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#94 of 11K

S9484

Crisis intervention mental health services, per hour

Crisis intervention mental health services, per hour is the #94 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $2.12B in payments across 4.5M claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $249.51. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $1,600.83 per claim, 6.4× the median.

Total Paid

$2.12B

0.19% of all spending

Total Claims

4.5M

Providers

470

Avg Cost/Claim

$467

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for S9484? Based on 437 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$249.51

Average

$543.35

Std Dev

$880.81

Max

$5,446.84

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$42.35
p25
$83.20
Median
$249.51
p75
$476.07
p90
$1,600.83
p95
$2,612.11
p99
$4,167.64

50% of providers bill between $83.20 and $476.07 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $42.35 and $1,600.83.

Top 1% bill above $4,167.64.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code S9484 (Crisis intervention mental health services, per hour) was billed by 470 providers across 4.5M claims, totaling $2.12B in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 1.6M unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$249.51

Providers Billing

437

National Spending

$2.12B

Avg/Median Ratio

2.18×

Highly skewed — outlier-driven

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for S9484

#ProviderTotal Paid
1Los Angeles County Department Of Mental Health

Los Angeles, CA · Clinic/Center, Mental Health (Including Community Mental Health Center)

$298.6M
2Alameda County Behavioral Health Care

Oakland, CA · Community/Behavioral Health

$150.8M
3City & County Of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA · Community/Behavioral Health

$145.1M
4County Of Santa Clara

San Jose, CA · Clinic/Center Emergency Care

$105.7M
5County Of Orange

Santa Ana, CA · Clinic/Center Mental Health (Including Community Mental Health Center)

$79.3M
6County Of Riverside

Riverside, CA · Community/Behavioral Health

$78.2M
7County Of San Diego

San Diego, CA · Community/Behavioral Health

$76.5M
8County Of Fresno

Fresno, CA · Clinic/Center Mental Health (Including Community Mental Health Center)

$71.7M
9County Of Milwaukee

Milwaukee, WI · Community/Behavioral Health

$68.2M
10Contra Costa County

Martinez, CA · Clinic/Center Emergency Care

$64.1M
11Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center

Portland, OR · General Acute Care Hospital

$49.9M
12County Of San Bernardino

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

$46.0M
13County Of Kern

Bakersfield, CA · Psychiatric Hospital

$44.5M
141700239779$42.2M
151043515083$32.6M
161427406958$32.0M
17County Of Sonoma

Santa Rosa, CA · Clinic/Center, Mental Health (Including Community Mental Health Center)

$31.8M
18County Of Sacramento

Sacramento, CA · Clinic/Center Adult Mental Health

$31.8M
19Dane County Human Services

Madison, WI · Community/Behavioral Health

$26.2M
201740684935$22.1M

Showing top 20 of 470 providers billing this code