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VHS of Phoenix INC

VHS of Phoenix INC was paid $52.47M by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 283 billing codes. Its largest line is 99285, emergency room visit (most serious) — 22% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoVHS OF PHOENIX INC
PHOENIX, AZ 85015
33aNPI1477537363assigned 12/03/2005
28Total paid$52.47M
24GClaims1,232,129
24DCodes billed283
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other General Acute Care Hospital providers in Arizona

Rank by total paid#11 of 78
Median peer was paid$12.21M
This provider vs. median4.3×

Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.

Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$500K$1.0M2018201920202021202220232024
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
YearClaimsPaid
2018244,632$9.81M
2019211,271$9.15M
2020173,134$6.85M
2021170,248$7.03M
2022159,527$7.20M
2023145,515$6.55M
2024incomplete127,802$5.89M
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
99285 Emergency room visit (most serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity with immediate threat to life 22% 37,339 33,772 $11.30M
99284 Emergency room visit (serious)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, high severity 20% 52,992 48,843 $10.68M
99283 Emergency room visit (moderate)Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, moderate severity 19% 61,471 56,993 $9.91M
74177 Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; with contrast material 8.7% 7,018 6,620 $4.54M
74176 Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; without contrast material 5.7% 6,880 6,426 $3.01M
99282 Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, low to moderate severity 3.0% 15,416 14,376 $1.55M
72125 Computed tomography, cervical spine; without contrast material 2.6% 3,755 3,567 $1.37M
71275 Computed tomographic angiography, chest, with contrast material 2.4% 2,712 2,521 $1.27M
70450 Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material 2.2% 12,243 11,357 $1.14M
G0378 Hospital observation service, per hour 1.8% 18,159 8,185 $969K
88305 Level IV - Surgical pathology, gross and microscopic examination 1.7% 3,994 3,617 $899K
97140 Manual therapy techniques, each 15 minutes (e.g., mobilization/manipulation, manual lymphatic drainage) 1.0% 3,363 985 $544K
271 more codes
76856 Ultrasound, pelvic (nonobstetric), real time with image documentation; complete <1% 2,494 $489K
43239 Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with biopsy, single or multiple <1% 1,713 $480K
93971 <1% 2,346 $367K
72131 <1% 920 $287K
70551 Magnetic resonance imaging, brain; without contrast material <1% 336 $279K
93975 <1% 1,186 $269K
78452 Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic (SPECT); multiple studies at rest and/or stress <1% 203 $253K
93970 <1% 1,493 $225K
11042 Debridement, subcutaneous tissue (includes epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue); first 20 sq cm <1% 1,425 $208K
45380 Colonoscopy, flexible; with biopsy, single or multiple <1% 600 $189K
72100 <1% 1,494 $154K
96361 Intravenous infusion, hydration; each additional hour <1% 30,675 $150K
80307 Drug test(s), presumptive, any number of drug classes; immunoassay <1% 13,391 $133K
47562 <1% 39 $123K
99281 Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management, self-limited or minor <1% 2,338 $122K
73564 <1% 994 $120K
95810 Polysomnography; sleep staging with 4 or more additional parameters <1% 172 $112K
70486 <1% 1,596 $102K
59025 Fetal non-stress test <1% 663 $98K
95811 <1% 167 $95K
99291 Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill patient, first 30-74 minutes <1% 70 $59K
G0121 Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual not meeting criteria for high risk <1% 146 $56K
93306 Echocardiography, transthoracic, real-time with image documentation, with and without Doppler, complete <1% 1,512 $49K
70496 <1% 681 $47K
47563 <1% 13 $44K
96375 Therapeutic injection; each additional sequential IV push <1% 26,685 $44K
93458 <1% 31 $43K
77067 Screening mammography, bilateral, including computer-aided detection <1% 298 $36K
12001 <1% 1,086 $28K
