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#1068 of 11K

Q5004

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code Q5004 is the #1,068 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $44.0M in payments across 349K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $127.12. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $1,654.41 per claim, 13.0× the median.

Total Paid

$44.0M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

349K

Providers

147

Avg Cost/Claim

$126

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for Q5004? Based on 52 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$127.12

Average

$583.84

Std Dev

$1,257.29

Max

$5,384.35

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$1.00
p25
$10.35
Median
$127.12
p75
$304.39
p90
$1,654.41
p95
$3,863.20
p99
$5,365.31

50% of providers bill between $10.35 and $304.39 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $1.00 and $1,654.41.

Top 1% bill above $5,365.31.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code Q5004 was billed by 147 providers across 349K claims, totaling $44.0M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 77K unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$127.12

Providers Billing

52

National Spending

$44.0M

Avg/Median Ratio

4.59×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for Q5004

#ProviderTotal Paid
1Ambercare Hospice Inc.

Albuquerque, NM · Hospice Care Community Based

$22.5M
21598815839$8.1M
31619028313$3.1M
41790782027$2.1M
51225089634$1.7M
61073906590$1.5M
71194894790$515K
8Odyssey Healthcare Of Marion County Llc

Miami, FL · Hospice Care Community Based

$512K
91952337149$507K
101063926806$450K
111144328881$410K
121790706935$279K
131821427741$249K
141306843651$241K
151730268665$224K
161548825276$220K
171134101983$172K
181982669156$145K
191548268923$143K
201093705949$139K

Showing top 20 of 147 providers billing this code