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NORTON SOUND HEALTH CORPORATION

General Acute Care Hospital, Critical Access·NOME, AK·NPI: 1225101041Share
Active Billing Period:2018-012024-12(84 months)

Total Paid

$63.3M

$63,289,063

Total Claims

383K

Beneficiaries

311K

1.2 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$165

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Spending

2018
$7.5M
+20%
2019
$9.0M
-10%
2020
$8.1M
+51%
2021
$12.2M
-12%
2022
$10.8M
-23%
2023
$8.2M
-10%
2024
$7.4M

Procedure Breakdown

Cost per claim compared to national benchmarks

This provider bills for 50 distinct procedure codes. The top code (87635 (COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 amplified probe detection)) accounts for 16% of total spending.

87635Top 1%

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 amplified probe detection

$10.4M

65K claims · 16.4%

Your Cost: $158.87/claim|Median: $39.70
4.0× median
99284Top 1%

Emergency dept visit, high complexity

$5.8M

6,145 claims · 9.2%

Your Cost: $949.34/claim|Median: $69.51
13.7× median
99283Top 1%

Emergency dept visit, moderate complexity

$5.6M

10K claims · 8.9%

Your Cost: $542.53/claim|Median: $42.48
12.8× median
80053Top 1%

Comprehensive metabolic panel

$3.0M

15K claims · 4.7%

Your Cost: $195.24/claim|Median: $7.24
27.0× median
96372Top 1%

Therapeutic injection, subcutaneous/intramuscular

$2.2M

14K claims · 3.5%

Your Cost: $157.50/claim|Median: $9.56
16.5× median
87880Top 1%

Streptococcus, Group A, rapid antigen detection

$1.8M

11K claims · 2.9%

Your Cost: $162.86/claim|Median: $11.48
14.2× median
85025Top 5%

Complete blood count (CBC) with differential, automated

$1.8M

16K claims · 2.8%

Your Cost: $109.35/claim|Median: $4.71
23.2× median
99282Top 1%

Emergency dept visit, low complexity

$1.8M

5,667 claims · 2.8%

Your Cost: $309.08/claim|Median: $37.72
8.2× median
99285Top 1%

Emergency dept visit, high/urgent complexity

$1.6M

1,251 claims · 2.5%

Your Cost: $1,285.82/claim|Median: $85.65
15.0× median
87591Top 1%

Neisseria gonorrhoeae detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$1.5M

7,607 claims · 2.4%

Your Cost: $198.80/claim|Median: $23.39
8.5× median
87491Top 1%

Chlamydia detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$1.5M

7,520 claims · 2.3%

Your Cost: $197.25/claim|Median: $24.95
7.9× median
74177Top 1%

CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast

$1.2M

400 claims · 1.8%

Your Cost: $2,923.99/claim|Median: $65.76
44.5× median
70450Top 1%

CT head/brain without contrast

$1.2M

821 claims · 1.8%

Your Cost: $1,417.58/claim|Median: $45.53
31.1× median
96360Top 1%

IV infusion, hydration, initial, 31 minutes to 1 hour

$925K

2,803 claims · 1.5%

Your Cost: $330.02/claim|Median: $61.57
5.4× median
84443Top 1%

Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)

$904K

5,461 claims · 1.4%

Your Cost: $165.61/claim|Median: $9.87
16.8× median
87804Top 1%

Influenza virus detection, rapid test

$892K

3,681 claims · 1.4%

Your Cost: $242.25/claim|Median: $12.59
19.2× median
87633Top 1%

Respiratory virus detection, 12-25 targets, nucleic acid

$878K

565 claims · 1.4%

Your Cost: $1,553.89/claim|Median: $169.17
9.2× median
71046Top 1%

Chest X-ray, 2 views

$827K

2,304 claims · 1.3%

Your Cost: $358.80/claim|Median: $8.92
40.2× median
96374Top 1%

Therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push, single substance

$798K

3,524 claims · 1.3%

Your Cost: $226.56/claim|Median: $21.76
10.4× median
81025Top 1%

Urine pregnancy test

$749K

8,496 claims · 1.2%

Your Cost: $88.19/claim|Median: $4.81
18.3× median
96365Top 1%

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

$699K

2,370 claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $294.78/claim|Median: $54.77
5.4× median
83036Top 1%

