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#398 of 11K

88175

Cytopathology, cervical or vaginal, ThinPrep

Cytopathology, cervical or vaginal, ThinPrep is the #398 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $271.7M in payments across 17.4M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $19.06.

Total Paid

$271.7M

0.02% of all spending

Total Claims

17.4M

Providers

2K

Avg Cost/Claim

$16

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 88175? Based on 1K providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$19.06

Average

$21.85

Std Dev

$22.76

Max

$405.07

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$5.04
p25
$12.33
Median
$19.06
p75
$25.71
p90
$32.51
p95
$50.09
p99
$89.78

50% of providers bill between $12.33 and $25.71 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $5.04 and $32.51.

Top 1% bill above $89.78.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 88175 (Cytopathology, cervical or vaginal, ThinPrep) was billed by 2K providers across 17.4M claims, totaling $271.7M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 16.5M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$19.06

Providers Billing

1K

National Spending

$271.7M

Avg/Median Ratio

1.15×

Normal distribution

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 88175

#ProviderTotal Paid
1Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Charleston, WV · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$16.1M
2Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Burlington, NC · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$15.3M
3Unilab Corporation

West Hills, CA · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$14.2M
4Bioreference Health Llc

Elmwood Park, NJ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$11.9M
5Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Raritan, NJ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$7.5M
6Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings

Birmingham, AL · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$7.1M
7Quest Diagnostics Incorporated

Clifton, NJ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$5.7M
8Sonora Quest Laboratories Llc

Phoenix, AZ · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$4.9M
91730459025$4.4M
10Quest Diagnostics Llc Il

Wood Dale, IL · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$4.2M
11Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc

Irving, TX · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$3.6M
12Unilab Corporation

Sacramento, CA · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$3.5M
13Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc

Miramar, FL · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$3.5M
14Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc.

Austin, TX · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$3.3M
15Quest Diagnostics Massachusetts Llc

Marlborough, MA · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$3.1M
16Laboratory Corporation Of America

Tampa, FL · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$3.1M
17Associated Pathologists, Llc

Nashville, TN · Medical Genetics, Clinical Genetics (M.D.)

$3.0M
181326086745$2.9M
19Women & Infants Hospital Of Rhode Island

Providence, RI · Clinic/Center, Ambulatory Family Planning Facility

$2.9M
20Laboratory Corporation Of America

Seattle, WA · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$2.9M

Showing top 20 of 2K providers billing this code