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#7734 of 11K

J7609

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code J7609 is the #7,734 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $11K in payments across 23K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $0.15. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $1.48 per claim, 9.9× the median.

Total Paid

$11K

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

23K

Providers

90

Avg Cost/Claim

$0

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for J7609? Based on 37 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$0.15

Average

$3.85

Std Dev

$17.56

Max

$105.42

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.01
p25
$0.06
Median
$0.15
p75
$0.58
p90
$1.48
p95
$6.95
p99
$75.65

50% of providers bill between $0.06 and $0.58 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.01 and $1.48.

Top 1% bill above $75.65.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code J7609 was billed by 90 providers across 23K claims, totaling $11K in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 18K 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

$0.15

Providers Billing

37

National Spending

$11K

Avg/Median Ratio

25.67×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for J7609

#ProviderTotal Paid
11578599809$4K
2West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc

Morgantown, WV · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$3K
31053563304$2K
41861756785$684
51811080526$494
61679582829$210
71770693939$166
81407828429$124
91134569049$104
101215191184$61
111346374238$58
121679651921$32
131356526776$32
141184793986$23
151699962431$19
161124013230$16
171447519715$14
181952393043$14
191356496020$10
201629458468$9

Showing top 20 of 90 providers billing this code