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J1626

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code J1626 is the #3,549 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $1.5M in payments across 131K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $2.63. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $24.54 per claim, 9.3× the median.

Total Paid

$1.5M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

131K

Providers

126

Avg Cost/Claim

$12

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for J1626? Based on 112 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$2.63

Average

$16.46

Std Dev

$77.54

Max

$801.95

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.38
p25
$1.34
Median
$2.63
p75
$8.29
p90
$24.54
p95
$49.99
p99
$136.76

50% of providers bill between $1.34 and $8.29 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.38 and $24.54.

Top 1% bill above $136.76.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code J1626 was billed by 126 providers across 131K claims, totaling $1.5M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 67K 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

$2.63

Providers Billing

112

National Spending

$1.5M

Avg/Median Ratio

6.26×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for J1626

#ProviderTotal Paid
1Keck Medical Center Of Usc

Los Angeles, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$275K
21679900567$213K
31770728438$207K
41396087672$165K
51508147810$139K
61871844522$75K
71326124819$48K
8The Cooper Health System

Camden, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$42K
91811991227$36K
101255644357$32K
111821271032$28K
121093818551$24K
13County Of Santa Clara

San Jose, CA · Case Manager/Care Coordinator

$23K
141467437848$23K
151528399193$17K
16Norton Hospitals Inc

Louisville, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$17K
171548361413$15K
18Maimonides Medical Center

Brooklyn, NY · General Acute Care Hospital

$14K
191417975061$10K
201013981554$10K

Showing top 20 of 126 providers billing this code