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Q0144

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code Q0144 is the #2,963 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $2.9M in payments across 253K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $5.57. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $24.43 per claim, 4.4× the median.

Total Paid

$2.9M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

253K

Providers

388

Avg Cost/Claim

$11

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for Q0144? Based on 327 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$5.57

Average

$12.18

Std Dev

$28.05

Max

$420.01

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.41
p25
$2.97
Median
$5.57
p75
$13.01
p90
$24.43
p95
$42.27
p99
$96.04

50% of providers bill between $2.97 and $13.01 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.41 and $24.43.

Top 1% bill above $96.04.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code Q0144 was billed by 388 providers across 253K claims, totaling $2.9M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 224K unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$5.57

Providers Billing

327

National Spending

$2.9M

Avg/Median Ratio

2.19×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for Q0144

#ProviderTotal Paid
1Planned Parenthood/orange And San Bernardino Counties, Inc.

Orange, CA · Clinic/Center, Ambulatory Family Planning Facility

$497K
2Yukon-kuskokwim Health Corporation

Bethel, AK · General Acute Care Hospital Rural

$417K
31639218548$130K
4Antelope Valley Health Care District

Lancaster, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$104K
51982798831$68K
61043304769$65K
71093989667$61K
81730370594$60K
91497847487$50K
101780859280$48K
111164578795$48K
121821147786$44K
131487749495$43K
141104906569$42K
151790968659$39K
161629418512$39K
171073608675$39K
181831363464$32K
191306931266$27K
201023167541$25K

Showing top 20 of 388 providers billing this code

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