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#880 of 11K

87040

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code 87040 is the #880 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $63.6M in payments across 9.6M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $5.54. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $15.72 per claim, 2.8× the median.

Total Paid

$63.6M

0.01% of all spending

Total Claims

9.6M

Providers

3,568

Avg Cost/Claim

$7

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 87040? Based on 3,379 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$5.54

Average

$8.87

Std Dev

$24.30

Max

$1,044.62

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.37
p25
$1.69
Median
$5.54
p75
$10.15
p90
$15.72
p95
$23.66
p99
$70.16

50% of providers bill between $1.69 and $10.15 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.37 and $15.72.

Top 1% bill above $70.16.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 87040 was billed by 3,568 providers across 9.6M claims, totaling $63.6M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 6.6M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$5.54

Providers Billing

3,379

National Spending

$63.6M

Avg/Median Ratio

1.60×

Moderately skewed

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 87040

#ProviderTotal Paid
1Integrated Regional Laboratories Pathology Services Llc

Atlantis, FL · Pathology Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology

$951K
2Grossmont Hospital Corporation

La Mesa, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$505K
3Charleston Area Medical Center Inc

Charleston, WV · General Acute Care Hospital

$471K
4Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center

Chula Vista, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$463K
5Sharp Memorial Hospital

San Diego, CA · General Acute Care Hospital, Women

$453K
61609869916$410K
7University Of Kentucky

Lexington, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$402K
81306842521$363K
9Unm Hospital

Albuquerque, NM · General Acute Care Hospital

$360K
101457354656$353K
111811946734$334K
121700831724$279K
13Stanford Health Care

Stanford, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$272K
14Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

Colton, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$263K
151750332565$263K
161922008150$262K
17Arkansas Childrens Hospital

Little Rock, AR · Clinic/Center, Critical Access Hospital

$241K
181518018191$238K
191043778319$232K
201639135221$230K

Showing top 20 of 3,568 providers billing this code

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