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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

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Rank	Hospital	Definitive ID	ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description	Total Charges	Number of Claims	Explore Dataset
1	Tampa General Hospital (FL)	809	C73	Malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland	$104,349,886	836	Explore
2	University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (TX)	4017	C7951	Secondary malignant neoplasm of bone	$68,715,780	622	Explore
3	University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (TX)	4017	C786	Secondary malignant neoplasm of retroperitoneum and peritoneum	$33,284,508	571	Explore
4	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (NY)	2846	C786	Secondary malignant neoplasm of retroperitoneum and peritoneum	$32,460,425	477	Explore
5	Northwestern Memorial Hospital (IL)	1135	C61	Malignant neoplasm of prostate	$37,174,394	444	Explore
6	University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (TX)	4017	C7931	Secondary malignant neoplasm of brain	$38,257,058	441	Explore
7	University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (TX)	4017	C61	Malignant neoplasm of prostate	$21,983,074	417	Explore
8	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (NY)	2846	C7951	Secondary malignant neoplasm of bone	$51,709,791	383	Explore
9	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (NY)	2846	C787	Secondary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile duct	$20,113,217	272	Explore
10	AdventHealth Orlando (FL)	873	C61	Malignant neoplasm of prostate	$30,308,751	271	Explore
11	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (NY)	2846	C7931	Secondary malignant neoplasm of brain	$25,920,596	267	Explore
12	The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute (OH)	3138	C7931	Secondary malignant neoplasm of brain	$20,390,038	257	Explore
13	Inova Fairfax Hospital (VA)	4271	C541	Malignant neoplasm of endometrium	$7,843,807	245	Explore
14	University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (TX)	4017	C7989	Secondary malignant neoplasm of other specified sites	$18,332,083	241	Explore
15	Brigham and Womens Hospital (MA)	1969	C7931	Secondary malignant neoplasm of brain	$22,706,857	234	Explore

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.