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#142 of 11K

87591

Neisseria gonorrhoeae detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

Neisseria gonorrhoeae detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe is the #142 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $1.28B in payments across 65.2M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $23.39.

Total Paid

$1.28B

0.12% of all spending

Total Claims

65.2M

Providers

7K

Avg Cost/Claim

$20

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 87591? Based on 6K providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$23.39

Average

$24.53

Std Dev

$21.51

Max

$534.87

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$2.25
p25
$11.44
Median
$23.39
p75
$31.73
p90
$42.14
p95
$53.76
p99
$104.49

50% of providers bill between $11.44 and $31.73 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $2.25 and $42.14.

Top 1% bill above $104.49.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 87591 (Neisseria gonorrhoeae detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe) was billed by 7K providers across 65.2M claims, totaling $1.28B in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 60.2M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$23.39

Providers Billing

6K

National Spending

$1.28B

Avg/Median Ratio

1.05×

Normal distribution

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 87591

#ProviderTotal Paid
1Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Burlington, NC · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$79.5M
2Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Charleston, WV · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$49.3M
3Unilab Corporation

West Hills, CA · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$35.9M
4Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Raritan, NJ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$34.2M
5Bioreference Health Llc

Elmwood Park, NJ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$32.9M
6Quest Diagnostics Incorporated

Clifton, NJ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$31.0M
71649407792$27.3M
8Quest Diagnostics Llc Il

Wood Dale, IL · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$24.2M
9Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Birmingham, AL · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$20.6M
10Laboratory Corporation Of America

Phoenix, AZ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$20.5M
11Planned Parenthood/orange And San Bernardino Counties, Inc.

Orange, CA · Clinic/Center, Ambulatory Family Planning Facility

$16.9M
12Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Dublin, OH · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$16.3M
131316148125$15.6M
141730370594$13.6M
15Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc

Irving, TX · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$13.1M
161538351077$12.7M
17Labone Llc

Lenexa, KS · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$12.3M
18Unilab Corporation

Sacramento, CA · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$11.0M
191750435244$10.8M
20Sonora Quest Laboratories Llc

Phoenix, AZ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$9.4M

Showing top 20 of 7K providers billing this code