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Banner Thunderbird Medical Center

Community/Behavioral Health·Glendale, AZ·NPI: 1154355188Share

Compared to Community/Behavioral Health Peers

Total spending distribution among 218 providers in this specialty

P25MedianP75P90

This provider's total spending of $140.3M is at the 50th percentile among 218 Community/Behavioral Health providers.

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

Total Paid

$140.3M

$140,259,119

Total Claims

3.4M

Beneficiaries

2.5M

1.4 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$42

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

🔍 Analysis

Provider Overview

Banner Thunderbird Medical Center is a Community/Behavioral Health provider based in Glendale, AZ. From the 2018–2024 period, this provider received $140.3M in Medicaid payments across 3.4M claims.

Why This Matters

This provider received $140.3M in taxpayer-funded Medicaid payments — enough to fund healthcare for approximately 17,532 Medicaid beneficiaries for a full year at average per-enrollee costs.

↓ 32% growthsince first billing year

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Spending

2018
$22.9M
+1%
2019
$23.0M
-21%
2020
$18.1M
+11%
2021
$20.1M
+0%
2022
$20.2M
+0%
2023
$20.3M
-23%
2024
$15.6M

Procedure Breakdown

Cost per claim compared to national benchmarks

This provider bills for 30 distinct procedure codes. The top code (99285 (Emergency dept visit, high/urgent complexity)) accounts for 25% of total spending.

99285Top 5%

Emergency dept visit, high/urgent complexity

$35.3M

77K claims · 25.2%

Your Cost: $456.32/claim|Median: $85.65
5.3× median
99284Top 5%

Emergency dept visit, high complexity

$28.0M

96K claims · 20.0%

Your Cost: $292.42/claim|Median: $69.51
4.2× median
99283Top 5%

Emergency dept visit, moderate complexity

$18.5M

76K claims · 13.2%

Your Cost: $244.62/claim|Median: $42.48
5.8× median
74177Top 5%

CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast

$11.7M

19K claims · 8.4%

Your Cost: $631.43/claim|Median: $65.76
9.6× median
99291Top 1%

Critical care, first 30-74 minutes

$5.7M

6K claims · 4.1%

Your Cost: $875.82/claim|Median: $101.24
8.7× median
74176Top 5%

CT abdomen and pelvis without contrast

$4.2M

10K claims · 3.0%

Your Cost: $418.10/claim|Median: $60.19
7.0× median
47562Top 10%

$3.9M

1K claims · 2.8%

Your Cost: $3,539.28/claim|Median: $731.87
4.8× median
70450Top 25%

CT head/brain without contrast

$3.1M

24K claims · 2.2%

Your Cost: $126.80/claim|Median: $45.53
2.8× median
44970Top 25%

$2.6M

736 claims · 1.8%

Your Cost: $3,512.58/claim|Median: $1,699.18
2.1× median
G0378Normal range

Hospital observation service, per hour

$2.5M

77K claims · 1.8%

Your Cost: $33.10/claim|Median: $99.39
0.3× median
99282Top 25%

Emergency dept visit, low complexity

$2.3M

23K claims · 1.6%

Your Cost: $100.09/claim|Median: $37.72
2.6× median
70553Top 5%

MRI brain without contrast, then with contrast

$1.6M

2K claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $681.39/claim|Median: $133.68
5.1× median
C1713Top 25%

Anchor or screw for tissue to bone fixation

$1.5M

2K claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $960.39/claim|Median: $123.40
7.8× median
58571Top 25%

$1.4M

316 claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $4,313.11/claim|Median: $1,679.33
2.6× median
72125Top 25%

CT cervical spine without contrast

$1.1M

8K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $141.41/claim|Median: $32.30
4.4× median
70496Top 5%

$948K

2K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $460.06/claim|Median: $78.92
5.8× median
70551Top 25%

MRI brain without contrast

$780K

3K claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $270.65/claim|Median: $85.39
3.2× median
99213Top 5%

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

$752K

8K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $97.63/claim|Median: $37.81
2.6× median
93306Top 25%

Echocardiography, transthoracic, complete, with Doppler

$708K

4K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $172.66/claim|Median: $54.68
3.2× median
93458Top 5%

Left heart catheterization with imaging

$707K

317 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $2,229.51/claim|Median: $183.33
12.2× median
88305Top 25%

Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination

$618K

8K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $78.28/claim|Median: $35.80
2.2× median
71275Normal range

CT angiography, chest, with contrast

$545K

6K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $90.05/claim|Median: $92.96
1.0× median
74174Top 5%

$518K

710 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $730.13/claim|Median: $89.41
8.2× median
93970Top 10%

Duplex scan of extremity veins, complete, bilateral

$488K

3K claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $166.18/claim|Median: $43.07
3.9× median
96365Normal range

IV infusion, therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic, initial, up to 1 hour

$464K

32K claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $14.28/claim|Median: $54.77
0.3× median
80053Normal range

Comprehensive metabolic panel

$456K

161K claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $2.83/claim|Median: $7.24
0.4× median
36430Normal range

Transfusion of whole blood

$411K

3K claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $146.54/claim|Median: $111.66
1.3× median
78452Top 5%

Myocardial perfusion imaging, SPECT, multiple studies

$407K

524 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $776.40/claim|Median: $106.14
7.3× median
99214Top 5%

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

$361K

2K claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $147.96/claim|Median: $53.41
2.8× median
58670Normal range

$344K

135 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $2,549.34/claim|Median: $1,499.87
1.7× median

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