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#3142 of 11K

87999

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code 87999 is the #3,142 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $2.4M in payments across 70K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $3.56. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $67.71 per claim, 19.0× the median.

Total Paid

$2.4M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

70K

Providers

129

Avg Cost/Claim

$34

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 87999? Based on 103 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$3.56

Average

$25.69

Std Dev

$66.17

Max

$549.45

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.16
p25
$1.03
Median
$3.56
p75
$18.43
p90
$67.71
p95
$108.24
p99
$258.34

50% of providers bill between $1.03 and $18.43 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.16 and $67.71.

Top 1% bill above $258.34.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 87999 was billed by 129 providers across 70K claims, totaling $2.4M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 61K unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$3.56

Providers Billing

103

National Spending

$2.4M

Avg/Median Ratio

7.22×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 87999

#ProviderTotal Paid
11902865868$1.0M
2Accu Reference Medical Lab, Llc

Linden, NJ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$467K
31629178264$195K
41164511580$89K
5Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Burlington, NC · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$77K
61326225954$77K
7Unilab Corporation

West Hills, CA · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$74K
8Laboratory Corporation Of America

Phoenix, AZ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$61K
9Unilab Corporation

Sacramento, CA · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$44K
101083249577$39K
111730510447$32K
121750373908$29K
13Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Raritan, NJ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$23K
14Quest Diagnostics Massachusetts Llc

Marlborough, MA · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$15K
151942469606$12K
161629027578$12K
171710540513$12K
18Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Inc

Newark, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$10K
191376944793$9K
20Laboratory Corporation Of America

Tampa, FL · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$9K

Showing top 20 of 129 providers billing this code