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J0171

Injection, adrenalin (epinephrine), per milliliter

Injection, adrenalin (epinephrine), per milliliter is the #2,937 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $3.0M in payments across 533K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $1.91. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $16.45 per claim, 8.6× the median.

Total Paid

$3.0M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

533K

Providers

973

Avg Cost/Claim

$6

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for J0171? Based on 664 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$1.91

Average

$7.72

Std Dev

$19.89

Max

$246.63

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.06
p25
$0.40
Median
$1.91
p75
$6.93
p90
$16.45
p95
$27.81
p99
$108.17

50% of providers bill between $0.40 and $6.93 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.06 and $16.45.

Top 1% bill above $108.17.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code J0171 (Injection, adrenalin (epinephrine), per milliliter) was billed by 973 providers across 533K claims, totaling $3.0M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 440K unique beneficiaries.

Fraud Risk Context

Injectable drug codes carry high per-claim costs and have been involved in drug diversion and upcoding schemes.

Source: HHS OIG Reports

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$1.91

Providers Billing

664

National Spending

$3.0M

Avg/Median Ratio

4.04×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for J0171

#ProviderTotal Paid
1University Of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT · Clinic/Center, Dental

$718K
2West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc

Morgantown, WV · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$174K
3Charleston Area Medical Center Inc

Charleston, WV · General Acute Care Hospital

$121K
4University Of Kentucky

Lexington, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$110K
5Rhode Island Hospital

Providence, RI · General Acute Care Hospital

$109K
6Uofl Health-louisville Inc

Louisville, KY · Psychiatric Hospital

$97K
7Upmc Children's Hospital Of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA · Clinic/Center

$65K
81639101751$62K
9St Elizabeth Medical Center, Inc

Edgewood, KY · Portable X-Ray and/or Other Portable Diagnostic Imaging Supplier

$61K
10Seventh-day Adventists Loma Linda University Medical Center

Loma Linda, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$57K
11University Medical Center, Inc

Louisville, KY · Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program

$47K
12Baystate Medical Center Inc

Springfield, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$43K
131043293608$43K
141639278369$35K
15Childrens Hospital Of The Kings Daughters Inc

Norfolk, VA · Social Worker, Clinical

$27K
161134194038$27K
171134152549$27K
18Pikeville Medical Center Inc

Pikeville, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$27K
19Norton Hospitals Inc

Louisville, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$26K
20Umass Memorial Medical Center, Inc.

Worcester, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$25K

Showing top 20 of 973 providers billing this code