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#744 of 11K

V5261

HCPCS Procedure Code

HCPCS code V5261 is the #744 most-billed Medicaid procedure code, with $90.9M in payments across 65K claims from 2018–2024. The national median cost per claim is $848.60. Costs vary widely — the 90th percentile is $2,641.53 per claim, 3.1× the median.

Total Paid

$90.9M

0.01% of all spending

Total Claims

65K

Providers

159

Avg Cost/Claim

$1K

National Cost Distribution

How much do providers bill per claim for V5261? Based on 156 providers billing this code nationally.

Median

$848.60

Average

$1,249.61

Std Dev

$932.78

Max

$5,359.05

Percentile Distribution (Cost per Claim)

p10
$521.68
p25
$657.57
Median
$848.60
p75
$1,637.56
p90
$2,641.53
p95
$3,142.45
p99
$4,114.82

50% of providers bill between $657.57 and $1,637.56 per claim for this code.

90% bill between $521.68 and $2,641.53.

Top 1% bill above $4,114.82.

About This Procedure

HCPCS code V5261 was billed by 159 providers across 65K claims, totaling $90.9M in Medicaid payments from 2018–2024. This code was used for 59K unique beneficiaries.

Risk Assessment

Billing Statistics

Median Cost/Claim

$848.60

Providers Billing

156

National Spending

$90.9M

Avg/Median Ratio

1.47×

Normal distribution

Top Providers Billing This Code

Ranked by total Medicaid payments for V5261

#ProviderTotal Paid
11033585302$26.8M
21164707998$13.0M
31720243637$9.9M
41356860811$3.6M
51194136424$2.0M
61376108712$1.9M
7Scottish Rite Children's Medical Center

Atlanta, GA · Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

$1.7M
81205958691$1.6M
91003016007$1.5M
101376622332$1.4M
111336605757$1.2M
121710936836$1.1M
13Medstar Washington Hospital Center

Washington, DC · General Acute Care Hospital

$1.1M
141326117847$1.0M
15Upmc Children's Hospital Of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA · Clinic/Center

$970K
161639101751$952K
171538457957$816K
181245553643$813K
191871798710$812K
201114081338$775K

Showing top 20 of 159 providers billing this code