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#284 of 11K

99205

Office/outpatient visit, new patient, high complexity

Office/outpatient visit, new patient, high complexity is the #284 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $498.9M in payments across 3.7M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $111.09.

Total Paid

$498.9M

0.05% of all spending

Total Claims

3.7M

Providers

11K

Avg Cost/Claim

$136

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 99205? Based on 11K providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$111.09

Average

$126.43

Std Dev

$120.49

Max

$2,516.06

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$46.24
p25
$80.32
Median
$111.09
p75
$153.66
p90
$203.39
p95
$232.48
p99
$349.56

50% of providers bill between $80.32 and $153.66 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $46.24 and $203.39.

Top 1% bill above $349.56.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 99205 (Office/outpatient visit, new patient, high complexity) was billed by 11K providers across 3.7M claims, totaling $498.9M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 3.4M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$111.09

Providers Billing

11K

National Spending

$498.9M

Avg/Median Ratio

1.14×

Normal distribution

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 99205

#ProviderTotal Paid
11689031528$18.6M
2Los Angeles County Department Of Mental Health

Los Angeles, CA · Clinic/Center, Mental Health (Including Community Mental Health Center)

$5.3M
3Children's Specialized Hospital

New Brunswick, NJ · Pediatrics

$4.8M
41215995402$4.5M
5County Of Riverside

Riverside, CA · Community/Behavioral Health

$4.3M
6Boston Medical Center Corporation

Boston, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$3.9M
71265813125$3.6M
81548507080$2.7M
9William Beaumont Hospital

Royal Oak, MI · Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease

$2.6M
10Spectrum Health Primary Care Partners

Grand Rapids, MI · Psychologist, Clinical Child & Adolescent

$2.5M
111306867585$2.4M
12North Shore-lij Medical Pc

Great Neck, NY · Urology

$2.2M
13Ideal Option, Pllc

Pasco, WA · Preventive Medicine, Addiction Medicine

$2.1M
14Park Nicollet Clinic

St Louis Park, MN · Obstetrics & Gynecology

$2.0M
15The Nemours Foundation

Wilmington, DE · Clinic/Center, Developmental Disabilities

$1.9M
16Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY · Anesthesiology

$1.9M
17University Physicians Incorporated

Aurora, CO · Anesthesiology

$1.8M
18Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Albuquerque, NM · Surgery

$1.8M
191457396541$1.7M
201942377379$1.7M

Showing top 20 of 11K providers billing this code