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#850 of 11K

82565

Creatinine blood test

Creatinine blood test is the #850 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $67.9M in payments across 18.7M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $1.94. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $13.20 per claim, 6.8× the median.

Total Paid

$67.9M

0.01% of all spending

Total Claims

18.7M

Providers

5,133

Avg Cost/Claim

$4

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 82565? Based on 3,986 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$1.94

Average

$10.18

Std Dev

$32.31

Max

$406.98

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.05
p25
$0.36
Median
$1.94
p75
$4.50
p90
$13.20
p95
$60.72
p99
$171.98

50% of providers bill between $0.36 and $4.50 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.05 and $13.20.

Top 1% bill above $171.98.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 82565 (Creatinine blood test) was billed by 5,133 providers across 18.7M claims, totaling $67.9M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 16.2M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$1.94

Providers Billing

3,986

National Spending

$67.9M

Avg/Median Ratio

5.25×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 82565

#ProviderTotal Paid
1Permanente Medical Group, Inc.

Richmond, CA · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$2.4M
21396287082$2.1M
31891873303$2.0M
4Mid Atlantic Pemanente Medical Group

Rockville, MD · Health Maintenance Organization

$1.7M
51417919531$767K
61821143777$714K
71306991211$675K
81407887003$669K
9Ohio State University Hospitals

Columbus, OH · General Acute Care Hospital

$623K
10Rhode Island Hospital

Providence, RI · General Acute Care Hospital

$529K
11Quest Diagnostics Llc

Marlborough, MA · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$504K
121134274897$504K
13Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Burlington, NC · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$485K
14Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

Baldwin Park, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$468K
151356496772$464K
16Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Raritan, NJ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$462K
17Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Dublin, OH · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$461K
181013062769$460K
191235685330$456K
20West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc

Morgantown, WV · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$416K

Showing top 20 of 5,133 providers billing this code

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