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J0248

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code J0248 is the #3,673 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $1.4M in payments across 5,201 claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $229.59. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $530.27 per claim, 2.3× the median.

Total Paid

$1.4M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

5,201

Providers

38

Avg Cost/Claim

$260

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for J0248? Based on 38 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$229.59

Average

$276.29

Std Dev

$208.96

Max

$1,017.78

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$67.87
p25
$132.68
Median
$229.59
p75
$417.07
p90
$530.27
p95
$565.00
p99
$853.89

50% of providers bill between $132.68 and $417.07 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $67.87 and $530.27.

Top 1% bill above $853.89.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code J0248 was billed by 38 providers across 5,201 claims, totaling $1.4M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 1,643 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

$229.59

Providers Billing

38

National Spending

$1.4M

Avg/Median Ratio

1.20×

Normal distribution

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for J0248

#ProviderTotal Paid
1Umass Memorial Medical Center, Inc.

Worcester, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$506K
21366407603$90K
3Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Albuquerque, NM · Emergency Medicine

$78K
41902865355$73K
51841266194$66K
6Southern California Permanente Medical Group

Baldwin Park, CA · Health Maintenance Organization

$59K
7The General Hospital Corporation

Boston, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$55K
81700816048$48K
9Pikeville Medical Center Inc

Pikeville, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$43K
101043279565$31K
11Uch-mhs

Colorado Springs, CO · General Acute Care Hospital

$24K
12Boston Medical Center Corporation

Boston, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$22K
131962157404$20K
14Cambridge Public Health Commission

Cambridge, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$20K
151871246835$20K
16Southcoast Hospitals Group, Inc

New Bedford, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$19K
171275988321$17K
181013998426$16K
191174555692$12K
20Brigham & Womens Hospital Inc.

Boston, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$12K

Showing top 20 of 38 providers billing this code