Center

Bangor, ME · General Acute Care Hospital

$85K
201265489157$81K

Showing top 20 of 171 providers billing this code