Hospitals Charged Private Health Plans 2.5 Times Medicare Rates in 2022

  • May 17, 2024

    Employers and private insurers, on average, paid 254% of what Medicare did for the same inpatient and outpatient services at the same facilities in 2022, according to a new RAND Corp. study.

    The report examined data from more than 4,000 hospitals across all U.S. states except Maryland and found that average relative prices paid by private insurers increased from 241% of Medicare rates in 2020 to 254% in 2022, which was largely driven by growth in inpatient relative prices.

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  • Jinghong Chen

    Jinghong has been producing infographics and data stories on employer-sponsored insurance, public health insurance programs and prescription drug coverage for AIS Health’s Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits since 2018. She also manages AIS Health’s annual executive compensation database for top insurers and Blue Cross and Blue Shield affiliates. Before joining AIS Health, she interned at WBEZ, Al Jazeera English and The New York Times Chinese. She graduated from Missouri School of Journalism with a focus on data journalism and international reporting.

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