45378 Colonoscopy, flexible; diagnostic, including collection of specimen(s) <1% 137 $27K
97535 Self-care/home management training, each 15 minutes <1% 1,756 $27K
45385 Colonoscopy, flexible; with removal of tumor(s), polyp(s), or other lesion(s) <1% 95 $25K
74174 <1% 39 $24K
10060 <1% 1,320 $24K
93976 <1% 3,099 $24K
80053 Comprehensive metabolic panel <1% 55,554 $23K
93005 Electrocardiogram, routine ECG with at least 12 leads; tracing only, without interpretation and report <1% 33,465 $21K
C1781 Mesh (implantable) <1% 181 $19K
50590 <1% 13 $19K
Q9967 Low osmolar contrast material, 300-399 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml <1% 12,402 $18K
73130 <1% 2,563 $17K
71250 <1% 232 $17K
71046 Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views <1% 16,987 $16K
73630 <1% 2,651 $16K
76705 Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; limited <1% 3,993 $15K
99213 Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine) <1% 1,040 $14K
73562 <1% 2,174 $14K
U0003 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r <1% 9,534 $14K
73030 <1% 2,533 $12K
29580 <1% 326 $11K
C1887 Catheter, guiding (may include infusion/perfusion capability) <1% 2,273 $11K
76801 <1% 3,105 $9K
73110 <1% 1,660 $8K
96376 <1% 7,529 $8K
76817 Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, transvaginal <1% 1,047 $8K
97110 Therapeutic procedure, each 15 minutes; therapeutic exercises to develop strength and endurance, flexibility and range of motion <1% 2,215 $8K
96374 Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; intravenous push, single or initial substance <1% 31,670 $7K
S2900 Surgical techniques requiring use of robotic surgical system (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure) <1% 85 $7K
12002 <1% 659 $7K
73140 <1% 513 $7K
0042T <1% 12 $6K
12011 <1% 562 $6K
88304 <1% 1,344 $6K
96366 Intravenous infusion, for therapy, prophylaxis, or diagnosis; each additional hour <1% 3,747 $5K
96372 Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection; subcutaneous or intramuscular <1% 23,770 $5K
73610 <1% 2,436 $5K
96360 Intravenous infusion, hydration; initial, 31 minutes to 1 hour <1% 8,241 $5K
G0463 Hospital outpatient clinic visit for assessment and management of a patient <1% 786 $5K
11043 <1% 38 $5K
71260 Computed tomography, thorax, diagnostic; with contrast material <1% 354 $5K
96365 Intravenous infusion, for therapy, prophylaxis, or diagnosis; initial, up to 1 hour <1% 7,569 $4K
76805 Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, fetal and maternal evaluation <1% 347 $4K
87400 <1% 11,195 $4K
76830 Ultrasound, transvaginal <1% 1,254 $3K
81025 <1% 17,357 $3K
80048 Basic metabolic panel (calcium, ionized) <1% 18,149 $3K
73090 <1% 645 $3K
85025 Blood count; complete (CBC), automated, and automated differential WBC count <1% 67,342 $3K
73080 <1% 782 $3K
99203 Doctor's office visit, new patient (routine) <1% 247 $3K
71045 Radiologic examination, chest; single view <1% 19,868 $3K
43249 <1% 12 $2K
76641 <1% 12 $2K
76870 <1% 163 $2K
99292 <1% 14 $2K
87591 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe <1% 4,076 $2K
73590 <1% 1,000 $2K
87426 Infectious agent antigen detection, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) <1% 11,620 $2K
84484 <1% 24,496 $2K
87491 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe <1% 4,076 $2K
76815 Ultrasound, pregnant uterus, real time with image documentation, limited <1% 204 $1K
J3490 Unclassified drugs <1% 4,777 $1K
74018 <1% 1,656 $1K
81001 <1% 36,663 $1K
87186 <1% 5,983 $1K
73502 <1% 879 $1K
70498 <1% 680 $1K
72128 <1% 109 $1K
93017 <1% 268 $1K
J8499 Prescription drug, oral, non chemotherapeutic, nos <1% 9,435 $1K
93880 <1% 100 $989.43
83690 <1% 20,570 $923.14
80076 <1% 1,350 $909.74
83880 <1% 6,809 $741.50
84703 <1% 9,106 $726.10
87651 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; Streptococcus, group A, amplified probe <1% 2,249 $713.09
U0002 2019-ncov coronavirus, sars-cov-2/2019-ncov (covid-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-cdc <1% 942 $694.89
71101 <1% 607 $688.87
C1769 Guide wire <1% 1,002 $685.49
83735 <1% 18,591 $636.81
J0696 Injection, ceftriaxone sodium, per 250 mg <1% 11,047 $613.27
