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Q5118

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code Q5118 is the #1,709 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $15.8M in payments across 18K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $722.03. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $1,799.10 per claim, 2.5× the median.

Total Paid

$15.8M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

18K

Providers

43

Avg Cost/Claim

$858

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for Q5118? Based on 42 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$722.03

Average

$996.70

Std Dev

$1,094.96

Max

$6,070.81

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$156.86
p25
$233.22
Median
$722.03
p75
$1,383.24
p90
$1,799.10
p95
$3,069.58
p99
$4,877.05

50% of providers bill between $233.22 and $1,383.24 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $156.86 and $1,799.10.

Top 1% bill above $4,877.05.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code Q5118 was billed by 43 providers across 18K claims, totaling $15.8M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 8K unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$722.03

Providers Billing

42

National Spending

$15.8M

Avg/Median Ratio

1.38×

Normal distribution

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for Q5118

#ProviderTotal Paid
1Long Island Jewish Medical Center

New Hyde Park, NY · General Acute Care Hospital

$2.8M
21538157508$1.8M
3Regents Of The University Of California

San Diego, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$1.6M
4University Of California Irvine

Orange, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$1.0M
5Maimonides Medical Center

Brooklyn, NY · General Acute Care Hospital

$905K
6The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, OH · General Acute Care Hospital

$803K
7University Of Kentucky

Lexington, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$737K
81295023547$731K
9Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY · General Acute Care Hospital

$607K
10Norton Hospitals Inc

Louisville, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$586K
11Medstar Washington Hospital Center

Washington, DC · General Acute Care Hospital

$450K
12Swedish Health Services

Seattle, WA · General Acute Care Hospital

$403K
131477671535$382K
14Regents Of The University Of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI · Clinic/Center, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment

$381K
151902803315$377K
16Norton Hospitals, Inc

Louisville, KY · General Acute Care Hospital

$249K
171326124819$245K
18Suny Health Science Center At Syracuse

Syracuse, NY · General Acute Care Hospital

$204K
19Baystate Medical Center Inc

Springfield, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$186K
20Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Inc

New Brunswick, NJ · General Acute Care Hospital

$166K

Showing top 20 of 43 providers billing this code