S9470
Nutritional counseling
Nutritional counseling is the #1,130 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $39.0M in payments across 1.4M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $16.62. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $78.32 per claim, 4.7× the median.
Total Paid
$39.0M
0.00% of all spending
Total Claims
1.4M
Providers
838
Avg Cost/Claim
$28
National Cost Distribution
How much do providers bill per claim for S9470? Based on 613 providers billing this code nationally.
Median
$16.62
Average
$30.14
Std Dev
$45.37
Max
$467.61
Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)
50% of providers bill between $1.46 and $34.55 per claim for this code.
90% bill between $0.12 and $78.32.
Top 1% bill above $214.97.
About This Procedure
HCPCS code S9470 (Nutritional counseling) was billed by 838 providers across 1.4M claims, totaling $39.0M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 1.2M unique beneficiaries.
Risk Assessment
Billing Statistics
Median Cost/Claim
$16.62
Providers Billing
613
National Spending
$39.0M
Avg/Median Ratio
1.81×
Moderately skewed
Top Providers Billing This Code
Ranked by total Medicaid payments for S9470
| # | Provider | Total Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunterra Health, Inc. Costa Mesa, CA · Home Delivered Meals | $3.5M |
| 2 | 1932227790 | $2.6M |
| 3 | Department Of Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities, State Of Tn Nashville, TN · Public Health or Welfare | $2.3M |
| 4 | 1003011602 | $1.8M |
| 5 | 1821511262 | $1.7M |
| 6 | Department Of Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities, State Of Tn Nashville, TN · Public Health or Welfare | $1.6M |
| 7 | 1972146694 | $1.4M |
| 8 | Purfoods Llc Ankeny, IA · Home Delivered Meals | $1.1M |
| 9 | 1578539342 | $838K |
| 10 | 1669663712 | $814K |
| 11 | Tangelo - Intend Inc. Birmingham, MI · Medical Foods Supplier | $794K |
| 12 | Childrens Hospital Of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · General Acute Care Hospital Children | $787K |
| 13 | 1235430380 | $770K |
| 14 | Saginaw County Community Mental Health Authority Saginaw, MI · Community/Behavioral Health | $692K |
| 15 | 1053623702 | $608K |
| 16 | 1821288606 | $584K |
| 17 | 1134394539 | $575K |
| 18 | Seattle-king County Dept Of Public Health Seattle, WA · Case Manager/Care Coordinator | $564K |
| 19 | County Of Washtenaw Ypsilanti, MI · Clinic/Center, Mental Health (Including Community Mental Health Center) | $549K |
| 20 | 1992859888 | $535K |
Showing top 20 of 838 providers billing this code