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#518 of 11K

83970

Parathormone (parathyroid hormone) blood test

Parathormone (parathyroid hormone) blood test is the #518 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $169.0M in payments across 8.4M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $10.20. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $81.92 per claim, 8.0× the median.

Total Paid

$169.0M

0.02% of all spending

Total Claims

8.4M

Providers

5,936

Avg Cost/Claim

$20

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 83970? Based on 4,244 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$10.20

Average

$26.68

Std Dev

$44.66

Max

$592.35

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.21
p25
$1.23
Median
$10.20
p75
$29.66
p90
$81.92
p95
$132.82
p99
$203.11

50% of providers bill between $1.23 and $29.66 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.21 and $81.92.

Top 1% bill above $203.11.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 83970 (Parathormone (parathyroid hormone) blood test) was billed by 5,936 providers across 8.4M claims, totaling $169.0M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 7.4M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$10.20

Providers Billing

4,244

National Spending

$169.0M

Avg/Median Ratio

2.62×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 83970

#ProviderTotal Paid
11245720820$12.0M
21124024922$6.6M
31982606992$4.2M
41255335535$2.8M
5Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Burlington, NC · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$2.7M
6Unilab Corporation

West Hills, CA · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$2.6M
71003810375$2.1M
81396321022$1.9M
9Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Dublin, OH · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$1.7M
10Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Raritan, NJ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$1.6M
11Quest Diagnostics Incorporated

Clifton, NJ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$1.5M
12Permanente Medical Group, Inc.

Richmond, CA · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$1.5M
131891873303$1.3M
14Quest Diagnostics Llc Il

Wood Dale, IL · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$1.3M
15Sonora Quest Laboratories Llc

Phoenix, AZ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$1.2M
161972625499$1.1M
17Northwell Health Laboratories

New Hyde Park, NY · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$1.1M
18Labone Llc

Lenexa, KS · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$1.0M
19Bioreference Health Llc

Elmwood Park, NJ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$990K
201396287082$970K

Showing top 20 of 5,936 providers billing this code