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CHRISTUS HEALTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

General Acute Care Hospital·ALEXANDRIA, LA·NPI: 1639160799Share

Compared to General Acute Care Hospital Peers

Total spending distribution among 156 providers in this specialty

P25MedianP75P90

This provider's total spending of $30.1M is at the below 25th percentile among 156 General Acute Care Hospital providers.

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

Total Paid

$30.1M

$30,058,339

Total Claims

1.1M

Beneficiaries

933K

1.2 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$27

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Spending

2018
$2.7M
+19%
2019
$3.2M
-12%
2020
$2.8M
+76%
2021
$5.0M
+13%
2022
$5.7M
+5%
2023
$5.9M
-21%
2024
$4.7M

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 20% of total spending.

99284Top 25%

Emergency dept visit, high complexity

$6.0M

45K claims · 19.9%

Your Cost: $131.46/claim|Median: $69.51
1.9× median
99285Top 25%

Emergency dept visit, high/urgent complexity

$3.9M

23K claims · 13.0%

Your Cost: $174.07/claim|Median: $85.65
2.0× median
99212Normal range

Office/outpatient visit, low complexity

$3.1M

108K claims · 10.3%

Your Cost: $28.64/claim|Median: $25.06
1.1× median
99283Top 25%

Emergency dept visit, moderate complexity

$2.9M

43K claims · 9.7%

Your Cost: $68.24/claim|Median: $42.48
1.6× median
0202UTop 25%

Proprietary lab analysis, human genomic sequencing

$1.4M

5,352 claims · 4.7%

Your Cost: $263.77/claim|Median: $144.30
1.8× median
71045Top 10%

Chest X-ray, single view

$1.1M

26K claims · 3.6%

Your Cost: $41.84/claim|Median: $4.93
8.5× median
92507Normal range

Speech/hearing/language treatment

$786K

25K claims · 2.6%

Your Cost: $31.04/claim|Median: $49.45
0.6× median
11042Top 25%

Debridement, subcutaneous tissue, first 20 sq cm

$679K

4,880 claims · 2.3%

Your Cost: $139.06/claim|Median: $36.13
3.8× median
80050Normal range

General health panel

$647K

16K claims · 2.2%

Your Cost: $40.86/claim|Median: $25.59
1.6× median
43239Top 25%

Upper GI endoscopy with biopsy

$622K

1,964 claims · 2.1%

Your Cost: $316.72/claim|Median: $151.68
2.1× median
74177Top 25%

CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast

$620K

2,347 claims · 2.1%

Your Cost: $264.05/claim|Median: $65.76
4.0× median
80053Normal range

Comprehensive metabolic panel

$558K

83K claims · 1.9%

Your Cost: $6.70/claim|Median: $7.24
0.9× median
93005Normal range

Electrocardiogram, tracing only, without interpretation

$529K

33K claims · 1.8%

Your Cost: $16.01/claim|Median: $7.50
2.1× median
80307Normal range

Drug test, presumptive, by chemistry analyzers

$522K

11K claims · 1.7%

Your Cost: $45.52/claim|Median: $35.43
1.3× median
85025Normal range

Complete blood count (CBC) with differential, automated

$456K

93K claims · 1.5%

Your Cost: $4.91/claim|Median: $4.71
1.0× median
70450Normal range

CT head/brain without contrast

$404K

5,897 claims · 1.3%

Your Cost: $68.59/claim|Median: $45.53
1.5× median
71046Top 10%

Chest X-ray, 2 views

$363K

8,018 claims · 1.2%

Your Cost: $45.24/claim|Median: $8.92
5.1× median
97530Normal range

Therapeutic activities, each 15 min

$317K

19K claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $16.38/claim|Median: $33.11
0.5× median
96413Normal range

Chemotherapy administration, IV infusion, up to 1 hour

$298K

4,804 claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $62.08/claim|Median: $75.28
0.8× median
0240UNormal range

