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THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY

General Acute Care Hospital·MONROE, NC·NPI: 1396790325Share

Compared to General Acute Care Hospital Peers

Total spending distribution among 156 providers in this specialty

P25MedianP75P90

This provider's total spending of $38.2M is at the below 25th percentile among 156 General Acute Care Hospital providers.

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

Total Paid

$38.2M

$38,152,709

Total Claims

539K

Beneficiaries

450K

1.2 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$71

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Spending

2018
$4.5M
-4%
2019
$4.4M
-44%
2020
$2.4M
+79%
2021
$4.4M
+51%
2022
$6.6M
+23%
2023
$8.1M
-5%
2024
$7.7M

Procedure Breakdown

Cost per claim compared to national benchmarks

This provider bills for 50 distinct procedure codes. The top code (99283 (Emergency dept visit, moderate complexity)) accounts for 33% of total spending.

99283Top 5%

Emergency dept visit, moderate complexity

$12.6M

60K claims · 32.9%

Your Cost: $208.87/claim|Median: $42.48
4.9× median
99284Top 10%

Emergency dept visit, high complexity

$10.4M

54K claims · 27.3%

Your Cost: $194.23/claim|Median: $69.51
2.8× median
99285Top 25%

Emergency dept visit, high/urgent complexity

$3.5M

20K claims · 9.3%

Your Cost: $176.39/claim|Median: $85.65
2.1× median
87636Top 10%

Respiratory virus detection, 6-11 targets, nucleic acid

$1.8M

13K claims · 4.8%

Your Cost: $144.88/claim|Median: $97.61
1.5× median
J3490Top 25%

Unclassified drugs

$1.8M

46K claims · 4.6%

Your Cost: $38.43/claim|Median: $5.70
6.7× median
80053Top 5%

Comprehensive metabolic panel

$909K

15K claims · 2.4%

Your Cost: $62.16/claim|Median: $7.24
8.6× median
J8499Top 10%

$696K

26K claims · 1.8%

Your Cost: $26.97/claim|Median: $1.99
13.6× median
80048Top 10%

Basic metabolic panel

$637K

20K claims · 1.7%

Your Cost: $32.37/claim|Median: $5.78
5.6× median
99282Normal range

Emergency dept visit, low complexity

$603K

7,533 claims · 1.6%

Your Cost: $80.01/claim|Median: $37.72
2.1× median
93005Top 25%

Electrocardiogram, tracing only, without interpretation

$401K

16K claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $25.09/claim|Median: $7.50
3.3× median
G0463Normal range

Hospital outpatient clinic visit

$394K

19K claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $21.00/claim|Median: $26.41
0.8× median
96361Normal range

IV infusion, hydration, each additional hour

$358K

4,832 claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $74.16/claim|Median: $38.92
1.9× median
96374Normal range

Therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push, single substance

$309K

22K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $14.18/claim|Median: $21.76
0.7× median
Q9967Top 10%

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

$245K

3,079 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $79.68/claim|Median: $3.42
23.3× median
J2270Top 1%

Injection, morphine sulfate, up to ten milligrams

$229K

1,531 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $149.82/claim|Median: $1.00
149.8× median
80047Top 25%

$226K

8,950 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $25.20/claim|Median: $6.12
4.1× median
71045Top 25%

Chest X-ray, single view

$217K

11K claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $19.07/claim|Median: $4.93
3.9× median
J1100Top 1%

$200K

1,518 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $131.93/claim|Median: $0.52
253.7× median
85025Normal range

Complete blood count (CBC) with differential, automated

$186K

28K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $6.68/claim|Median: $4.71
1.4× median
U0003Top 25%

Infectious disease detection (COVID-19)

$183K

2,291 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $79.97/claim|Median: $63.08
1.3× median
87070Top 1%

Bacterial culture, any source except blood or urine

$146K

1,013 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $144.31/claim|Median: $5.89
24.5× median
J8597Top 1%

$141K

1,054 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $134.00/claim|Median: $0.54
248.2× median
J8540Top 1%

$135K

1,770 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $76.15/claim|Median: $0.65
117.2× median
87086Top 5%

Urine culture, colony count, with identification

$127K

5,690 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $22.25/claim|Median: $5.31
4.2× median
96360Top 10%

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

$113K

587 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $191.92/claim|Median: $61.57
3.1× median
96365Normal range

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

$104K

1,270 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $82.05/claim|Median: $54.77
1.5× median
71046Top 25%

Chest X-ray, 2 views

$101K

3,242 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $31.09/claim|Median: $8.92
3.5× median
82962Top 1%

Blood glucose test by monitoring device

$94K

1,755 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $53.75/claim|Median: $1.40
38.4× median
85027Normal range

Complete blood count (CBC), automated

$90K

17K claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $5.27/claim|Median: $3.72
1.4× median
70450Normal range

CT head/brain without contrast

$86K

1,933 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $44.34/claim|Median: $45.53
1.0× median
Q0162Top 5%

$85K

1,191 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $71.20/claim|Median: $0.48
148.3× median
G0378Normal range

Hospital observation service, per hour

$64K

1,576 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $40.87/claim|Median: $99.39
0.4× median
81001Top 25%

Urinalysis, automated, with microscopy

$57K

13K claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $4.41/claim|Median: $2.03
2.2× median
80307Normal range

Drug test, presumptive, by chemistry analyzers

$55K

1,564 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $35.47/claim|Median: $35.43
1.0× median
81025Top 10%

Urine pregnancy test

$53K

5,447 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $9.64/claim|Median: $4.81
2.0× median
J1170Top 1%

Injection, hydromorphone, up to four milligrams

$50K

251 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $198.68/claim|Median: $1.03
192.9× median
74177Normal range

CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast

$49K

2,154 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $22.73/claim|Median: $65.76
0.3× median
87081Top 5%

Culture screening for pathogenic organisms

$43K

568 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $74.93/claim|Median: $5.09
14.7× median
96413Normal range

Chemotherapy administration, IV infusion, up to 1 hour

$41K

688 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $59.48/claim|Median: $75.28
0.8× median
96375Normal range

Therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push, each additional substance

$39K

11K claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $3.56/claim|Median: $14.92
0.2× median
84484Normal range

Troponin, quantitative

$35K

7,511 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $4.71/claim|Median: $4.84
1.0× median
81003Top 5%

Urinalysis, automated without microscopy

$31K

2,364 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $13.23/claim|Median: $1.48
8.9× median
87210Top 5%

$28K

925 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $30.56/claim|Median: $3.65
8.4× median
64483Top 25%

$27K

105 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $254.77/claim|Median: $124.24
2.1× median
84702Top 5%

$25K

545 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $46.61/claim|Median: $8.25
5.6× median
81002Top 5%

Urinalysis, non-automated without microscopy

$21K

2,266 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $9.25/claim|Median: $2.00
4.6× median
U0005Top 25%

Infectious disease detection, COVID-19, antigen

$21K

893 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $23.28/claim|Median: $15.76
1.5× median
0002ATop 10%

COVID-19 vaccine admin, Pfizer, 2nd dose

$20K

366 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $54.05/claim|Median: $36.70
1.5× median
J0696Top 10%

$19K

782 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $24.66/claim|Median: $1.34
18.4× median
97597Normal range

$18K

769 claims · 0.0%

Your Cost: $24.02/claim|Median: $21.22
1.1× median

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