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80051

Electrolyte panel blood test

Electrolyte panel blood test is the #1,016 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $47.9M in payments across 8.0M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $1.56. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $25.79 per claim, 16.5× the median.

Total Paid

$47.9M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

8.0M

Providers

3K

Avg Cost/Claim

$6

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 80051? Based on 2K providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$1.56

Average

$13.35

Std Dev

$36.10

Max

$296.08

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.04
p25
$0.20
Median
$1.56
p75
$5.55
p90
$25.79
p95
$106.23
p99
$183.65

50% of providers bill between $0.20 and $5.55 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.04 and $25.79.

Top 1% bill above $183.65.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 80051 (Electrolyte panel blood test) was billed by 3K providers across 8.0M claims, totaling $47.9M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 7.0M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$1.56

Providers Billing

2K

National Spending

$47.9M

Avg/Median Ratio

8.56×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 80051

#ProviderTotal Paid
1Mid Atlantic Pemanente Medical Group

Rockville, MD · Health Maintenance Organization

$2.2M
21891873303$1.8M
31396287082$1.7M
4Ohio State University Hospitals

Columbus, OH · General Acute Care Hospital

$1.2M
51144228446$1.2M
61376593442$1.0M
71306991211$1.0M
8Permanente Medical Group, Inc.

Richmond, CA · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$790K
9Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.

Boston, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$733K
101821143777$673K
11Arthur G James Cancer Hospital And Research Institute

Columbus, OH · Special Hospital

$661K
121134194038$603K
131356496772$572K
14County Of Santa Clara

San Jose, CA · Case Manager/Care Coordinator

$565K
151134274897$518K
16Hennepin Healthcare System Inc

Minneapolis, MN · General Acute Care Hospital

$515K
17Rhode Island Hospital

Providence, RI · General Acute Care Hospital

$472K
18Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

Baldwin Park, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$470K
19Baystate Medical Center Inc

Springfield, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$461K
20Bronxcare Health System

Bronx, NY · General Acute Care Hospital

$459K

Showing top 20 of 3K providers billing this code