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87490

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code 87490 is the #2,166 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $8.3M in payments across 520K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $15.09.

Total Paid

$8.3M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

520K

Providers

229

Avg Cost/Claim

$16

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 87490? Based on 188 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$15.09

Average

$13.24

Std Dev

$13.91

Max

$151.78

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.23
p25
$2.63
Median
$15.09
p75
$19.18
p90
$22.13
p95
$24.28
p99
$36.19

50% of providers bill between $2.63 and $19.18 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.23 and $22.13.

Top 1% bill above $36.19.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 87490 was billed by 229 providers across 520K claims, totaling $8.3M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 480K unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$15.09

Providers Billing

188

National Spending

$8.3M

Avg/Median Ratio

0.88×

Normal distribution

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 87490

#ProviderTotal Paid
11225016140$3.7M
21942226006$816K
3Alameda Health System

Oakland, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$455K
4Tarrant County Hospital District

Fort Worth, TX · Clinic/Center, Ambulatory Family Planning Facility

$407K
5Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY · General Acute Care Hospital

$387K
6San Juan Regional Medical Center, Inc.

Farmington, NM · Audiologist

$365K
71447233861$183K
81164402038$178K
91184642779$151K
101932146461$146K
111215981303$137K
121780830737$129K
13Saint Peter's University Hospital

New Brunswick, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$106K
141043204316$78K
151154443034$72K
16St Josephs University Medical Center Inc.

Paterson, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$70K
171578677811$69K
18Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Inc

New Brunswick, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$64K
191366413932$57K
20Integrated Regional Laboratories Pathology Services Llc

Atlantis, FL · Pathology Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology

$50K

Showing top 20 of 229 providers billing this code