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Owensboro Health INC

General Acute Care Hospital·Owensboro, KY·NPI: 1285613612Share

Compared to General Acute Care Hospital Peers

Total spending distribution among 156 providers in this specialty

P25MedianP75P90

This provider's total spending of $148.8M is at the 25th percentile among 156 General Acute Care Hospital providers.

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

Total Paid

$148.8M

$148,833,101

Total Claims

3.3M

Beneficiaries

2.4M

1.4 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$45

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

🔍 Analysis

Provider Overview

Owensboro Health INC is a General Acute Care Hospital provider based in Owensboro, KY. From the 2018–2024 period, this provider received $148.8M in Medicaid payments across 3.3M claims.

Why This Matters

This provider received $148.8M in taxpayer-funded Medicaid payments — enough to fund healthcare for approximately 18,604 Medicaid beneficiaries for a full year at average per-enrollee costs.

↑ 5% growthsince first billing year

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Spending

2018
$18.4M
-7%
2019
$17.2M
-2%
2020
$16.8M
+44%
2021
$24.2M
+7%
2022
$25.8M
+5%
2023
$27.1M
-29%
2024
$19.3M

Procedure Breakdown

Cost per claim compared to national benchmarks

This provider bills for 30 distinct procedure codes. The top code (99284 (Emergency dept visit, high complexity)) accounts for 12% of total spending.

99284Top 5%

Emergency dept visit, high complexity

$17.6M

70K claims · 11.8%

Your Cost: $249.74/claim|Median: $69.51
3.6× median
99285Top 10%

Emergency dept visit, high/urgent complexity

$13.6M

48K claims · 9.2%

Your Cost: $283.17/claim|Median: $85.65
3.3× median
99283Top 5%

Emergency dept visit, moderate complexity

$8.1M

43K claims · 5.5%

Your Cost: $187.19/claim|Median: $42.48
4.4× median
J9271Top 25%

Injection, pembrolizumab, 1 mg

$7.1M

812 claims · 4.8%

Your Cost: $8,795.97/claim|Median: $5,391.55
1.6× median
96361Normal range

IV infusion, hydration, each additional hour

$4.8M

66K claims · 3.2%

Your Cost: $72.32/claim|Median: $38.92
1.9× median
93306Top 5%

Echocardiography, transthoracic, complete, with Doppler

$3.6M

8K claims · 2.4%

Your Cost: $462.53/claim|Median: $54.68
8.5× median
96375Top 5%

Therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push, each additional substance

$2.9M

37K claims · 1.9%

Your Cost: $78.21/claim|Median: $14.92
5.2× median
74177Normal range

CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast

$2.8M

18K claims · 1.9%

Your Cost: $158.04/claim|Median: $65.76
2.4× median
93005Top 10%

Electrocardiogram, tracing only, without interpretation

$2.5M

46K claims · 1.7%

Your Cost: $54.90/claim|Median: $7.50
7.3× median
96365Normal range

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

$2.5M

36K claims · 1.7%

Your Cost: $70.25/claim|Median: $54.77
1.3× median
G0378Normal range

Hospital observation service, per hour

$2.4M

24K claims · 1.6%

Your Cost: $99.12/claim|Median: $99.39
1.0× median
U0003Normal range

Infectious disease detection (COVID-19)

$2.2M

36K claims · 1.5%

Your Cost: $60.92/claim|Median: $63.08
1.0× median
43239Top 25%

Upper GI endoscopy with biopsy

$2.1M

5K claims · 1.4%

Your Cost: $417.03/claim|Median: $151.68
2.8× median
70450Top 25%

CT head/brain without contrast

$2.1M

15K claims · 1.4%

Your Cost: $133.98/claim|Median: $45.53
2.9× median
96374Normal range

Therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push, single substance

$2.0M

37K claims · 1.3%

Your Cost: $53.00/claim|Median: $21.76
2.4× median
99291Top 5%

Critical care, first 30-74 minutes

$1.9M

5K claims · 1.2%

Your Cost: $398.48/claim|Median: $101.24
3.9× median
C1713Top 10%

Anchor or screw for tissue to bone fixation

$1.8M

1K claims · 1.2%

Your Cost: $1,466.73/claim|Median: $123.40
11.9× median
96413Top 10%

Chemotherapy administration, IV infusion, up to 1 hour

$1.7M

8K claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $201.76/claim|Median: $75.28
2.7× median
Q9967Top 10%

Low osmolar contrast material, 300-399 mg iodine/ml, per ml

$1.4M

25K claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $58.37/claim|Median: $3.42
17.1× median
96372Top 5%

Therapeutic injection, subcutaneous/intramuscular

$1.4M

26K claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $53.65/claim|Median: $9.56
5.6× median
11042Top 10%

Debridement, subcutaneous tissue, first 20 sq cm

$1.3M

7K claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $198.80/claim|Median: $36.13
5.5× median
80053Normal range

Comprehensive metabolic panel

$1.2M

155K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $7.85/claim|Median: $7.24
1.1× median
78452Top 25%

Myocardial perfusion imaging, SPECT, multiple studies

$1.1M

4K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $307.11/claim|Median: $106.14
2.9× median
78815Normal range

PET imaging for limited area

$1.1M

2K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $506.27/claim|Median: $325.10
1.6× median
99282Normal range

Emergency dept visit, low complexity

$1.1M

14K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $80.08/claim|Median: $37.72
2.1× median
74176Top 25%

CT abdomen and pelvis without contrast

$1.1M

7K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $149.75/claim|Median: $60.19
2.5× median
80050Normal range

General health panel

$1.1M

40K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $26.48/claim|Median: $25.59
1.0× median
71046Top 10%

Chest X-ray, 2 views

$1.0M

31K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $33.24/claim|Median: $8.92
3.7× median
58571Normal range

$983K

742 claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $1,325.13/claim|Median: $1,679.33
0.8× median
C1776Top 25%

$923K

336 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $2,748.31/claim|Median: $586.59
4.7× median

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