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AU MEDICAL CENTER, INC

General Acute Care Hospital·AUGUSTA, GA·NPI: 1437135902Share

Compared to General Acute Care Hospital Peers

Total spending distribution among 156 providers in this specialty

P25MedianP75P90

This provider's total spending of $26.7M is at the below 25th percentile among 156 General Acute Care Hospital providers.

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

Total Paid

$26.7M

$26,664,772

Total Claims

659K

Beneficiaries

548K

1.2 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$40

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Spending

2018
$4.1M
-6%
2019
$3.8M
-11%
2020
$3.4M
+34%
2021
$4.5M
-4%
2022
$4.3M
-11%
2023
$3.9M
-32%
2024
$2.7M

Procedure Breakdown

Cost per claim compared to national benchmarks

This provider bills for 50 distinct procedure codes. The top code (99212 (Office/outpatient visit, low complexity)) accounts for 12% of total spending.

99212Top 10%

Office/outpatient visit, low complexity

$3.2M

42K claims · 12.1%

Your Cost: $76.33/claim|Median: $25.06
3.0× median
99213Top 25%

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

$2.7M

43K claims · 10.2%

Your Cost: $64.10/claim|Median: $37.81
1.7× median
96372Top 1%

Therapeutic injection, subcutaneous/intramuscular

$1.2M

6,080 claims · 4.6%

Your Cost: $201.29/claim|Median: $9.56
21.1× median
80053Top 10%

Comprehensive metabolic panel

$1.2M

31K claims · 4.3%

Your Cost: $37.34/claim|Median: $7.24
5.2× median
99283Top 25%

Emergency dept visit, moderate complexity

$1.0M

16K claims · 3.9%

Your Cost: $66.56/claim|Median: $42.48
1.6× median
Q9967Top 1%

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

$836K

2,812 claims · 3.1%

Your Cost: $297.38/claim|Median: $3.42
87.0× median
99282Top 10%

Emergency dept visit, low complexity

$803K

5,315 claims · 3.0%

Your Cost: $151.01/claim|Median: $37.72
4.0× median
81003Top 1%

Urinalysis, automated without microscopy

$764K

8,620 claims · 2.9%

Your Cost: $88.65/claim|Median: $1.48
59.9× median
36415Top 1%

Collection of venous blood by venipuncture

$600K

11K claims · 2.3%

Your Cost: $57.08/claim|Median: $1.57
36.4× median
83036Top 1%

Hemoglobin A1c (glycated hemoglobin)

$583K

6,782 claims · 2.2%

Your Cost: $86.02/claim|Median: $5.50
15.6× median
97110Top 10%

Therapeutic exercises, each 15 min

$497K

7,098 claims · 1.9%

Your Cost: $70.02/claim|Median: $24.49
2.9× median
82306Top 5%

Vitamin D, 25 hydroxy

$468K

4,617 claims · 1.8%

Your Cost: $101.39/claim|Median: $18.18
5.6× median
87635Top 5%

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 amplified probe detection

$448K

7,244 claims · 1.7%

Your Cost: $61.83/claim|Median: $39.70
1.6× median
88305Top 5%

Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination

$428K

2,889 claims · 1.6%

Your Cost: $148.23/claim|Median: $35.80
4.1× median
99284Normal range

Emergency dept visit, high complexity

$422K

11K claims · 1.6%

Your Cost: $38.81/claim|Median: $69.51
0.6× median
96374Top 25%

Therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push, single substance

$324K

5,088 claims · 1.2%

Your Cost: $63.76/claim|Median: $21.76
2.9× median
84156Top 1%

$323K

3,023 claims · 1.2%

Your Cost: $106.84/claim|Median: $2.06
51.9× median
97530Normal range

Therapeutic activities, each 15 min

$316K

6,829 claims · 1.2%

Your Cost: $46.21/claim|Median: $33.11
1.4× median
70553Top 5%

MRI brain without contrast, then with contrast

$301K

315 claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $954.97/claim|Median: $133.68
7.1× median
G0463Normal range

