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OP278

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code OP278 is the #1,656 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $16.8M in payments across 25K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $379.52. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $904.86 per claim, 2.4× the median.

Total Paid

$16.8M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

25K

Providers

38

Avg Cost/Claim

$662

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for OP278? Based on 38 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$379.52

Average

$464.08

Std Dev

$426.60

Max

$1,979.83

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$45.29
p25
$157.19
Median
$379.52
p75
$706.29
p90
$904.86
p95
$1,096.64
p99
$1,785.30

50% of providers bill between $157.19 and $706.29 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $45.29 and $904.86.

Top 1% bill above $1,785.30.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code OP278 was billed by 38 providers across 25K claims, totaling $16.8M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 23K unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$379.52

Providers Billing

38

National Spending

$16.8M

Avg/Median Ratio

1.22×

Normal distribution

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for OP278

#ProviderTotal Paid
1Englewood Hospital And Medical Center

Englewood, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$3.3M
21134125016$2.0M
3University Hospital

Newark, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$1.8M
4Virtua - West Jersey Health System Inc.

Voorhees, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$1.6M
5The Cooper Health System

Camden, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$1.3M
6Hmh Hospitals Corporation

Hackensack, NJ · Ambulance

$1.1M
7Ahs Hospital Corp.

Morristown, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$956K
81235134024$854K
9Hmh Hospitals Corporation

Neptune, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$822K
10Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Inc

New Brunswick, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$795K
11Jersey City Medical Center

Jersey City, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$539K
12Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Inc

Newark, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$433K
13Ahs Hospital Corp.

Summit, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$359K
141710491253$207K
15Clara Maass Medical Center

Belleville, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$177K
161346247368$85K
17Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Inc

Livingston, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$62K
18Inspira Medical Centers Inc.

Vineland, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$54K
191659387975$46K
201225133473$45K

Showing top 20 of 38 providers billing this code