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#474 of 11K

S5000

Prescription drug, generic

Prescription drug, generic is the #474 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $198.5M in payments across 2.9M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $7.47. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $43.69 per claim, 5.8× the median.

Total Paid

$198.5M

0.02% of all spending

Total Claims

2.9M

Providers

275

Avg Cost/Claim

$69

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for S5000? Based on 225 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$7.47

Average

$24.25

Std Dev

$60.22

Max

$710.86

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$3.54
p25
$6.18
Median
$7.47
p75
$23.47
p90
$43.69
p95
$92.91
p99
$227.74

50% of providers bill between $6.18 and $23.47 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $3.54 and $43.69.

Top 1% bill above $227.74.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code S5000 (Prescription drug, generic) was billed by 275 providers across 2.9M claims, totaling $198.5M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 1.0M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$7.47

Providers Billing

225

National Spending

$198.5M

Avg/Median Ratio

3.25×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for S5000

#ProviderTotal Paid
1Brightview Llc

Cincinnati, OH · Internal Medicine Addiction Medicine

$105.1M
2Sunrise Treatment Center, Llc

Cincinnati, OH · Clinic/Center, Adult Mental Health

$40.0M
31043277759$7.1M
41205188588$6.5M
5County Of San Diego

San Diego, CA · Public Health or Welfare

$5.7M
61407115298$3.8M
7County Of Sacramento

Sacramento, CA · Community/Behavioral Health

$3.3M
81366992224$2.5M
9County Of Riverside

Riverside, CA · Community/Behavioral Health

$2.3M
10County Of Ventura

Oxnard, CA · Community/Behavioral Health

$1.9M
11Santa Barbara County Auditor

Santa Barbara, CA · Psychologist

$1.6M
12Department Of Behavioral Health

Fresno, CA · Social Worker, Clinical

$1.5M
131881957587$1.5M
14San Joaquin Behavioral Health Services

Stockton, CA · Counselor, Addiction (Substance Use Disorder)

$1.2M
15City & County Of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA · Community/Behavioral Health

$1.1M
16County Of Kern

Bakersfield, CA · Clinic/Center, Adult Mental Health

$1.1M
17County Of Santa Clara

San Jose, CA · Clinic/Center Methadone Clinic

$992K
181841550696$969K
19Los Angeles County Department Of Public Health

Alhambra, CA · Public Health or Welfare

$836K
20County Of San Bernardino

San Bernardino, CA · Clinic/Center Rehabilitation Substance Use Disorder

$796K

Showing top 20 of 275 providers billing this code