Hemoglobin A1c (glycated hemoglobin)

$617K

5,049 claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $122.28/claim|Median: $5.50
22.2× median
97110Top 1%

Therapeutic exercises, each 15 min

$611K

3,733 claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $163.65/claim|Median: $24.49
6.7× median
94640Top 1%

Pressurized or nonpressurized inhalation treatment

$610K

3,311 claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $184.14/claim|Median: $10.88
16.9× median
87086Top 1%

Urine culture, colony count, with identification

$585K

5,156 claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $113.37/claim|Median: $5.31
21.4× median
J3490Top 5%

Unclassified drugs

$576K

3,147 claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $182.88/claim|Median: $5.70
32.1× median
87651Top 1%

Streptococcus Group A detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$538K

3,673 claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $146.43/claim|Median: $28.46
5.1× median
81001Top 1%

Urinalysis, automated, with microscopy

$525K

6,796 claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $77.32/claim|Median: $2.03
38.1× median
96375Top 1%

Therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push, each additional substance

$499K

2,418 claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $206.32/claim|Median: $14.92
13.8× median
96361Top 25%

IV infusion, hydration, each additional hour

$493K

2,758 claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $178.73/claim|Median: $38.92
4.6× median
85018Top 5%

$491K

8,652 claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $56.71/claim|Median: $1.71
33.2× median
80061Top 1%

Lipid panel

$464K

3,731 claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $124.28/claim|Median: $8.41
14.8× median
81002Top 1%

Urinalysis, non-automated without microscopy

$460K

11K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $41.19/claim|Median: $2.00
20.6× median
82948Top 1%

$420K

6,132 claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $68.45/claim|Median: $1.78
38.5× median
86141Top 1%

C-reactive protein, high sensitivity blood test

$393K

3,008 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $130.79/claim|Median: $6.50
20.1× median
J0561Top 10%

$362K

1,412 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $256.69/claim|Median: $96.49
2.7× median
86803Top 1%

Hepatitis C antibody

$360K

1,868 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $192.56/claim|Median: $10.17
18.9× median
93005Top 1%

Electrocardiogram, tracing only, without interpretation

$354K

2,508 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $141.13/claim|Median: $7.50
18.8× median
87210Top 1%

$347K

3,783 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $91.85/claim|Median: $3.65
25.2× median
82728Top 1%

Ferritin

$338K

1,923 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $175.55/claim|Median: $6.00
29.3× median
97161Top 5%

Physical therapy evaluation, low complexity

$295K

1,306 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $226.26/claim|Median: $47.89
4.7× median
82306Top 1%

Vitamin D, 25 hydroxy

$273K

1,515 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $180.27/claim|Median: $18.18
9.9× median
87186Top 1%

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing, microdilution, per agent

$266K

1,987 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $133.90/claim|Median: $4.65
28.8× median
76805Top 1%

Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, complete, single fetus

$259K

320 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $808.33/claim|Median: $74.78
10.8× median
83880Top 1%

$254K

1,149 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $221.47/claim|Median: $11.81
18.8× median
83735Top 5%

Magnesium blood level test

$250K

3,406 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $73.31/claim|Median: $2.77
26.5× median
80048Top 1%

Basic metabolic panel

$240K

1,346 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $178.25/claim|Median: $5.78
30.8× median
86780Top 1%

$237K

2,212 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $107.17/claim|Median: $9.83
10.9× median
80305Top 1%

$237K

1,615 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $146.54/claim|Median: $7.44
19.7× median
83690Top 1%

$208K

2,620 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $79.36/claim|Median: $3.35
23.7× median