$281K

2,335 claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $120.40/claim|Median: $89.76
1.3× median
87636Normal range

Respiratory virus detection, 6-11 targets, nucleic acid

$268K

2,911 claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $92.07/claim|Median: $97.61
0.9× median
36415Normal range

Collection of venous blood by venipuncture

$252K

137K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $1.84/claim|Median: $1.57
1.2× median
80061Normal range

Lipid panel

$250K

23K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $10.70/claim|Median: $8.41
1.3× median
99282Normal range

Emergency dept visit, low complexity

$227K

4,630 claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $49.12/claim|Median: $37.72
1.3× median
11043Top 25%

$143K

786 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $182.31/claim|Median: $62.99
2.9× median
87502Normal range

Influenza virus detection, reverse transcription, amplified probe

$134K

1,973 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $67.73/claim|Median: $65.64
1.0× median
84484Normal range

Troponin, quantitative

$132K

19K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $7.02/claim|Median: $4.84
1.5× median
96365Normal range

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

$124K

1,432 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $86.81/claim|Median: $54.77
1.6× median
74176Top 25%

CT abdomen and pelvis without contrast

$113K

566 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $200.22/claim|Median: $60.19
3.3× median
83036Normal range

Hemoglobin A1c (glycated hemoglobin)

$108K

15K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $7.29/claim|Median: $5.50
1.3× median
82306Normal range

Vitamin D, 25 hydroxy

$107K

4,794 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $22.25/claim|Median: $18.18
1.2× median
99213Normal range

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

$107K

3,212 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $33.20/claim|Median: $37.81
0.9× median
99211Top 25%

Office/outpatient visit, minimal complexity

$97K

4,193 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $23.06/claim|Median: $12.93
1.8× median
83880Normal range

$96K

4,555 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $21.10/claim|Median: $11.81
1.8× median
81025Normal range

Urine pregnancy test

$96K

15K claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $6.47/claim|Median: $4.81
1.3× median
J7030Normal range

Normal saline solution infusion, 1000 cc

$95K

17K claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $5.44/claim|Median: $1.53
3.6× median
J1756Top 10%

Injection, iron sucrose, 1 mg

$94K

1,136 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $82.31/claim|Median: $4.58
18.0× median
97110Normal range

Therapeutic exercises, each 15 min

$90K

4,236 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $21.26/claim|Median: $24.49
0.9× median
G0378Normal range

Hospital observation service, per hour

$81K

736 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $110.72/claim|Median: $99.39
1.1× median
81003Normal range

Urinalysis, automated without microscopy

$77K

49K claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $1.57/claim|Median: $1.48
1.1× median
84439Normal range

Free thyroxine level blood test

$70K

9,628 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $7.25/claim|Median: $6.31
1.1× median
78815Normal range

PET imaging for limited area

$68K

394 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $173.85/claim|Median: $325.10
0.5× median
83690Normal range

$68K

14K claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $4.78/claim|Median: $3.35
1.4× median
93306Top 25%

Echocardiography, transthoracic, complete, with Doppler

$56K

276 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $202.63/claim|Median: $54.68
3.7× median
J2469Top 5%

Injection, palonosetron HCl, twenty-five micrograms

$49K

316 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $153.48/claim|Median: $25.23
6.1× median
77067Top 25%

Screening mammography, bilateral, including CAD

$46K

477 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $97.41/claim|Median: $39.33
2.5× median
99214Normal range

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

$44K

1,189 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $36.95/claim|Median: $53.41
0.7× median
J7050Top 25%

Normal saline solution infusion, 250 cc

$43K

6,441 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $6.73/claim|Median: $0.82
8.2× median
85610Normal range

Prothrombin time (PT) blood clotting test

$43K

16K claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $2.62/claim|Median: $2.14
1.2× median
82550Normal range

Creatine kinase (CK) total blood test

$42K

11K claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $3.98/claim|Median: $2.97
1.3× median

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