10 Most Common Hospital Outpatient Medical Diagnoses and Average Charges

Here are the top 10 most common medical diagnoses by ICD-9 codes billed by hospitals nationwide along with the average charge for each code, according to the American Hospital Directory’s analysis of data from the latest Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System.

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Diagnosis
ICD-9 Code Number of claims 
Average charge
Hypertension, unspecified 401.9 1,000,618 $708
Chest pain, unspecified 786.5 795,020 $3,205
Lower back pain 724.2  671,255 $1,353
Atrial fibrillation    427.31 661,278 $1,250
Abdominal pain, unspecified site 789.0 661,273 $2,315
Pain in limb  729.5 648,990 $900
Diabetes mellitus, without mention of complication 250.0  609,917  $418
Cough 786.2 551,205 $543
Malignant neoplasm of prostate 185  527,365 $5,096
Anemia, unspecified  285.9  510,670 $2,11

Source: American Hospital Directory.

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