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#1788 of 11K

85045

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code 85045 is the #1,788 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $13.8M in payments across 3.8M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $1.64. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $4.99 per claim, 3.0× the median.

Total Paid

$13.8M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

3.8M

Providers

2K

Avg Cost/Claim

$4

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 85045? Based on 1K providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$1.64

Average

$6.74

Std Dev

$31.02

Max

$592.35

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.10
p25
$0.58
Median
$1.64
p75
$3.10
p90
$4.99
p95
$11.89
p99
$152.44

50% of providers bill between $0.58 and $3.10 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.10 and $4.99.

Top 1% bill above $152.44.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 85045 was billed by 2K providers across 3.8M claims, totaling $13.8M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 3.3M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$1.64

Providers Billing

1K

National Spending

$13.8M

Avg/Median Ratio

4.11×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 85045

#ProviderTotal Paid
11992727663$1.1M
2Renal Care Group Of The Southeast Inc.

Pensacola, FL · Clinic/Center End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment

$489K
3Children's Health System Of Texas

Dallas, TX · General Acute Care Hospital Children

$423K
41316127921$392K
5Childrens Hospital Of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA · General Acute Care Hospital Children

$357K
6Long Island Jewish Medical Center

New Hyde Park, NY · General Acute Care Hospital

$336K
71578531802$333K
8Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Burlington, NC · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$317K
9Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Dublin, OH · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$252K
101982606992$233K
111134399397$219K
121245720820$218K
13Bioreference Health Llc

Elmwood Park, NJ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$197K
141245208057$189K
151447362280$176K
16Unilab Corporation

West Hills, CA · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$162K
17The Nemours Foundation

Wilmington, DE · General Acute Care Hospital Children

$160K
181932176484$157K
191265400501$148K
20Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Birmingham, AL · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$138K

Showing top 20 of 2K providers billing this code