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Children's Hospital

General Acute Care Hospital Children·New Orleans, LA·NPI: 1104819366Share

Compared to General Acute Care Hospital Children Peers

Total spending distribution among 16 providers in this specialty

P25MedianP75P90

This provider's total spending of $150.9M is at the 25th percentile among 16 General Acute Care Hospital Children providers.

Active Billing Period:2018-01→2024-12(84 months)

Total Paid

$150.9M

$150,926,038

Total Claims

1.6M

Beneficiaries

1.4M

1.1 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$95

#712 of 618K providers by total spending(top 0.1%)

🔍 Analysis

Provider Overview

Children's Hospital is a General Acute Care Hospital Children provider based in New Orleans, LA. From the 2018–2024 period, this provider received $150.9M in Medicaid payments across 1.6M claims.

Why This Matters

This provider received $150.9M in taxpayer-funded Medicaid payments — enough to fund healthcare for approximately 18,865 Medicaid beneficiaries for a full year at average per-enrollee costs.

↑ 229% growthsince first billing year

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Spending

2018
$9.9M
+26%
2019
$12.5M
-31%
2020
$8.7M
+124%
2021
$19.4M
+68%
2022
$32.5M
+9%
2023
$35.5M
-8%
2024
$32.5M

Procedure Breakdown

Cost per claim compared to national benchmarks

This provider bills for 30 distinct procedure codes. The top code (99283 (Emergency dept visit, moderate complexity)) accounts for 34% of total spending.

99283Top 1%

Emergency dept visit, moderate complexity

$51.3M

133K claims · 34.0%

Your Cost: $387.26/claim|Median: $42.48
9.1× median
99284Top 1%

Emergency dept visit, high complexity

$28.8M

57K claims · 19.1%

Your Cost: $501.39/claim|Median: $69.51
7.2× median
99285Top 1%

Emergency dept visit, high/urgent complexity

$11.3M

19K claims · 7.5%

Your Cost: $584.06/claim|Median: $85.65
6.8× median
99213Normal range

Office/outpatient visit, est. patient, low-mod complexity

$9.6M

282K claims · 6.4%

Your Cost: $34.14/claim|Median: $37.81
0.9× median
99214Normal range

Office/outpatient visit, est. patient, mod-high complexity

$8.6M

172K claims · 5.7%

Your Cost: $50.02/claim|Median: $53.41
0.9× median
99282Top 1%

Emergency dept visit, low complexity

$4.7M

15K claims · 3.1%

Your Cost: $305.11/claim|Median: $37.72
8.1× median
87502Top 25%

Influenza virus detection, reverse transcription, amplified probe

$3.9M

48K claims · 2.6%

Your Cost: $82.71/claim|Median: $65.64
1.3× median
99211Top 25%

Office/outpatient visit, minimal complexity

$3.2M

107K claims · 2.1%

Your Cost: $29.59/claim|Median: $12.93
2.3× median
99215Normal range

Office/outpatient visit, high complexity

$2.7M

54K claims · 1.8%

Your Cost: $50.30/claim|Median: $74.09
0.7× median
87635Normal range

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 amplified probe detection

$2.3M

65K claims · 1.5%

Your Cost: $35.80/claim|Median: $39.70
0.9× median
0202UTop 25%

Proprietary lab analysis, human genomic sequencing

$1.6M

6K claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $257.94/claim|Median: $144.30
1.8× median
41899Normal range

Unlisted procedure, dentoalveolar structures

$1.6M

3K claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $598.27/claim|Median: $763.43
0.8× median
93325Top 5%

$1.3M

6K claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $214.00/claim|Median: $14.61
14.7× median
72082Top 1%

$1.2M

6K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $206.25/claim|Median: $31.02
6.7× median
G0378Top 10%

Hospital observation service, per hour

$1.2M

2K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $722.50/claim|Median: $99.39
7.3× median
92551Top 5%

Screening audiometry, pure tone, air only

$817K

25K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $32.34/claim|Median: $6.61
4.9× median
93005Top 5%

Electrocardiogram, tracing only, without interpretation

$788K

11K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $72.66/claim|Median: $7.50
9.7× median
99212Normal range

Office/outpatient visit, low complexity

$787K

27K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $28.63/claim|Median: $25.06
1.1× median
87651Normal range

Streptococcus Group A detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$735K

24K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $30.74/claim|Median: $28.46
1.1× median
29705Top 25%

$671K

4K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $156.77/claim|Median: $40.76
3.9× median
71046Top 5%

Chest X-ray, 2 views

$633K

7K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $90.41/claim|Median: $8.92
10.1× median
92587Top 5%

$589K

5K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $113.09/claim|Median: $19.24
5.9× median
69436Normal range

Tympanostomy, general anesthesia

$511K

2K claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $274.78/claim|Median: $205.50
1.3× median
54161Normal range

$452K

2K claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $242.17/claim|Median: $252.63
1.0× median
92567Top 5%

$428K

5K claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $80.15/claim|Median: $11.50
7.0× median
87804Normal range

Influenza virus detection, rapid test

$379K

28K claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $13.47/claim|Median: $12.59
1.1× median
93306Top 1%

Echocardiography, transthoracic, complete, with Doppler

$372K

406 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $915.92/claim|Median: $54.68
16.8× median
80053Normal range

Comprehensive metabolic panel

$354K

35K claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $9.99/claim|Median: $7.24
1.4× median
87426Top 10%

SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 antigen detection, immunoassay

$349K

8K claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $42.67/claim|Median: $30.04
1.4× median
94010Top 1%

$346K

2K claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $205.49/claim|Median: $18.11
11.3× median

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