J7120
Ringer's lactate infusion, up to 1000 cc
Ringer's lactate infusion, up to 1000 cc is the #1,022 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $47.4M in payments across 8.7M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $1.51. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $18.05 per claim, 12.0× the median.
Total Paid
$47.4M
0.00% of all spending
Total Claims
8.7M
Providers
2K
Avg Cost/Claim
$5
National Cost Distribution
How much do providers bill per claim for J7120? Based on 2K providers billing this code nationally.
Median
$1.51
Average
$9.05
Std Dev
$31.91
Max
$724.07
Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)
50% of providers bill between $0.16 and $6.39 per claim for this code.
90% bill between $0.02 and $18.05.
Top 1% bill above $135.06.
About This Procedure
HCPCS code J7120 (Ringer's lactate infusion, up to 1000 cc) was billed by 2K providers across 8.7M claims, totaling $47.4M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 7.1M 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
$1.51
Providers Billing
2K
National Spending
$47.4M
Avg/Median Ratio
5.99×
Highly skewed — outlier-driven
Top Providers Billing This Code
Ranked by total Medicaid payments for J7120
| # | Provider | Total Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spartanburg Medical Center Spartanburg, SC · Ambulance | $5.7M |
| 2 | 1417919531 | $3.2M |
| 3 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc Morgantown, WV · Clinical Medical Laboratory | $1.6M |
| 4 | 1174500458 | $1.5M |
| 5 | 1477584993 | $1.3M |
| 6 | 1104856095 | $1.1M |
| 7 | County Of Ventura Ventura, CA · Clinic/Center, Emergency Care | $1.0M |
| 8 | 1184606600 | $821K |
| 9 | 1205307378 | $650K |
| 10 | Women & Infants Hospital Of Rhode Island Providence, RI · Clinic/Center, Ambulatory Family Planning Facility | $639K |
| 11 | Seventh-day Adventists Loma Linda University Medical Center Loma Linda, CA · General Acute Care Hospital | $610K |
| 12 | 1417064205 | $572K |
| 13 | 1437122009 | $497K |
| 14 | 1982800397 | $479K |
| 15 | Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · General Acute Care Hospital | $414K |
| 16 | Palomar Health Escondido, CA · General Acute Care Hospital | $394K |
| 17 | 1629015698 | $392K |
| 18 | 1366436073 | $380K |
| 19 | 1073518007 | $362K |
| 20 | 1699704254 | $357K |
Showing top 20 of 2K providers billing this code