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#270 of 11K

A4657

Syringe with needle, each

Syringe with needle, each is the #270 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $517.9M in payments across 42.5M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $2.19. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $146.03 per claim, 66.7× the median.

Total Paid

$517.9M

0.05% of all spending

Total Claims

42.5M

Providers

5K

Avg Cost/Claim

$12

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for A4657? Based on 3K providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$2.19

Average

$35.15

Std Dev

$86.33

Max

$1,867.93

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.02
p25
$0.23
Median
$2.19
p75
$14.63
p90
$146.03
p95
$208.27
p99
$361.71

50% of providers bill between $0.23 and $14.63 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.02 and $146.03.

Top 1% bill above $361.71.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code A4657 (Syringe with needle, each) was billed by 5K providers across 42.5M claims, totaling $517.9M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 4.6M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$2.19

Providers Billing

3K

National Spending

$517.9M

Avg/Median Ratio

16.05×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for A4657

#ProviderTotal Paid
11942293691$15.9M
2Central Florida Kidney Centers Inc

Orlando, FL · Clinic/Center End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment

$9.1M
3Newtown Dialysis Center Inc

Elmhurst, NY · Clinic/Center End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment

$6.7M
41891788550$6.3M
5Dialysis Clinic Inc

Jacksonville, FL · Clinic/Center End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment

$5.8M
61689992448$5.5M
71336117670$5.4M
81952307589$5.0M
91457449282$4.1M
101245236876$4.0M
111871520361$3.8M
121104844562$3.7M
131609988450$3.7M
141891807657$3.7M
151831182583$3.5M
161821520735$3.3M
171326150186$3.2M
181053423806$3.1M
191336251198$3.1M
201700979325$3.1M

Showing top 20 of 5K providers billing this code