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J1817

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code J1817 is the #6,523 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $58K in payments across 21K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $0.98. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $14.69 per claim, 15.0× the median.

Total Paid

$58K

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

21K

Providers

60

Avg Cost/Claim

$3

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for J1817? Based on 34 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$0.98

Average

$4.69

Std Dev

$8.33

Max

$32.18

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.06
p25
$0.17
Median
$0.98
p75
$5.12
p90
$14.69
p95
$24.50
p99
$31.83

50% of providers bill between $0.17 and $5.12 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.06 and $14.69.

Top 1% bill above $31.83.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code J1817 was billed by 60 providers across 21K claims, totaling $58K in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 9,987 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

$0.98

Providers Billing

34

National Spending

$58K

Avg/Median Ratio

4.79×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for J1817

#ProviderTotal Paid
11366659849$40K
21902191992$7K
31245259282$2K
41427055821$2K
5Phoenix Children's Hospital

Phoenix, AZ · General Acute Care Hospital Children

$2K
61700886322$837
71356307581$785
8University Of Cincinnati Medical Center, Llc

Cincinnati, OH · General Acute Care Hospital

$770
9St. Barnabas Hospital

Bronx, NY · General Acute Care Hospital

$498
101548366404$425
111093263055$397
12Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Albuquerque, NM · Emergency Medicine

$385
131982604419$257
14The Brookdale Hospital Medical Center

Brooklyn, NY · General Acute Care Hospital

$203
151831656354$197
161700017118$151
17Boston Medical Center Corporation

Boston, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$137
18The Cooper Health System

Camden, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$137
19Children's Hospital Of Wisconsin, Inc.

Milwaukee, WI · Dentist, Pediatric Dentistry

$116
20Tucson Medical Center

Tucson, AZ · Clinic/Center, Hearing and Speech

$108

Showing top 20 of 60 providers billing this code

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