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CHATTANOOGA HAMILTON COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY

General Acute Care Hospital·CHATTANOOGA, TN·NPI: 1639264575Share

Compared to General Acute Care Hospital Peers

Total spending distribution among 156 providers in this specialty

P25MedianP75P90

This provider's total spending of $52.4M is at the below 25th percentile among 156 General Acute Care Hospital providers.

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

Total Paid

$52.4M

$52,406,037

Total Claims

696K

Beneficiaries

612K

1.1 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$75

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Spending

2018
$8.6M
-13%
2019
$7.5M
-16%
2020
$6.3M
+42%
2021
$8.9M
+17%
2022
$10.4M
-25%
2023
$7.8M
-63%
2024
$2.9M

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 27% of total spending.

99284Top 10%

Emergency dept visit, high complexity

$13.9M

64K claims · 26.6%

Your Cost: $218.15/claim|Median: $69.51
3.1× median
99283Top 10%

Emergency dept visit, moderate complexity

$13.6M

90K claims · 25.9%

Your Cost: $150.47/claim|Median: $42.48
3.5× median
99285Top 10%

Emergency dept visit, high/urgent complexity

$6.2M

21K claims · 11.8%

Your Cost: $301.37/claim|Median: $85.65
3.5× median
99282Normal range

Emergency dept visit, low complexity

$2.5M

31K claims · 4.9%

Your Cost: $81.28/claim|Median: $37.72
2.2× median
41899Normal range

Unlisted procedure, dentoalveolar structures

$2.1M

4,510 claims · 4.0%

Your Cost: $462.20/claim|Median: $763.43
0.6× median
69436Top 25%

Tympanostomy, general anesthesia

$1.8M

1,755 claims · 3.4%

Your Cost: $1,021.46/claim|Median: $205.50
5.0× median
96374Normal range

Therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push, single substance

$846K

20K claims · 1.6%

Your Cost: $41.83/claim|Median: $21.76
1.9× median
87502Normal range

Influenza virus detection, reverse transcription, amplified probe

$681K

8,618 claims · 1.3%

Your Cost: $79.00/claim|Median: $65.64
1.2× median
42820Top 25%

Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, under age 12

$679K

502 claims · 1.3%

Your Cost: $1,353.21/claim|Median: $331.68
4.1× median
G0378Top 25%

Hospital observation service, per hour

$634K

1,153 claims · 1.2%

Your Cost: $550.07/claim|Median: $99.39
5.5× median
99291Top 5%

Critical care, first 30-74 minutes

$631K

1,314 claims · 1.2%

Your Cost: $480.08/claim|Median: $101.24
4.7× median
87633Top 25%

Respiratory virus detection, 12-25 targets, nucleic acid

$554K

1,614 claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $342.95/claim|Median: $169.17
2.0× median
43239Top 10%

Upper GI endoscopy with biopsy

$498K

904 claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $550.39/claim|Median: $151.68
3.6× median
93304Top 25%

$481K

1,919 claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $250.48/claim|Median: $54.29
4.6× median
96361Normal range

IV infusion, hydration, each additional hour

$435K

17K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $26.12/claim|Median: $38.92
0.7× median
87635Normal range

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 amplified probe detection

$428K

9,983 claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $42.91/claim|Median: $39.70
1.1× median
U0003Normal range

Infectious disease detection (COVID-19)

$371K

5,244 claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $70.69/claim|Median: $63.08
1.1× median
85025Top 25%

Complete blood count (CBC) with differential, automated

$344K

45K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $7.56/claim|Median: $4.71
1.6× median
87798Top 5%

Infectious agent detection, nucleic acid, not otherwise specified

$321K

1,538 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $209.02/claim|Median: $26.72
7.8× median
93325Top 10%

$289K

3,171 claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $91.14/claim|Median: $14.61
6.2× median
87651Normal range

Streptococcus Group A detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$253K

8,256 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $30.63/claim|Median: $28.46
1.1× median
96360Normal range

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

$252K

4,343 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $58.07/claim|Median: $61.57
0.9× median
71046Top 10%

Chest X-ray, 2 views

$236K

7,364 claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $32.07/claim|Median: $8.92
3.6× median
87076Top 5%

$209K

6,057 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $34.45/claim|Median: $4.86
7.1× median
96375Normal range

Therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push, each additional substance

$197K

9,106 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $21.67/claim|Median: $14.92
1.5× median
80047Normal range

$194K

19K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $10.09/claim|Median: $6.12
1.6× median
59025Normal range

Fetal non-stress test

$193K

7,135 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $27.05/claim|Median: $26.45
1.0× median
96413Normal range

Chemotherapy administration, IV infusion, up to 1 hour

$193K

1,596 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $120.69/claim|Median: $75.28
1.6× median
93321Top 10%

$173K

2,396 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $72.35/claim|Median: $9.69
7.5× median
74177Top 25%

CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast

$165K

908 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $181.48/claim|Median: $65.76
2.8× median
0202UTop 25%

Proprietary lab analysis, human genomic sequencing

$155K

575 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $268.91/claim|Median: $144.30
1.9× median
80053Normal range

Comprehensive metabolic panel

$148K

21K claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $6.90/claim|Median: $7.24
1.0× median
70553Top 5%

MRI brain without contrast, then with contrast

$144K

160 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $901.78/claim|Median: $133.68
6.7× median
76770Top 5%

Ultrasound, retroperitoneal, complete

$137K

870 claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $157.62/claim|Median: $37.35
4.2× median
85027Top 25%

Complete blood count (CBC), automated

$120K

19K claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $6.22/claim|Median: $3.72
1.7× median
95812Top 25%

$118K

444 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $265.93/claim|Median: $104.99
2.5× median
87581Top 5%

$118K

1,621 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $72.76/claim|Median: $17.13
4.2× median
G0463Normal range

Hospital outpatient clinic visit

$118K

3,710 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $31.69/claim|Median: $26.41
1.2× median
93306Top 5%

Echocardiography, transthoracic, complete, with Doppler

$117K

276 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $422.69/claim|Median: $54.68
7.7× median
93005Normal range

Electrocardiogram, tracing only, without interpretation

$116K

12K claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $9.33/claim|Median: $7.50
1.2× median
87486Top 5%

$111K

1,621 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $68.26/claim|Median: $19.16
3.6× median
84484Top 10%

Troponin, quantitative

$108K

6,363 claims · 0.2%

Your Cost: $17.04/claim|Median: $4.84
3.5× median
94640Top 25%

Pressurized or nonpressurized inhalation treatment

$75K

3,480 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $21.66/claim|Median: $10.88
2.0× median
70450Normal range

CT head/brain without contrast

$67K

902 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $74.06/claim|Median: $45.53
1.6× median
C1713Normal range

Anchor or screw for tissue to bone fixation

$59K

126 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $468.53/claim|Median: $123.40
3.8× median
74018Top 5%

$59K

1,020 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $57.64/claim|Median: $7.00
8.2× median
52356Normal range

$52K

29 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $1,778.14/claim|Median: $1,212.29
1.5× median
83690Top 25%

$51K

7,655 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $6.70/claim|Median: $3.35
2.0× median
45385Top 25%

Colonoscopy with polyp removal, snare technique

$49K

100 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $486.48/claim|Median: $255.17
1.9× median
81025Normal range

Urine pregnancy test

$46K

9,150 claims · 0.1%

Your Cost: $5.06/claim|Median: $4.81
1.1× median

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