Hospital outpatient clinic visit

$281K

21K claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $13.40/claim|Median: $26.41
0.5× median
87015Top 5%

$275K

3,800 claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $72.26/claim|Median: $3.48
20.8× median
86850Top 5%

$263K

3,492 claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $75.45/claim|Median: $5.44
13.9× median
70551Top 5%

MRI brain without contrast

$257K

517 claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $497.52/claim|Median: $85.39
5.8× median
92507Normal range

Speech/hearing/language treatment

$252K

4,398 claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $57.22/claim|Median: $49.45
1.2× median
96365Normal range

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

$241K

3,968 claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $60.68/claim|Median: $54.77
1.1× median
80048Top 10%

Basic metabolic panel

$238K

7,378 claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $32.23/claim|Median: $5.78
5.6× median
93306Top 25%

Echocardiography, transthoracic, complete, with Doppler

$237K

1,350 claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $175.71/claim|Median: $54.68
3.2× median
87086Top 5%

Urine culture, colony count, with identification

$225K

7,194 claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $31.24/claim|Median: $5.31
5.9× median
94010Top 5%

$220K

1,721 claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $127.79/claim|Median: $18.11
7.1× median
83880Top 1%

$212K

2,413 claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $87.80/claim|Median: $11.81
7.4× median
71046Top 10%

Chest X-ray, 2 views

$205K

5,657 claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $36.19/claim|Median: $8.92
4.1× median
99281Top 25%

Emergency dept visit, minimal complexity

$202K

1,473 claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $137.43/claim|Median: $52.03
2.6× median
99202Top 25%

Office/outpatient visit, new patient, low complexity

$196K

2,782 claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $70.30/claim|Median: $40.11
1.8× median
81025Top 5%

Urine pregnancy test

$179K

5,664 claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $31.62/claim|Median: $4.81
6.6× median
99203Normal range

Office/outpatient visit, new patient, low-mod complexity

$177K

3,035 claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $58.16/claim|Median: $57.85
1.0× median
82962Top 1%

Blood glucose test by monitoring device

$158K

4,887 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $32.37/claim|Median: $1.40
23.1× median
84439Top 5%

Free thyroxine level blood test

$158K

4,239 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $37.31/claim|Median: $6.31
5.9× median
86901Top 5%

$156K

3,638 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $42.93/claim|Median: $2.26
19.0× median
99214Normal range

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

$153K

2,827 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $54.26/claim|Median: $53.41
1.0× median
96413Normal range

Chemotherapy administration, IV infusion, up to 1 hour

$147K

3,773 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $38.89/claim|Median: $75.28
0.5× median
86900Top 10%

$143K

3,642 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $39.33/claim|Median: $2.55
15.4× median
96361Normal range

IV infusion, hydration, each additional hour

$140K

2,830 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $49.60/claim|Median: $38.92
1.3× median
84484Top 5%

Troponin, quantitative

$135K

3,903 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $34.68/claim|Median: $4.84
7.2× median
99211Top 10%

Office/outpatient visit, minimal complexity

$133K

2,043 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $65.28/claim|Median: $12.93
5.0× median
82948Top 1%

$131K

2,266 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $57.66/claim|Median: $1.78
32.4× median
87491Top 25%

Chlamydia detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$129K

3,499 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $36.92/claim|Median: $24.95
1.5× median
96375Normal range

Therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push, each additional substance

$124K

4,692 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $26.36/claim|Median: $14.92
1.8× median
85610Top 5%

Prothrombin time (PT) blood clotting test

$123K

7,770 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $15.88/claim|Median: $2.14
7.4× median
80307Normal range

Drug test, presumptive, by chemistry analyzers

$116K

2,746 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $42.17/claim|Median: $35.43
1.2× median
83540Top 10%

Iron blood level test

$115K

1,545 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $74.54/claim|Median: $2.93
25.4× median

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