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Ochsner Clinic Foundation

General Acute Care Hospital·New Orleans, LA·NPI: 1811973100Share

Compared to General Acute Care Hospital Peers

Total spending distribution among 156 providers in this specialty

P25MedianP75P90

This provider's total spending of $167.0M is at the 25th percentile among 156 General Acute Care Hospital providers.

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

Total Paid

$167.0M

$166,973,750

Total Claims

3.9M

Beneficiaries

3.3M

1.2 claims/patient

Avg Cost/Claim

$43

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

🔍 Analysis

Provider Overview

Ochsner Clinic Foundation is a General Acute Care Hospital provider based in New Orleans, LA. From the 2018–2024 period, this provider received $167.0M in Medicaid payments across 3.9M claims.

Why This Matters

This provider received $167.0M in taxpayer-funded Medicaid payments — enough to fund healthcare for approximately 20,871 Medicaid beneficiaries for a full year at average per-enrollee costs.

↑ 168% growthsince first billing year

Monthly Spending Trend

Yearly Spending

2018
$10.4M
+41%
2019
$14.6M
+11%
2020
$16.2M
+84%
2021
$29.8M
+9%
2022
$32.6M
+10%
2023
$35.7M
-22%
2024
$27.7M

Procedure Breakdown

Cost per claim compared to national benchmarks

This provider bills for 30 distinct procedure codes. The top code (99284 (Emergency dept visit, high complexity)) accounts for 29% of total spending.

99284Top 10%

Emergency dept visit, high complexity

$48.4M

228K claims · 29.0%

Your Cost: $212.79/claim|Median: $69.51
3.1× median
99213Normal range

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

$21.3M

620K claims · 12.7%

Your Cost: $34.32/claim|Median: $37.81
0.9× median
99285Top 10%

Emergency dept visit, high/urgent complexity

$19.8M

92K claims · 11.8%

Your Cost: $215.42/claim|Median: $85.65
2.5× median
99283Top 25%

Emergency dept visit, moderate complexity

$17.0M

127K claims · 10.2%

Your Cost: $133.99/claim|Median: $42.48
3.1× median
99212Normal range

Office/outpatient visit, low complexity

$5.4M

185K claims · 3.2%

Your Cost: $29.27/claim|Median: $25.06
1.2× median
U0003Normal range

Infectious disease detection (COVID-19)

$5.2M

94K claims · 3.1%

Your Cost: $55.23/claim|Median: $63.08
0.9× median
87635Normal range

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 amplified probe detection

$3.6M

90K claims · 2.1%

Your Cost: $39.88/claim|Median: $39.70
1.0× median
99214Normal range

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

$3.3M

63K claims · 2.0%

Your Cost: $52.21/claim|Median: $53.41
1.0× median
87502Normal range

Influenza virus detection, reverse transcription, amplified probe

$2.6M

42K claims · 1.6%

Your Cost: $62.67/claim|Median: $65.64
0.9× median
96374Normal range

Therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push, single substance

$1.9M

67K claims · 1.1%

Your Cost: $27.68/claim|Median: $21.76
1.3× median
87491Normal range

Chlamydia detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$1.7M

56K claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $29.65/claim|Median: $24.95
1.2× median
87591Normal range

Neisseria gonorrhoeae detection, nucleic acid, amplified probe

$1.6M

56K claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $29.29/claim|Median: $23.39
1.3× median
99282Top 25%

Emergency dept visit, low complexity

$1.6M

17K claims · 1.0%

Your Cost: $95.74/claim|Median: $37.72
2.5× median
81514Normal range

$1.5M

11K claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $131.33/claim|Median: $143.67
0.9× median
80053Normal range

Comprehensive metabolic panel

$1.5M

215K claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $6.89/claim|Median: $7.24
0.9× median
93005Normal range

Electrocardiogram, tracing only, without interpretation

$1.5M

99K claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $14.81/claim|Median: $7.50
2.0× median
G0378Normal range

Hospital observation service, per hour

$1.5M

9K claims · 0.9%

Your Cost: $169.33/claim|Median: $99.39
1.7× median
85025Normal range

Complete blood count (CBC) with differential, automated

$1.2M

234K claims · 0.7%

Your Cost: $5.02/claim|Median: $4.71
1.1× median
81025Normal range

Urine pregnancy test

$951K

147K claims · 0.6%

Your Cost: $6.45/claim|Median: $4.81
1.3× median
76816Normal range

Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, follow-up

$904K

17K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $52.92/claim|Median: $58.55
0.9× median
99215Normal range

Office/outpatient visit, high complexity

$824K

15K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $53.34/claim|Median: $74.09
0.7× median
97110Normal range

Therapeutic exercises, each 15 min

$820K

32K claims · 0.5%

Your Cost: $25.54/claim|Median: $24.49
1.0× median
96372Normal range

Therapeutic injection, subcutaneous/intramuscular

$741K

63K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $11.83/claim|Median: $9.56
1.2× median
96361Normal range

IV infusion, hydration, each additional hour

$737K

48K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $15.49/claim|Median: $38.92
0.4× median
87481Top 25%

$721K

12K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $58.75/claim|Median: $22.38
2.6× median
59025Top 25%

Fetal non-stress test

$672K

8K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $83.80/claim|Median: $26.45
3.2× median
69436Normal range

Tympanostomy, general anesthesia

$616K

3K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $204.24/claim|Median: $205.50
1.0× median
96375Normal range

Therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push, each additional substance

$595K

30K claims · 0.4%

Your Cost: $19.72/claim|Median: $14.92
1.3× median
93325Top 25%

$583K

9K claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $65.79/claim|Median: $14.61
4.5× median
71045Top 25%

Chest X-ray, single view

$579K

33K claims · 0.3%

Your Cost: $17.47/claim|Median: $4.93
3.5× median

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