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#77 of 11K

99282

Emergency dept visit, low complexity

Emergency dept visit, low complexity is the #77 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $2.53B in payments across 24.2M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $37.72. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $147.28 per claim, 3.9× the median.

Total Paid

$2.53B

0.23% of all spending

Total Claims

24.2M

Providers

8K

Avg Cost/Claim

$104

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 99282? Based on 8K providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$37.72

Average

$66.01

Std Dev

$62.73

Max

$797.54

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$20.17
p25
$25.04
Median
$37.72
p75
$90.45
p90
$147.28
p95
$183.89
p99
$277.11

50% of providers bill between $25.04 and $90.45 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $20.17 and $147.28.

Top 1% bill above $277.11.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 99282 (Emergency dept visit, low complexity) was billed by 8K providers across 24.2M claims, totaling $2.53B in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 22.3M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$37.72

Providers Billing

8K

National Spending

$2.53B

Avg/Median Ratio

1.75×

Moderately skewed

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 99282

#ProviderTotal Paid
1Cook Children's Medical Center

Fort Worth, TX · General Acute Care Hospital Children

$30.8M
2Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY · General Acute Care Hospital

$29.2M
3Maricopa County Special Health Care District

Phoenix, AZ · General Acute Care Hospital

$18.6M
4Saint Peter's University Hospital

New Brunswick, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$14.6M
5The Health And Hospital Corporation Of Marion County

Indianapolis, IN · Psychiatric Unit

$13.1M
6Norton Hospitals Inc

Louisville, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$11.5M
7Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Hartford, CT · General Acute Care Hospital, Children

$11.4M
8Jamaica Hospital

Richmond Hill, NY · General Acute Care Hospital

$11.0M
91336245828$10.7M
10Children's Health System Of Texas

Dallas, TX · General Acute Care Hospital Children

$10.6M
11The Brookdale Hospital Medical Center

Brooklyn, NY · General Acute Care Hospital

$10.5M
12Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

Sacramento, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$10.4M
13Bronxcare Health System

Bronx, NY · General Acute Care Hospital

$10.3M
141043263080$9.9M
15Kennedy University Hospital Inc.

Stratford, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$9.8M
16New York City Health And Hospitals Corporation

Elmhurst, NY · Internal Medicine

$9.7M
17Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Inc

Newark, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$9.7M
18The Nemours Foundation

Orlando, FL · General Acute Care Hospital Children

$9.3M
19Ohiohealth Corporation

Columbus, OH · General Acute Care Hospital

$9.1M
20Lee Memorial Health System

Ft Myers, FL · General Acute Care Hospital

$9.0M

Showing top 20 of 8K providers billing this code