This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the
Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other …

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the
Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other …

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the
Commercial Sector, funded by Arnold Ventures and featuring analysis and discussion of …

Policymakers are concerned with high prices and price increases for health care services in
the commercial sector because they are key drivers of spending levels and growth. As a …

Numerous studies have examined trends in healthcare costs and differences in costs or
prices among hospitals or regions in the US with varied purposes: eg, identifying areas or …

Private insurers pay widely varying prices for inpatient care across hospitals. Previous
research indicates that certain hospitals use market clout to obtain higher payment rates, but …

The prices that private health plans pay medical providers are opaque, not only to patients,
but also to private purchasers. 1 While the complexity of medical care contributes to the …

In 2009, health care expenditures in the United States totalled $2.5 trillion–$8,086 for every
person, and 17.6 per cent of the US gross domestic product. Payment to hospitals amounted …

Background Employers play a critical role in providing health benefits to more than half of
the American population, thereby financing a significant portion of the US health care …

Physicians' services account for a substantial portion of health care spending in the United
States. Using 2014 claims data from three major insurers, we analyzed the prices paid for 20 …