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#334 of 11K

99238

Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less

Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less is the #334 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $402.6M in payments across 9.1M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $37.22.

Total Paid

$402.6M

0.04% of all spending

Total Claims

9.1M

Providers

11K

Avg Cost/Claim

$44

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 99238? Based on 11K providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$37.22

Average

$39.12

Std Dev

$28.67

Max

$1,114.21

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$14.00
p25
$23.85
Median
$37.22
p75
$50.52
p90
$62.50
p95
$71.22
p99
$117.96

50% of providers bill between $23.85 and $50.52 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $14.00 and $62.50.

Top 1% bill above $117.96.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 99238 (Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less) was billed by 11K providers across 9.1M claims, totaling $402.6M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 8.3M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$37.22

Providers Billing

11K

National Spending

$402.6M

Avg/Median Ratio

1.05×

Normal distribution

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 99238

#ProviderTotal Paid
11649377359$10.2M
2Magella Medical Associates Billing, Inc.

Round Rock, TX · Obstetrics & Gynecology, Maternal & Fetal Medicine

$4.1M
31619987302$2.6M
4Texas Children's Physician Group

Houston, TX · Pediatrics

$2.5M
51225034234$2.4M
6Lsu Health Sciences Center Shreveport Faculty Group Practice

Shreveport, LA · Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

$2.4M
71972695260$2.3M
8Community Physicians Of Indiana Inc

Indianapolis, IN · Internal Medicine

$2.0M
9Los Angeles County Department Of Mental Health

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

$2.0M
101609915784$2.0M
11District Medical Group, Inc

Phoenix, AZ · Anesthesiology

$2.0M
121508014895$1.9M
13Utmb Faculty Group Practice

Galveston, TX · Anesthesiology

$1.8M
141134163942$1.8M
15Ou Health Partners, Inc

Oklahoma City, OK · Clinic/Center, Multi-Specialty

$1.8M
161497852107$1.8M
171558468256$1.8M
181801869250$1.7M
19Ut Physicians

Houston, TX · Emergency Medicine

$1.6M
201700894466$1.6M

Showing top 20 of 11K providers billing this code