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UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

General Acute Care Hospital·BIRMINGHAM, AL·NPI: 1154435824Share

Compared to General Acute Care Hospital Peers

Total spending distribution among 156 providers in this specialty

P25MedianP75P90

This provider's total spending of $19.2M is at the below 25th percentile among 156 General Acute Care Hospital providers.

Active Billing Period:2018-01→2024-11(83 months)

Total Paid

$19.2M

$19,179,032

Total Claims

702K

Beneficiaries

629K

1.1 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$27

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Spending

2018
$1.5M
+19%
2019
$1.8M
-11%
2020
$1.6M
+123%
2021
$3.5M
-3%
2022
$3.4M
+21%
2023
$4.1M
-22%
2024
$3.2M

Procedure Breakdown

Cost per claim compared to national benchmarks

This provider bills for 50 distinct procedure codes. The top code (J0791) accounts for 31% of total spending.

J0791Top 25%

$6.0M

1,027 claims · 31.2%

Your Cost: $5,821.77/claim|Median: $3,226.46
1.8× median
G0463Normal range

Hospital outpatient clinic visit

$3.6M

98K claims · 18.8%

Your Cost: $36.63/claim|Median: $26.41
1.4× median
99284Normal range

Emergency dept visit, high complexity

$1.2M

17K claims · 6.0%

Your Cost: $66.57/claim|Median: $69.51
1.0× median
99283Normal range

Emergency dept visit, moderate complexity

$944K

24K claims · 4.9%

Your Cost: $38.62/claim|Median: $42.48
0.9× median
U0003Normal range

Infectious disease detection (COVID-19)

$600K

13K claims · 3.1%

Your Cost: $47.34/claim|Median: $63.08
0.8× median
85025Top 25%

Complete blood count (CBC) with differential, automated

$564K

67K claims · 2.9%

Your Cost: $8.45/claim|Median: $4.71
1.8× median
99282Normal range

Emergency dept visit, low complexity

$543K

13K claims · 2.8%

Your Cost: $42.07/claim|Median: $37.72
1.1× median
80048Top 25%

Basic metabolic panel

$515K

51K claims · 2.7%

Your Cost: $10.19/claim|Median: $5.78
1.8× median
36430Normal range

Transfusion of whole blood

$291K

2,528 claims · 1.5%

Your Cost: $115.01/claim|Median: $111.66
1.0× median
80053Normal range

Comprehensive metabolic panel

$256K

25K claims · 1.3%

Your Cost: $10.29/claim|Median: $7.24
1.4× median
87086Top 25%

Urine culture, colony count, with identification

$250K

24K claims · 1.3%

Your Cost: $10.28/claim|Median: $5.31
1.9× median
88175Normal range

Cytopathology, cervical or vaginal, ThinPrep

$202K

9,346 claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $21.60/claim|Median: $19.06
1.1× median
70553Top 25%

MRI brain without contrast, then with contrast

$198K

651 claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $304.49/claim|Median: $133.68
2.3× median
93005Normal range

Electrocardiogram, tracing only, without interpretation

$192K

15K claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $12.51/claim|Median: $7.50
1.7× median
83020Top 25%

$176K

13K claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $14.00/claim|Median: $9.42
1.5× median
36512Normal range

$133K

1,164 claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $114.28/claim|Median: $118.48
1.0× median
87636Normal range

Respiratory virus detection, 6-11 targets, nucleic acid

$133K

1,486 claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $89.39/claim|Median: $97.61
0.9× median
86850Normal range

$126K

23K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $5.57/claim|Median: $5.44
1.0× median
96365Normal range

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

$123K

3,830 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $32.04/claim|Median: $54.77
0.6× median
83036Top 10%

Hemoglobin A1c (glycated hemoglobin)

$120K

9,453 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $12.74/claim|Median: $5.50
2.3× median
G2023Normal range

Specimen collection for COVID-19 testing

$104K

6,852 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $15.15/claim|Median: $17.15
0.9× median
A9502Normal range

$101K

1,133 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $88.74/claim|Median: $54.60
1.6× median
80306Normal range

$94K

7,894 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $11.94/claim|Median: $10.29
1.2× median
64615Top 25%

$90K

535 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $168.61/claim|Median: $82.82
2.0× median
82728Normal range

Ferritin

$88K

9,585 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $9.21/claim|Median: $6.00
1.5× median
85027Normal range

Complete blood count (CBC), automated

$82K

19K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $4.36/claim|Median: $3.72
1.2× median
0001ANormal range

COVID-19 vaccine admin, Pfizer, 1st dose

$79K

2,735 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $28.82/claim|Median: $33.72
0.9× median
97110Normal range

Therapeutic exercises, each 15 min

$78K

2,870 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $27.32/claim|Median: $24.49
1.1× median
0002ANormal range

COVID-19 vaccine admin, Pfizer, 2nd dose

$76K

2,337 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $32.69/claim|Median: $36.70
0.9× median
J2785Normal range

$76K

647 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $116.96/claim|Median: $61.83
1.9× median
86832Normal range

$70K

724 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $96.95/claim|Median: $65.87
1.5× median
96366Normal range

IV infusion, therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic, each additional hour

$68K

1,986 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $34.15/claim|Median: $40.12
0.9× median
86833Normal range

$64K

719 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $89.01/claim|Median: $53.87
1.7× median
87624Normal range

HPV detection, high-risk types, nucleic acid

$60K

3,907 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $15.48/claim|Median: $25.57
0.6× median
99233Normal range

Subsequent hospital care, per day, high complexity

$59K

3,459 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $17.13/claim|Median: $35.30
0.5× median
86922Normal range

$59K

3,524 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $16.74/claim|Median: $20.85
0.8× median
86901Normal range

$58K

23K claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $2.57/claim|Median: $2.26
1.1× median
86900Normal range

$58K

22K claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $2.59/claim|Median: $2.55
1.0× median
83735Top 25%

Magnesium blood level test

$57K

7,772 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $7.32/claim|Median: $2.77
2.6× median
87536Normal range

HIV-1 detection by nucleic acid, quantitative

$53K

1,757 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $30.44/claim|Median: $51.73
0.6× median
85045Top 25%

$51K

10K claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $4.91/claim|Median: $1.64
3.0× median
96413Normal range

Chemotherapy administration, IV infusion, up to 1 hour

$48K

684 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $70.26/claim|Median: $75.28
0.9× median
82607Top 25%

Cyanocobalamin (vitamin B-12)

$48K

2,884 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $16.48/claim|Median: $8.72
1.9× median
83615Top 25%

$47K

8,449 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $5.54/claim|Median: $2.75
2.0× median
J2997Normal range

$47K

843 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $55.23/claim|Median: $86.25
0.6× median
87661Normal range

Trichomonas vaginalis detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$46K

2,246 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $20.53/claim|Median: $21.08
1.0× median
74183Top 25%

$45K

113 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $395.72/claim|Median: $151.91
2.6× median
82950Top 25%

$43K

6,518 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $6.55/claim|Median: $4.18
1.6× median
87077Top 25%

Bacterial culture, aerobic, additional methods required

$42K

5,695 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $7.45/claim|Median: $4.52
1.6× median
87631Normal range

Respiratory virus detection, 3-5 targets, multiplex

$38K

895 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $41.97/claim|Median: $65.45
0.6× median

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