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#3034 of 11K

S0020

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code S0020 is the #3,034 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $2.7M in payments across 317K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $2.57. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $16.17 per claim, 6.3× the median.

Total Paid

$2.7M

0.00% of all spending

Total Claims

317K

Providers

576

Avg Cost/Claim

$9

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for S0020? Based on 438 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$2.57

Average

$11.88

Std Dev

$79.62

Max

$1,570.05

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$0.14
p25
$0.80
Median
$2.57
p75
$8.27
p90
$16.17
p95
$23.52
p99
$129.05

50% of providers bill between $0.80 and $8.27 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $0.14 and $16.17.

Top 1% bill above $129.05.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code S0020 was billed by 576 providers across 317K claims, totaling $2.7M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 283K unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$2.57

Providers Billing

438

National Spending

$2.7M

Avg/Median Ratio

4.62×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for S0020

#ProviderTotal Paid
11871556217$568K
2Carolinas Medical Center

Charlotte, NC · General Acute Care Hospital

$210K
31407106339$187K
41477584993$168K
51942423579$92K
6Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

Anchorage, AK · General Acute Care Hospital

$85K
7Seventh-day Adventists Loma Linda University Medical Center

Loma Linda, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$84K
81447244256$67K
9Children's Hospital Corporation

Boston, MA · Clinic/Center

$46K
101821002007$46K
111407813660$42K
121477671535$42K
13Dignity Health

San Bernardino, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$40K
14Antelope Valley Health Care District

Lancaster, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$36K
15The General Hospital Corporation

Boston, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$35K
16Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

Colton, CA · General Acute Care Hospital

$34K
171205089026$28K
181861060733$26K
19Boston Medical Center Corporation

Boston, MA · General Acute Care Hospital

$26K
201003985755$23K

Showing top 20 of 576 providers billing this code