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#449 of 11K

J9299

Nivolumab (Opdivo) injection, 1 mg

Nivolumab (Opdivo) injection, 1 mg is the #449 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $218.8M in payments across 59K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $3,562.28.

Total Paid

$218.8M

0.02% of all spending

Total Claims

59K

Providers

96

Avg Cost/Claim

$4K

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for J9299? Based on 91 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$3,562.28

Average

$3,657.01

Std Dev

$2,429.37

Max

$12,407.71

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$729.49
p25
$1,813.39
Median
$3,562.28
p75
$4,828.71
p90
$6,544.43
p95
$8,103.50
p99
$10,840.37

50% of providers bill between $1,813.39 and $4,828.71 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $729.49 and $6,544.43.

Top 1% bill above $10,840.37.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code J9299 (Nivolumab (Opdivo) injection, 1 mg) was billed by 96 providers across 59K claims, totaling $218.8M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 32K 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

$3,562.28

Providers Billing

91

National Spending

$218.8M

Avg/Median Ratio

1.03×

Normal distribution

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for J9299

#ProviderTotal Paid
11003989831$15.2M
2Alivia Specialty Llc

Guaynabo, PR · Pharmacy Specialty Pharmacy

$14.6M
31528018389$12.4M
4Yale New Haven Hospital

New Haven, CT · General Acute Care Hospital

$11.5M
5University Of Kentucky

Lexington, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$11.4M
6Dana-farber Cancer Institute, Inc.

Boston, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$10.9M
7Regents Of The University Of California

San Diego, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$10.4M
8Arthur G James Cancer Hospital And Research Institute

Columbus, OH · Special Hospital

$9.1M
91447539374$8.1M
10City Of Hope National Medical Center

Duarte, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$8.1M
11University Of California Irvine

Orange, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$7.2M
121497737183$6.4M
13Mount Sinai Hospital

New York, NY · Ambulance

$6.0M
14Stanford Health Care

Stanford, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$5.2M
15Keck Medical Center Of Usc

Los Angeles, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$5.1M
16Hmh Hospitals Corporation

Hackensack, NJ · Ambulance

$5.0M
17Long Island Jewish Medical Center

New Hyde Park, NY · General Acute Care Hospital

$4.8M
18Memorial Hospital For Cancer And Allied Diseases

New York, NY · Pharmacy

$4.8M
191164493847$4.4M
20University Medical Center, Inc

Louisville, KY · Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program

$4.2M

Showing top 20 of 96 providers billing this code