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LOVELACE HEALTH SYSTEM LLC

General Acute Care Hospital·ALBUQUERQUE, NM·NPI: 1306914213Share

Compared to General Acute Care Hospital Peers

Total spending distribution among 156 providers in this specialty

P25MedianP75P90

This provider's total spending of $45.3M is at the below 25th percentile among 156 General Acute Care Hospital providers.

Active Billing Period:2018-012024-12(84 months)

Total Paid

$45.3M

$45,270,919

Total Claims

788K

Beneficiaries

680K

1.2 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$57

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Spending

2018
$7.3M
-16%
2019
$6.2M
-13%
2020
$5.4M
+8%
2021
$5.8M
+10%
2022
$6.4M
+18%
2023
$7.5M
-10%
2024
$6.7M

Procedure Breakdown

Cost per claim compared to national benchmarks

This provider bills for 50 distinct procedure codes. The top code (99284 (Emergency dept visit, high complexity)) accounts for 15% of total spending.

99284Top 10%

Emergency dept visit, high complexity

$6.6M

33K claims · 14.6%

Your Cost: $200.42/claim|Median: $69.51
2.9× median
99285Top 10%

Emergency dept visit, high/urgent complexity

$6.4M

26K claims · 14.2%

Your Cost: $249.79/claim|Median: $85.65
2.9× median
99283Top 10%

Emergency dept visit, moderate complexity

$4.2M

29K claims · 9.3%

Your Cost: $145.94/claim|Median: $42.48
3.4× median
74177Top 10%

CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast

$2.2M

6,735 claims · 4.8%

Your Cost: $320.57/claim|Median: $65.76
4.9× median
G0463Top 25%

Hospital outpatient clinic visit

$1.9M

23K claims · 4.2%

Your Cost: $82.40/claim|Median: $26.41
3.1× median
93306Top 5%

Echocardiography, transthoracic, complete, with Doppler

$1.7M

5,711 claims · 3.8%

Your Cost: $304.22/claim|Median: $54.68
5.6× median
93005Top 25%

Electrocardiogram, tracing only, without interpretation

$1.6M

36K claims · 3.5%

Your Cost: $43.09/claim|Median: $7.50
5.7× median
70450Top 25%

CT head/brain without contrast

$1.1M

6,456 claims · 2.4%

Your Cost: $166.27/claim|Median: $45.53
3.7× median
78452Top 10%

Myocardial perfusion imaging, SPECT, multiple studies

$993K

2,021 claims · 2.2%

Your Cost: $491.33/claim|Median: $106.14
4.6× median
80053Top 10%

Comprehensive metabolic panel

$974K

45K claims · 2.2%

Your Cost: $21.43/claim|Median: $7.24
3.0× median
G0378Top 25%

Hospital observation service, per hour

$969K

2,646 claims · 2.1%

Your Cost: $366.06/claim|Median: $99.39
3.7× median
93458Top 5%

Left heart catheterization with imaging

$840K

490 claims · 1.9%

Your Cost: $1,713.63/claim|Median: $183.33
9.3× median
80307Top 5%

Drug test, presumptive, by chemistry analyzers

$597K

5,821 claims · 1.3%

Your Cost: $102.58/claim|Median: $35.43
2.9× median
96374Normal range

Therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push, single substance

$597K

19K claims · 1.3%

Your Cost: $31.82/claim|Median: $21.76
1.5× median
85025Top 10%

Complete blood count (CBC) with differential, automated

$561K

52K claims · 1.2%

Your Cost: $10.72/claim|Median: $4.71
2.3× median
74176Top 25%

CT abdomen and pelvis without contrast

$552K

2,342 claims · 1.2%

Your Cost: $235.76/claim|Median: $60.19
3.9× median
93017Top 25%

$496K

3,163 claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $156.93/claim|Median: $56.03
2.8× median
96375Top 25%

Therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push, each additional substance

$493K

12K claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $41.97/claim|Median: $14.92
2.8× median
G0480Top 25%

