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#428 of 11K

99460

Initial hospital or birthing center care, newborn, per day

Initial hospital or birthing center care, newborn, per day is the #428 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $239.9M in payments across 3.6M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $62.48.

Total Paid

$239.9M

0.02% of all spending

Total Claims

3.6M

Providers

4K

Avg Cost/Claim

$67

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for 99460? Based on 4K providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$62.48

Average

$67.87

Std Dev

$125.58

Max

$6,031.67

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$37.88
p25
$48.40
Median
$62.48
p75
$78.25
p90
$90.90
p95
$102.16
p99
$154.31

50% of providers bill between $48.40 and $78.25 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $37.88 and $90.90.

Top 1% bill above $154.31.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code 99460 (Initial hospital or birthing center care, newborn, per day) was billed by 4K providers across 3.6M claims, totaling $239.9M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 3.3M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$62.48

Providers Billing

4K

National Spending

$239.9M

Avg/Median Ratio

1.09×

Normal distribution

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for 99460

#ProviderTotal Paid
11649377359$12.0M
2Magella Medical Associates Billing, Inc.

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

$5.0M
31609915784$3.1M
41972695260$2.6M
51508014895$2.6M
61619987302$2.5M
71467559179$2.4M
8Texas Children's Physician Group

Houston, TX · Pediatrics

$2.2M
91083711790$2.1M
101558468256$1.9M
111841573870$1.8M
121750384079$1.8M
13North Shore-lij Medical Pc

Great Neck, NY · Urology

$1.7M
141225034234$1.6M
151932197258$1.6M
16Ut Physicians

Houston, TX · Emergency Medicine

$1.6M
171497852107$1.6M
181992802607$1.6M
191063419943$1.5M
201699979732$1.5M

Showing top 20 of 4K providers billing this code