Comparison of US Hospital Cash Prices and Commercial Negotiated Prices for 70 Services

John Xuefeng Jiang; Martin A Makary; Ge Bai

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40526

Comparison of US Hospital Cash Prices and Commercial Negotiated Prices for 70 Services

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Dec 1;4(12):e2140526. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40526.

Authors

John Xuefeng Jiang¹, Martin A Makary^{2

3}, Ge Bai^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Accounting and Information Systems, Broad College of Business, Michigan State University, East Lansing.
² Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

Abstract

This economic evaluation uses national pricing information to compare US hospital cash prices and commercial negotiated prices for 70 high-volume common services specified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.
Commerce*
Economic Competition*
Hospital Charges / trends*
Humans
Negotiating*
United States