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ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL

General Acute Care Hospital·ALBANY, NY·NPI: 1376577247Share

Compared to General Acute Care Hospital Peers

Total spending distribution among 156 providers in this specialty

P25MedianP75P90

This provider's total spending of $79.8M is at the below 25th percentile among 156 General Acute Care Hospital providers.

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

Total Paid

$79.8M

$79,775,114

Total Claims

1.3M

Beneficiaries

1.2M

1.1 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$61

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Spending

2018
$669K
+605%
2019
$4.7M
+213%
2020
$14.8M
+3%
2021
$15.2M
-1%
2022
$15.0M
+12%
2023
$16.8M
-25%
2024
$12.6M

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 9% of total spending.

99284Top 10%

Emergency dept visit, high complexity

$7.1M

41K claims · 8.9%

Your Cost: $173.57/claim|Median: $69.51
2.5× median
99283Top 10%

Emergency dept visit, moderate complexity

$6.7M

38K claims · 8.4%

Your Cost: $176.52/claim|Median: $42.48
4.2× median
J1745Top 25%

Injection, infliximab, excludes biosimilar, 10 mg

$4.2M

1,344 claims · 5.3%

Your Cost: $3,132.46/claim|Median: $1,587.53
2.0× median
99285Top 25%

Emergency dept visit, high/urgent complexity

$3.9M

24K claims · 4.8%

Your Cost: $162.96/claim|Median: $85.65
1.9× median
43239Top 5%

Upper GI endoscopy with biopsy

$2.7M

3,702 claims · 3.4%

Your Cost: $738.64/claim|Median: $151.68
4.9× median
70450Top 5%

CT head/brain without contrast

$2.6M

7,868 claims · 3.3%

Your Cost: $334.24/claim|Median: $45.53
7.3× median
90834Top 10%

Psychotherapy, 45 minutes

$2.5M

19K claims · 3.1%

Your Cost: $127.69/claim|Median: $63.65
2.0× median
96415Top 1%

Chemotherapy infusion, each additional hour

$2.3M

3,177 claims · 2.9%

Your Cost: $733.23/claim|Median: $43.68
16.8× median
76700Top 1%

Ultrasound, abdominal, complete

$2.2M

4,002 claims · 2.8%

Your Cost: $552.36/claim|Median: $50.69
10.9× median
76856Top 1%

Ultrasound, pelvic, complete

$2.1M

3,864 claims · 2.6%

Your Cost: $542.98/claim|Median: $47.58
11.4× median
G0378Top 25%

Hospital observation service, per hour

$1.9M

6,672 claims · 2.4%

Your Cost: $291.81/claim|Median: $99.39
2.9× median
J3490Top 1%

Unclassified drugs

$1.9M

4,351 claims · 2.4%

Your Cost: $440.85/claim|Median: $5.70
77.3× median
U0004Top 5%

COVID-19 test, nucleic acid detection, CDC lab only

$1.9M

17K claims · 2.3%

Your Cost: $111.67/claim|Median: $60.05
1.9× median
80053Top 10%

Comprehensive metabolic panel

$1.7M

59K claims · 2.1%

Your Cost: $28.88/claim|Median: $7.24
4.0× median
99282Top 10%

Emergency dept visit, low complexity

$1.6M

8,916 claims · 2.0%

Your Cost: $176.06/claim|Median: $37.72
4.7× median
45380Top 5%

Colonoscopy with biopsy

$1.5M

1,744 claims · 1.9%

Your Cost: $847.78/claim|Median: $200.68
4.2× median
C1713Top 25%

Anchor or screw for tissue to bone fixation

$1.5M

1,342 claims · 1.8%

Your Cost: $1,083.34/claim|Median: $123.40
8.8× median
74177Top 25%

CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast

$1.3M

4,865 claims · 1.7%

Your Cost: $273.00/claim|Median: $65.76
4.2× median
96365Top 10%

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

$1.2M

7,753 claims · 1.5%

Your Cost: $152.23/claim|Median: $54.77
2.8× median
99213Top 5%

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

$1.2M

9,781 claims · 1.5%

Your Cost: $119.01/claim|Median: $37.81
3.1× median
70553Top 10%

MRI brain without contrast, then with contrast

$1.1M

2,157 claims · 1.4%

Your Cost: $505.54/claim|Median: $133.68
3.8× median
97110Top 10%

Therapeutic exercises, each 15 min

$847K

11K claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $77.23/claim|Median: $24.49
3.2× median
96366Top 10%

