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Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia

General Acute Care Hospital Children·Philadelphia, PA·NPI: 1215921457SharePrint Report

Red Flags Explained

Each flag represents a statistical test that identified unusual billing patterns. Here's what each flag on this provider means in plain English:

Billing Swing

Billing Swing means this provider's total billing changed dramatically from one year to the next — increasing or decreasing by more than 200% with over $1M in absolute change. This could indicate a change in practice scope, a billing scheme ramping up, or legitimate growth.

Rate Outlier

Rate Outlier means this provider charges above the 90th percentile for multiple different procedure codes simultaneously. While one high-cost code could reflect specialization, consistently high rates across many codes may indicate systematic overbilling.

High Cost Per Claim

High Cost Per Claim means each individual claim from this provider costs significantly more than what other providers charge for the same services. This could indicate upcoding (billing for more expensive services than provided) or legitimate specialized care.

High Claims Per Patient

High Claims Per Patient means this provider files an unusually high number of claims per individual patient. This could indicate legitimate intensive treatment or a pattern of billing for services not actually rendered.

These flags are statistical indicators only. Many flagged providers have legitimate explanations for their billing patterns. Learn more about our methodology.

Advanced Detection Signals

Additional statistical tests from advanced fraud detection methods

Change PointBilling shifted 4.6x in 2020-09

These signals use advanced statistical methods including digit distribution analysis, change-point detection, and market concentration metrics. Learn more.

Risk Assessment

Bills $597.42 per claim for 99283 (Emergency dept visit, moderate complexity) — 14.1× the national median of $42.48.

Bills $588.32 per claim for 99284 (Emergency dept visit, high complexity) — 8.5× the national median of $69.51.

Bills $594.66 per claim for 99285 (Emergency dept visit, high/urgent complexity) — 6.9× the national median of $85.65.

Billing in the top 1% nationally for 7 procedure codes: 99283, 99284, 99285.

This is a statistical summary, not an accusation. See our methodology.

Compared to General Acute Care Hospital Children Peers

Total spending distribution among 16 providers in this specialty

P25MedianP75P90

This provider's total spending of $286.9M is at the 75th percentile among 16 General Acute Care Hospital Children providers.

Active Billing Period:2018-012024-12(84 months)

Total Paid

$286.9M

$286,882,030

Total Claims

1.7M

Beneficiaries

1.4M

1.2 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$171

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

🔍 Analysis

Provider Overview

Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia is a General Acute Care Hospital Children provider based in Philadelphia, PA. From the 2018–2024 period, this provider received $286.9M in Medicaid payments across 1.7M claims.

Why This Matters

This provider received $286.9M in taxpayer-funded Medicaid payments — enough to fund healthcare for approximately 35,860 Medicaid beneficiaries for a full year at average per-enrollee costs.

261% growthsince first billing year

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Spending

2018
$13.5M
-2%
2019
$13.3M
+83%
2020
$24.4M
+242%
2021
$83.3M
-41%
2022
$49.4M
+10%
2023
$54.3M
-10%
2024
$48.8M

Procedure Breakdown

Cost per claim compared to national benchmarks

This provider bills for 30 distinct procedure codes. The top code (99283 (Emergency dept visit, moderate complexity)) accounts for 19% of total spending.

99283Top 1%

Emergency dept visit, moderate complexity

$54.8M

92K claims · 19.1%

Your Cost: $597.42/claim|Median: $42.48
14.1× median
99284Top 1%

Emergency dept visit, high complexity

$38.4M

65K claims · 13.4%

Your Cost: $588.32/claim|Median: $69.51
8.5× median
99285Top 1%

Emergency dept visit, high/urgent complexity

$35.6M

60K claims · 12.4%

Your Cost: $594.66/claim|Median: $85.65
6.9× median
G0378Top 10%

Hospital observation service, per hour

$21.0M

24K claims · 7.3%

Your Cost: $871.61/claim|Median: $99.39
8.8× median
J1745Top 25%

Injection, infliximab, excludes biosimilar, 10 mg

$16.0M

6K claims · 5.6%

Your Cost: $2,586.58/claim|Median: $1,587.53
1.6× median
J1561Top 25%

$10.2M

3K claims · 3.6%

Your Cost: $3,119.16/claim|Median: $1,482.84
2.1× median
90837Top 5%

Psychotherapy, 60 minutes

$7.9M

34K claims · 2.8%

Your Cost: $232.58/claim|Median: $85.66
2.7× median
93306Top 1%

Echocardiography, transthoracic, complete, with Doppler

$3.8M

5K claims · 1.3%

Your Cost: $783.62/claim|Median: $54.68
14.3× median
69436Top 10%

Tympanostomy, general anesthesia

$3.6M

3K claims · 1.3%

Your Cost: $1,417.53/claim|Median: $205.50
6.9× median
93303Top 5%

Echocardiography, transthoracic, limited

$3.6M

6K claims · 1.2%

Your Cost: $617.76/claim|Median: $112.83
5.5× median
70553Top 5%

MRI brain without contrast, then with contrast

$3.5M

4K claims · 1.2%

Your Cost: $1,000.01/claim|Median: $133.68
7.5× median
43239Top 1%

Upper GI endoscopy with biopsy

$3.5M

2K claims · 1.2%

Your Cost: $1,717.73/claim|Median: $151.68
11.3× median
J3490Top 25%

Unclassified drugs

$3.2M

49K claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $65.81/claim|Median: $5.70
11.6× median
70551Top 1%

MRI brain without contrast

$2.5M

4K claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $690.74/claim|Median: $85.39
8.1× median
93005Top 10%

Electrocardiogram, tracing only, without interpretation

$2.4M

36K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $66.00/claim|Median: $7.50
8.8× median
93325Top 5%

$2.3M

17K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $134.53/claim|Median: $14.61
9.2× median
99282Top 5%

Emergency dept visit, low complexity

$2.3M

9K claims · 0.8%

Your Cost: $247.57/claim|Median: $37.72
6.6× median
42820Top 25%

Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, under age 12

$2.1M

989 claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $2,172.13/claim|Median: $331.68
6.5× median
96413Top 5%

Chemotherapy administration, IV infusion, up to 1 hour

$2.1M

7K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $311.81/claim|Median: $75.28
4.1× median
87635Normal range

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 amplified probe detection

$2.1M

67K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $30.91/claim|Median: $39.70
0.8× median
41899Top 5%

Unlisted procedure, dentoalveolar structures

$2.0M

704 claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $2,839.61/claim|Median: $763.43
3.7× median
85025Top 5%

Complete blood count (CBC) with differential, automated

$1.6M

61K claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $26.03/claim|Median: $4.71
5.5× median
36430Top 5%

Transfusion of whole blood

$1.5M

3K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $560.44/claim|Median: $111.66
5.0× median
76770Top 5%

Ultrasound, retroperitoneal, complete

$1.4M

6K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $229.53/claim|Median: $37.35
6.2× median
80053Top 10%

Comprehensive metabolic panel

$1.4M

46K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $30.21/claim|Median: $7.24
4.2× median
93304Top 25%

$1.2M

4K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $280.68/claim|Median: $54.29
5.2× median
95782Top 5%

$1.2M

761 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $1,542.62/claim|Median: $216.35
7.1× median
36512Top 5%

$1.2M

389 claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $3,000.81/claim|Median: $118.48
25.3× median
P9040Top 5%

$1.0M

2K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $630.13/claim|Median: $210.57
3.0× median
94010Top 1%

$1.0M

6K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $158.77/claim|Median: $18.11
8.8× median