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85049

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code 85049 is the #3,709 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $1.3M in payments across 709K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $1.68. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $5.24 per claim, 3.1× the median.

Total Paid

$1.3M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

709K

Providers

436

Avg Cost/Claim

$2

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 85049? Based on 384 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$1.68

Average

$4.50

Std Dev

$15.98

Max

$192.79

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.22
p25
$0.70
Median
$1.68
p75
$3.33
p90
$5.24
p95
$9.98
p99
$74.10

50% of providers bill between $0.70 and $3.33 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.22 and $5.24.

Top 1% bill above $74.10.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 85049 was billed by 436 providers across 709K claims, totaling $1.3M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 636K unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$1.68

Providers Billing

384

National Spending

$1.3M

Avg/Median Ratio

2.68×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 85049

#ProviderTotal Paid
1Dallas County Hospital District

Dallas, TX · Clinic/Center, Ambulatory Surgical

$294K
21346522679$70K
31710378120$60K
41437150984$50K
51578895082$49K
61003810375$39K
7Group Health Plan, Inc.

Minneapolis, MN · Clinic/Center, Multi-Specialty

$34K
81467807180$33K
91487739447$31K
10Unm Hospital

Albuquerque, NM · General Acute Care Hospital

$25K
11Quest Diagnostics Incorporated Md

Baltimore, MD · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$25K
12Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Burlington, NC · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$25K
13Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Inc.

Milwaukee, WI · Clinic/Center, Radiology

$23K
141598266421$23K
15University Of Wisconsin Hospitals And Clinics Authority

Madison, WI · General Acute Care Hospital

$17K
16Bioreference Health Llc

Elmwood Park, NJ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$14K
171164493847$14K
18Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority

Richmond, VA · General Acute Care Hospital

$12K
191962463786$12K
20West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc

Morgantown, WV · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$12K

Showing top 20 of 436 providers billing this code