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Q0177

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code Q0177 is the #6,852 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $40K in payments across 52K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $0.08. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $1.48 per claim, 18.5× the median.

Total Paid

$40K

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

52K

Providers

88

Avg Cost/Claim

$1

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for Q0177? Based on 60 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$0.08

Average

$0.62

Std Dev

$1.22

Max

$6.42

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.00
p25
$0.01
Median
$0.08
p75
$0.58
p90
$1.48
p95
$3.65
p99
$5.23

50% of providers bill between $0.01 and $0.58 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.00 and $1.48.

Top 1% bill above $5.23.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code Q0177 was billed by 88 providers across 52K claims, totaling $40K in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 33K unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$0.08

Providers Billing

60

National Spending

$40K

Avg/Median Ratio

7.75×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for Q0177

#ProviderTotal Paid
11689682999$16K
2St Elizabeth Medical Center, Inc

Edgewood, KY · Portable X-Ray and/or Other Portable Diagnostic Imaging Supplier

$6K
3Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

Anchorage, AK · General Acute Care Hospital

$5K
4University Of Kentucky

Lexington, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$5K
51336109107$1K
6Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Albuquerque, NM · Emergency Medicine

$991
7West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc

Morgantown, WV · Clinical Medical Laboratory

$986
8Tarrant County Hospital District

Fort Worth, TX · Clinic/Center, Ambulatory Family Planning Facility

$845
91154365062$557
10Unm Hospital

Albuquerque, NM · General Acute Care Hospital

$486
11Uofl Health-louisville Inc

Louisville, KY · Psychiatric Hospital

$468
121720037799$247
131700874062$235
14Rector & Visitors Of The University Of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA · General Acute Care Hospital

$214
151639172869$169
161437150984$164
171053301127$159
181629038336$120
191215988530$117
201154307593$89

Showing top 20 of 88 providers billing this code

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