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84156

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code 84156 is the #1,733 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $15.1M in payments across 6.1M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $2.06. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $4.32 per claim, 2.1× the median.

Total Paid

$15.1M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

6.1M

Providers

2K

Avg Cost/Claim

$2

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 84156? Based on 2K providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$2.06

Average

$3.63

Std Dev

$24.63

Max

$967.03

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.34
p25
$1.01
Median
$2.06
p75
$3.23
p90
$4.32
p95
$6.24
p99
$20.58

50% of providers bill between $1.01 and $3.23 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.34 and $4.32.

Top 1% bill above $20.58.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 84156 was billed by 2K providers across 6.1M claims, totaling $15.1M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 5.3M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$2.06

Providers Billing

2K

National Spending

$15.1M

Avg/Median Ratio

1.76×

Moderately skewed

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 84156

#ProviderTotal Paid
11487868097$1.7M
21154373843$577K
3Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Burlington, NC · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$536K
4Unilab Corporation

West Hills, CA · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$349K
51437135902$323K
6Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Dublin, OH · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$267K
7Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

Anchorage, AK · General Acute Care Hospital

$252K
8Driscoll Childrens Hospital

Corpus Christi, TX · Speech-Language Pathologist,

$215K
9Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Raritan, NJ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$191K
10Quest Diagnostics Incorporated

Clifton, NJ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$179K
11Sonora Quest Laboratories Llc

Phoenix, AZ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$161K
12Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Birmingham, AL · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$160K
13Quest Diagnostics Llc Il

Wood Dale, IL · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$143K
14Women & Infants Hospital Of Rhode Island

Providence, RI · Clinic/Center, Ambulatory Family Planning Facility

$140K
15Permanente Medical Group Inc.

Berkeley, CA · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$130K
16Labone Llc

Lenexa, KS · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$127K
17Laboratory Corporation Of America

Seattle, WA · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$126K
18Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc

Irving, TX · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$126K
19Northwell Health Laboratories

New Hyde Park, NY · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$123K
20Bioreference Health Llc

Elmwood Park, NJ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$117K

Showing top 20 of 2K providers billing this code