94640 Pressurized or nonpressurized inhalation treatment for acute airway obstruction <1% 6,286 $604.17
84702 <1% 3,802 $599.07
87088 <1% 17,611 $562.88
C8923 Transthoracic echocardiography with contrast, or without contrast followed by with contrast, real-time with image documentation (2d), includes m-mode recording, when performed, complete, without spectral or color doppler echocardiography <1% 59 $528.73
87502 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid, influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes all targets <1% 443 $526.24
83605 <1% 9,341 $481.22
85730 <1% 6,746 $477.41
J7030 Infusion, normal saline solution , 1000 cc <1% 6,796 $475.44
72040 <1% 419 $460.76
87880 Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay; Streptococcus, group A <1% 3,290 $437.99
85379 <1% 5,420 $435.27
87081 <1% 2,836 $419.38
90715 <1% 3,205 $393.66
81003 <1% 13,529 $392.83
74019 <1% 505 $390.58
82962 <1% 19,462 $373.08
76700 Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; complete <1% 25 $354.08
J1885 Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg <1% 21,460 $349.02
J2405 Injection, ondansetron hydrochloride, per 1 mg <1% 25,562 $321.47
80061 Lipid panel <1% 1,891 $316.13
29125 <1% 1,231 $303.79
J2270 Injection, morphine sulfate, up to 10 mg <1% 14,811 $301.99
87086 Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine <1% 5,470 $290.10
73120 <1% 98 $285.45
76775 <1% 27 $283.59
87040 <1% 5,719 $281.88
88342 <1% 765 $276.01
U0005 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, cdc or non-cdc, making use of high throughput technologies, completed within 2 calendar days from date of specimen collection (list separately in addition to either hcpcs code u0003 or u0004) as described by cms-2020-01-r2 <1% 5,412 $272.79
97162 <1% 155 $268.80
82803 <1% 823 $220.12
36600 <1% 56 $219.98
84443 Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) <1% 3,057 $218.53
J2785 Injection, regadenoson, 0.1 mg <1% 194 $208.25
87210 <1% 1,980 $206.28
29515 <1% 305 $205.09
82550 <1% 7,737 $204.38
97163 <1% 698 $193.39
85027 <1% 6,263 $187.46
85610 <1% 10,749 $186.27
87077 <1% 4,462 $167.87
97167 <1% 254 $150.41
J2930 Injection, methylprednisolone sodium succinate, up to 125 mg <1% 1,588 $133.18
84100 <1% 3,468 $110.43
84112 <1% 28 $109.38
Q9957 Injection, perflutren lipid microspheres, per ml <1% 60 $96.54
72070 <1% 28 $92.98
86901 <1% 4,523 $92.92
29505 <1% 190 $87.89
84145 <1% 1,261 $84.26
J2060 Injection, lorazepam, 2 mg <1% 4,492 $77.74
90471 Immunization administration (includes percutaneous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections), 1 vaccine <1% 2,905 $74.85
83036 Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) <1% 1,560 $74.61
73560 <1% 15 $74.05
86900 <1% 4,521 $70.60
86850 <1% 2,170 $70.14
97168 <1% 12 $65.13
J1200 Injection, diphenhydramine hcl, up to 50 mg <1% 5,748 $62.97
J1100 Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg <1% 6,031 $59.06
J7120 Ringers lactate infusion, up to 1000 cc <1% 513 $56.94
J0780 Injection, prochlorperazine, up to 10 mg <1% 2,722 $51.34
J2274 Injection, morphine sulfate, preservative-free for epidural or intrathecal use, 10 mg <1% 225 $50.58
97530 Therapeutic activities, direct patient contact, each 15 minutes <1% 422 $40.54
73620 <1% 166 $40.46
87147 <1% 1,806 $37.72
87070 <1% 881 $36.14
87102 <1% 178 $33.93
87205 <1% 1,073 $31.44
96367 <1% 627 $31.05
J2765 Injection, metoclopramide hcl, up to 10 mg <1% 3,613 $23.65
96368 <1% 286 $22.78
J1170 Injection, hydromorphone, up to 4 mg <1% 5,269 $21.71
J3475 Injection, magnesium sulfate, per 500 mg <1% 221 $20.88
J1630 Injection, haloperidol, up to 5 mg <1% 1,499 $18.81
J7050 Infusion, normal saline solution, 250 cc <1% 1,236 $18.20
J0690 Injection, cefazolin sodium, 500 mg <1% 4,309 $17.17
J2704 Injection, propofol, 10 mg <1% 9,883 $16.58
87420 <1% 1,144 $13.08
J3371 Injection, vancomycin hcl (mylan), not therapeutically equivalent to j3370, 500 mg <1% 143 $12.50
J3370 Injection, vancomycin hcl, 500 mg <1% 809 $10.42
J3360 Injection, diazepam, up to 5 mg <1% 114 $10.32
A9270 Non-covered item or service <1% 10,985 $8.84
94760 <1% 483 $8.02
