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2019's U.S. hospitals with highest cancer diagnoses by ICD-10 code

Isolating cancer data can be challenging due to the wide variety of locations cancer can appear and the many different forms cancer can take. This list highlights which hospitals reported the highest volume of cancer-related claims.

15 highest cancer diagnosis claims volumes in 2019

RankHospitalDefinitive IDICD-10 CodeICD-10 DescriptionTotal ChargesNumber of ClaimsExplore Dataset
1Tampa General Hospital (FL)809C73Malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland$104,349,886 836Explore
2University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (TX)4017C7951Secondary malignant neoplasm of bone$68,715,780 622Explore
3University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (TX)4017C786Secondary malignant neoplasm of retroperitoneum and peritoneum$33,284,508 571Explore
4Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (NY)2846C786Secondary malignant neoplasm of retroperitoneum and peritoneum$32,460,425 477Explore
5Northwestern Memorial Hospital (IL)1135C61Malignant neoplasm of prostate$37,174,394 444Explore
6University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (TX)4017C7931Secondary malignant neoplasm of brain$38,257,058 441Explore
7University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (TX)4017C61Malignant neoplasm of prostate$21,983,074 417Explore
8Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (NY)2846C7951Secondary malignant neoplasm of bone$51,709,791 383Explore
9Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (NY)2846C787Secondary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile duct$20,113,217 272Explore
10AdventHealth Orlando (FL)873C61Malignant neoplasm of prostate$30,308,751 271Explore
11Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (NY)2846C7931Secondary malignant neoplasm of brain$25,920,596 267Explore
12The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute (OH)3138C7931Secondary malignant neoplasm of brain$20,390,038 257Explore
13Inova Fairfax Hospital (VA)4271C541Malignant neoplasm of endometrium$7,843,807 245Explore
14University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (TX)4017C7989Secondary malignant neoplasm of other specified sites$18,332,083 241Explore
15Brigham and Womens Hospital (MA)1969C7931Secondary malignant neoplasm of brain$22,706,857 234Explore

Fig. 1 Data sourced from the Definitive Healthcare Hospitals & IDNs database using ICD-10 codes containing “Malignant Neoplasm” on March 27, 2020.

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The above Definitive Healthcare data shows that a fairly rare form of cancer, thyroid cancer, actually had the most reported number of claims in the year 2019. Reported by the Tampa General Hospital in Florida, this rare disease (fewer than 200,000 cases per year on average) had 836 total claims. The only other Florida location that made this list is AdventHealth Orlando with 271 claims for prostate cancer diagnoses — a much more common form of cancer.

 

It is also worth noting that the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center appears on this list five separate times. The most reported diagnosis from this particular location is bone metastasis with 622 claims, the second highest volume on this list. The Anderson Cancer Center takes the third ranking as well with 571 claims for peritoneal cancer, another more rare form of cancer.