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The William W Backus Hospital

Clinic/Center, Emergency Care·Norwich, CT·NPI: 1467517235Share
Active Billing Period:2018-01→2024-12(84 months)

Total Paid

$163.0M

$163,006,007

Total Claims

3.3M

Beneficiaries

2.3M

1.4 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$49

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

🔍 Analysis

Provider Overview

The William W Backus Hospital is a Clinic/Center, Emergency Care provider based in Norwich, CT. From the 2018–2024 period, this provider received $163.0M in Medicaid payments across 3.3M claims.

Why This Matters

This provider received $163.0M in taxpayer-funded Medicaid payments — enough to fund healthcare for approximately 20,375 Medicaid beneficiaries for a full year at average per-enrollee costs.

↑ 40% growthsince first billing year

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Spending

2018
$19.3M
+17%
2019
$22.5M
-18%
2020
$18.5M
+26%
2021
$23.3M
+5%
2022
$24.5M
+13%
2023
$27.8M
-2%
2024
$27.1M

Procedure Breakdown

Cost per claim compared to national benchmarks

This provider bills for 30 distinct procedure codes. The top code (99285 (Emergency dept visit, high/urgent complexity)) accounts for 22% of total spending.

99285Top 10%

Emergency dept visit, high/urgent complexity

$35.8M

119K claims · 22.0%

Your Cost: $300.21/claim|Median: $85.65
3.5× median
99284Top 10%

Emergency dept visit, high complexity

$29.4M

173K claims · 18.0%

Your Cost: $169.95/claim|Median: $69.51
2.4× median
99283Top 25%

Emergency dept visit, moderate complexity

$15.8M

117K claims · 9.7%

Your Cost: $135.22/claim|Median: $42.48
3.2× median
96374Top 5%

Therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push, single substance

$7.1M

50K claims · 4.4%

Your Cost: $142.60/claim|Median: $21.76
6.5× median
G0463Top 25%

Hospital outpatient clinic visit

$4.8M

80K claims · 3.0%

Your Cost: $60.51/claim|Median: $26.41
2.3× median
97110Top 25%

Therapeutic exercises, each 15 min

$4.8M

110K claims · 3.0%

Your Cost: $43.90/claim|Median: $24.49
1.8× median
74177Top 25%

CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast

$3.5M

19K claims · 2.1%

Your Cost: $178.22/claim|Median: $65.76
2.7× median
71046Top 5%

Chest X-ray, 2 views

$2.3M

43K claims · 1.4%

Your Cost: $53.42/claim|Median: $8.92
6.0× median
96365Top 25%

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

$2.3M

19K claims · 1.4%

Your Cost: $121.06/claim|Median: $54.77
2.2× median
96361Normal range

IV infusion, hydration, each additional hour

$2.2M

46K claims · 1.4%

Your Cost: $48.80/claim|Median: $38.92
1.3× median
96360Top 25%

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

$2.0M

14K claims · 1.2%

Your Cost: $135.12/claim|Median: $61.57
2.2× median
J1745Normal range

Injection, infliximab, excludes biosimilar, 10 mg

$1.6M

1K claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $1,458.42/claim|Median: $1,587.53
0.9× median
59025Top 10%

Fetal non-stress test

$1.6M

10K claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $154.11/claim|Median: $26.45
5.8× median
H0035Normal range

Mental health partial hospitalization, treatment, per hour

$1.6M

10K claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $159.11/claim|Median: $148.53
1.1× median
96375Top 25%

Therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push, each additional substance

$1.6M

35K claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $44.31/claim|Median: $14.92
3.0× median
93306Top 10%

Echocardiography, transthoracic, complete, with Doppler

$1.5M

6K claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $238.84/claim|Median: $54.68
4.4× median
99282Top 25%

Emergency dept visit, low complexity

$1.4M

13K claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $109.16/claim|Median: $37.72
2.9× median
96413Top 10%

Chemotherapy administration, IV infusion, up to 1 hour

$1.4M

7K claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $195.70/claim|Median: $75.28
2.6× median
97010Top 5%

Hot/cold packs application

$1.3M

32K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $42.42/claim|Median: $4.47
9.5× median
74176Normal range

CT abdomen and pelvis without contrast

$1.2M

10K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $123.12/claim|Median: $60.19
2.0× median
78452Top 25%

Myocardial perfusion imaging, SPECT, multiple studies

$1.1M

3K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $399.74/claim|Median: $106.14
3.8× median
U0004Normal range

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

$1.1M

18K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $63.16/claim|Median: $60.05
1.1× median
99291Top 5%

Critical care, first 30-74 minutes

$1.1M

2K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $565.03/claim|Median: $101.24
5.6× median
70450Normal range

CT head/brain without contrast

$1.1M

17K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $63.06/claim|Median: $45.53
1.4× median
72125Top 25%

CT cervical spine without contrast

$1.1M

8K claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $135.41/claim|Median: $32.30
4.2× median
78815Normal range

PET imaging for limited area

$1.1M

2K claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $603.56/claim|Median: $325.10
1.9× median
43239Top 25%

Upper GI endoscopy with biopsy

$1.0M

3K claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $357.40/claim|Median: $151.68
2.4× median
77067Top 10%

Screening mammography, bilateral, including CAD

$938K

9K claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $107.91/claim|Median: $39.33
2.7× median
U0003Top 25%

Infectious disease detection (COVID-19)

$903K

11K claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $82.55/claim|Median: $63.08
1.3× median
0241UNormal range

Proprietary lab analysis, genomic sequencing

$793K

8K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $105.35/claim|Median: $91.47
1.1× median

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