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

$781K

3,306 claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $236.26/claim|Median: $40.12
5.9× median
59025Top 5%

Fetal non-stress test

$746K

3,026 claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $246.52/claim|Median: $26.45
9.3× median
76770Top 1%

Ultrasound, retroperitoneal, complete

$711K

1,993 claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $356.92/claim|Median: $37.35
9.6× median
93306Top 5%

Echocardiography, transthoracic, complete, with Doppler

$674K

2,180 claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $309.19/claim|Median: $54.68
5.7× median
36430Top 10%

Transfusion of whole blood

$674K

1,872 claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $359.80/claim|Median: $111.66
3.2× median
88305Top 25%

Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination

$640K

9,659 claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $66.24/claim|Median: $35.80
1.9× median
87633Normal range

Respiratory virus detection, 12-25 targets, nucleic acid

$604K

6,812 claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $88.64/claim|Median: $169.17
0.5× median
71275Top 5%

CT angiography, chest, with contrast

$581K

1,614 claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $360.08/claim|Median: $92.96
3.9× median
70496Top 5%

$554K

1,708 claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $324.63/claim|Median: $78.92
4.1× median
99214Top 5%

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

$550K

4,292 claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $128.05/claim|Median: $53.41
2.4× median
70551Top 5%

MRI brain without contrast

$518K

1,136 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $456.37/claim|Median: $85.39
5.3× median
86900Top 10%

$515K

12K claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $41.35/claim|Median: $2.55
16.2× median
12011Top 5%

$496K

991 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $500.10/claim|Median: $67.02
7.5× median
P9016Top 5%

$490K

877 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $558.19/claim|Median: $122.26
4.6× median
93308Top 5%

$459K

1,605 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $286.15/claim|Median: $20.08
14.3× median
80307Top 25%

Drug test, presumptive, by chemistry analyzers

$411K

8,063 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $50.95/claim|Median: $35.43
1.4× median
Q9967Top 25%

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

$397K

14K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $28.07/claim|Median: $3.42
8.2× median
93975Top 1%

Duplex scan of arterial inflow and venous outflow, complete

$395K

649 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $608.28/claim|Median: $79.28
7.7× median
87536Top 5%

HIV-1 detection by nucleic acid, quantitative

$389K

2,613 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $148.77/claim|Median: $51.73
2.9× median
12001Top 1%

$377K

732 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $515.43/claim|Median: $64.99
7.9× median
86901Top 5%

$374K

13K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $29.38/claim|Median: $2.26
13.0× median
87491Top 25%

Chlamydia detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$367K

8,511 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $43.07/claim|Median: $24.95
1.7× median
87591Top 25%

Neisseria gonorrhoeae detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$340K

8,493 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $39.99/claim|Median: $23.39
1.7× median
99281Top 10%

Emergency dept visit, minimal complexity

$339K

1,941 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $174.43/claim|Median: $52.03
3.4× median
97140Top 5%

Manual therapy techniques, per 15 minutes

$338K

5,946 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $56.89/claim|Median: $16.79
3.4× median
97112Top 10%

Therapeutic procedure, neuromuscular reeducation, per 15 minutes

$333K

6,219 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $53.54/claim|Median: $20.04
2.7× median
45378Top 5%

Colonoscopy, diagnostic

$326K

338 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $964.85/claim|Median: $225.49
4.3× median
86850Top 10%

$321K

12K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $26.10/claim|Median: $5.44
4.8× median