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#8378 of 11K

J7140

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code J7140 is the #8,378 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $3K in payments across 138 claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $6.73. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $25.51 per claim, 3.8× the median.

Total Paid

$3K

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

138

Providers

3

Avg Cost/Claim

$24

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for J7140? Based on 3 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$6.73

Average

$14.34

Std Dev

$13.74

Max

$30.21

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$6.22
p25
$6.41
Median
$6.73
p75
$18.47
p90
$25.51
p95
$27.86
p99
$29.74

50% of providers bill between $6.41 and $18.47 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $6.22 and $25.51.

Top 1% bill above $29.74.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code J7140 was billed by 3 providers across 138 claims, totaling $3K in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 116 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

$6.73

Providers Billing

3

National Spending

$3K

Avg/Median Ratio

2.13×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Provider Coverage

We have 3 providers billing this code in our dataset. Individual provider breakdowns are available for top-spending procedure codes.

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