36415 Collection of venous blood by venipuncture <1% 4,211 $7.64
J3010 Injection, fentanyl citrate, 0.1 mg <1% 8,665 $7.51
99001 <1% 401 $7.26
85651 <1% 612 $6.14
82270 <1% 207 $4.98
76770 <1% 27 $2.90
97016 <1% 3,071 $2.26
J1815 Injection, insulin, per 5 units <1% 2,778 $1.90
J7512 Prednisone, immediate release or delayed release, oral, 1 mg <1% 2,636 $0.60
J2250 Injection, midazolam hydrochloride, per 1 mg <1% 5,920 $0.12
J1596 Injection, glycopyrrolate, 0.1 mg 0% 186 $0.00
C9113 Injection, pantoprazole sodium, per vial 0% 1,977 $0.00
J7040 Infusion, normal saline solution, sterile (500 ml = 1 unit) 0% 141 $0.00
J1644 Injection, heparin sodium, per 1000 units 0% 1,014 $0.00
C1894 Introducer/sheath, other than guiding, other than intracardiac electrophysiological, non-laser 0% 399 $0.00
S0028 Injection, famotidine, 20 mg 0% 50 $0.00
87899 0% 16 $0.00
J2550 Injection, promethazine hcl, up to 50 mg 0% 216 $0.00
J0665 Injection, bupivicaine, not otherwise specified, 0.5 mg 0% 435 $0.00
97116 0% 379 $0.00
A4216 Sterile water, saline and/or dextrose, diluent/flush, 10 ml 0% 110 $0.00
J1956 Injection, levofloxacin, 250 mg 0% 433 $0.00
J2272 Injection, morphine sulfate (fresenius kabi), not therapeutically equivalent to j2270, up to 10 mg 0% 14 $0.00
85384 0% 16 $0.00
84439 0% 42 $0.00
87075 0% 113 $0.00
82140 0% 92 $0.00
J2919 Injection, methylprednisolone sodium succinate, 5 mg 0% 207 $0.00
A9502 Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose 0% 201 $0.00
J1171 Injection, hydromorphone, 0.1 mg 0% 80 $0.00
74300 0% 13 $0.00
70360 0% 14 $0.00
J1953 Injection, levetiracetam, 10 mg 0% 54 $0.00
C1760 Closure device, vascular (implantable/insertable) 0% 30 $0.00
J2004 Injection, lidocaine hcl with epinephrine, 1 mg 0% 24 $0.00
92610 0% 14 $0.00
J0737 Injection, clindamycin phosphate (baxter), not therapeutically equivalent to j0736, 300 mg 0% 18 $0.00
S0030 Injection, metronidazole, 500 mg 0% 21 $0.00
A9576 Injection, gadoteridol, (prohance multipack), per ml 0% 14 $0.00
A9150 Non-prescription drugs 0% 368 $0.00
86140 0% 685 $0.00
J1940 Injection, furosemide, up to 20 mg 0% 306 $0.00
J2175 Injection, meperidine hydrochloride, per 100 mg 0% 359 $0.00
87635 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid; SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), amplified probe 0% 221 $0.00
J0561 Injection, penicillin g benzathine, 100,000 units 0% 92 $0.00
J2003 Injection, lidocaine hydrochloride, 1 mg 0% 77 $0.00
J0360 Injection, hydralazine hcl, up to 20 mg 0% 941 $0.00
87116 0% 168 $0.00
77063 Screening digital breast tomosynthesis, bilateral 0% 261 $0.00
74022 0% 385 $0.00
83615 0% 185 $0.00
84132 0% 110 $0.00
90686 0% 155 $0.00
G0008 Administration of influenza virus vaccine 0% 179 $0.00
J3590 Unclassified biologics 0% 77 $0.00
J2470 Injection, pantoprazole sodium, 40 mg 0% 128 $0.00
82306 Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed 0% 12 $0.00
82728 0% 35 $0.00
72170 0% 12 $0.00
29130 0% 39 $0.00
87206 0% 168 $0.00
88307 0% 17 $0.00
97166 0% 29 $0.00
73060 0% 39 $0.00
J0610 Injection, calcium gluconate (fresenius kabi), per 10 ml 0% 43 $0.00
J2371 Injection, phenylephrine hydrochloride, 20 micrograms 0% 16 $0.00
J7999 Compounded drug, not otherwise classified 0% 69 $0.00
J0687 Injection, cefazolin sodium (wg critical care), not therapeutically equivalent to j0690, 500 mg 0% 94 $0.00
J1790 Injection, droperidol, up to 5 mg 0% 43 $0.00
73600 0% 18 $0.00
J2920 Injection, methylprednisolone sodium succinate, up to 40 mg 0% 171 $0.00
87449 0% 15 $0.00
51798 0% 13 $0.00
C1726 Catheter, balloon dilatation, non-vascular 0% 14 $0.00
82746 0% 14 $0.00
86592 0% 33 $0.00
J1920 Injection, labetalol hydrochloride, 5 mg 0% 12 $0.00
82607 0% 14 $0.00

Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.

From NPPES

Who's on the registration

Authorized officialBLACKWELL, KELSIE (CFO)
Same official

Other billing entities under BLACKWELL, KELSIE

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ProviderLocationPaid
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VHS of Phoenix INCMesa, AZ$1000K
VHS Acquisition Subsidiary Number 1 INCCave Creek, AZ$618K

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