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#5482 of 11K

J9260

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code J9260 is the #5,482 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $189K in payments across 37K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $2.14. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $9.74 per claim, 4.6× the median.

Total Paid

$189K

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

37K

Providers

77

Avg Cost/Claim

$5

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for J9260? Based on 59 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$2.14

Average

$7.08

Std Dev

$22.15

Max

$165.82

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.18
p25
$0.91
Median
$2.14
p75
$6.29
p90
$9.74
p95
$14.10
p99
$97.64

50% of providers bill between $0.91 and $6.29 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.18 and $9.74.

Top 1% bill above $97.64.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code J9260 was billed by 77 providers across 37K claims, totaling $189K in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 22K 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

$2.14

Providers Billing

59

National Spending

$189K

Avg/Median Ratio

3.31×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for J9260

#ProviderTotal Paid
1Arkansas Childrens Hospital

Little Rock, AR · Clinic/Center, Critical Access Hospital

$42K
2Childrens Hospital Of Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA · Case Manager/Care Coordinator

$31K
3Children's Health System Of Texas

Dallas, TX · General Acute Care Hospital Children

$19K
41811080526$19K
5Scottish Rite Children's Medical Center

Atlanta, GA · Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

$17K
6Loma Linda University Children's Hospital

Loma Linda, CA · General Acute Care Hospital Children

$10K
7Egleston Children's Hospital At Emory University Inc.

Atlanta, GA · Pediatrics Pediatric Emergency Medicine

$9K
81700949336$7K
9Long Island Jewish Medical Center

New Hyde Park, NY · General Acute Care Hospital

$6K
101467442749$4K
11Dana-farber Cancer Institute, Inc.

Boston, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$3K
121235234535$2K
131447372487$2K
141952440604$2K
15Norton Hospitals Inc

Louisville, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$1K
16Providence Health & Services Washington

Anchorage, AK · General Acute Care Hospital

$1K
171356505127$1K
181710065933$1K
191689744450$1K
201174703946$1K

Showing top 20 of 77 providers billing this code