Report
Nationwide Evaluation of Health Care Prices Paid by Private Health Plans
Sep 18, 2020
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Low levels of price transparency make it hard for employers and other purchasers of health care to know how much they pay for hospital care.
RAND researchers used information from 49 states and Washington, D.C., to assess hospital prices paid by private health plans. Data sources included $33.8 billion in spending from 3,112 community hospitals—more than half of community hospitals nationwide.
Addressing prices paid by employer-sponsored and other private insurance plans is a tangible way to reduce health care spending. Employers can take several steps:
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