Drug test, definitive, 1-7 drug classes

$484K

6,900 claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $70.11/claim|Median: $37.56
1.9× median
87636Normal range

Respiratory virus detection, 6-11 targets, nucleic acid

$475K

7,811 claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $60.87/claim|Median: $97.61
0.6× median
96361Normal range

IV infusion, hydration, each additional hour

$471K

6,462 claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $72.86/claim|Median: $38.92
1.9× median
71275Top 25%

CT angiography, chest, with contrast

$427K

1,695 claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $251.94/claim|Median: $92.96
2.7× median
70553Top 10%

MRI brain without contrast, then with contrast

$405K

926 claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $437.28/claim|Median: $133.68
3.3× median
49083Top 25%

$361K

1,126 claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $320.45/claim|Median: $78.44
4.1× median
71045Top 10%

Chest X-ray, single view

$356K

11K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $32.18/claim|Median: $4.93
6.5× median
71046Top 10%

Chest X-ray, 2 views

$344K

7,707 claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $44.65/claim|Median: $8.92
5.0× median
C8929Top 25%

$333K

1,120 claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $296.99/claim|Median: $194.95
1.5× median
96365Normal range

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

$295K

3,119 claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $94.50/claim|Median: $54.77
1.7× median
C1776Normal range

$289K

195 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $1,481.17/claim|Median: $586.59
2.5× median
84484Top 25%

Troponin, quantitative

$260K

18K claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $14.70/claim|Median: $4.84
3.0× median
72125Top 10%

CT cervical spine without contrast

$247K

1,340 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $184.52/claim|Median: $32.30
5.7× median
70551Top 25%

MRI brain without contrast

$224K

834 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $268.44/claim|Median: $85.39
3.1× median
96372Top 10%

Therapeutic injection, subcutaneous/intramuscular

$221K

7,355 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $30.02/claim|Median: $9.56
3.1× median
36415Top 25%

Collection of venous blood by venipuncture

$217K

57K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $3.84/claim|Median: $1.57
2.4× median
94640Top 10%

Pressurized or nonpressurized inhalation treatment

$208K

2,408 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $86.34/claim|Median: $10.88
7.9× median
76705Top 25%

Ultrasound, abdominal, limited

$193K

2,212 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $87.19/claim|Median: $23.81
3.7× median
83690Top 10%

$183K

13K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $14.42/claim|Median: $3.35
4.3× median
99282Normal range

Emergency dept visit, low complexity

$172K

1,990 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $86.45/claim|Median: $37.72
2.3× median
84703Top 10%

Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) quantitative blood test

$167K

10K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $16.48/claim|Median: $4.20
3.9× median
Q9967Top 25%

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

$164K

14K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $11.62/claim|Median: $3.42
3.4× median
99152Top 5%

$161K

3,027 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $53.19/claim|Median: $7.34
7.2× median
93976Top 25%

$149K

1,343 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $111.04/claim|Median: $42.06
2.6× median
87040Top 5%

$149K

5,464 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $27.18/claim|Median: $5.54
4.9× median
71250Top 10%

CT scan of chest without contrast

$146K

1,050 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $139.04/claim|Median: $39.11
3.6× median
87086Top 10%

Urine culture, colony count, with identification

$135K

9,078 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $14.90/claim|Median: $5.31
2.8× median
96360Normal range

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

$133K

1,812 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $73.18/claim|Median: $61.57
1.2× median
99281Normal range

Emergency dept visit, minimal complexity

$125K

2,400 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $52.03/claim|Median: $52.03
1.0× median
82962Top 10%

Blood glucose test by monitoring device

$124K

17K claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $7.47/claim|Median: $1.40
5.3× median
70486Top 10%

$123K

651 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $188.33/claim|Median: $44.28
4.3× median
80048Top 25%

Basic metabolic panel

$120K

8,984 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $13.31/claim|Median: $5.78
2.3× median