Within-Hospital Price Gaps Across National Insurers
In this cross-sectional study, commercial prices across different national insurers varied substantially for the same hospital and service. These results suggest that employers and policymakers interested in RBP benchmarking may use the lowest prices among major insurers in their local hospital market as references to negotiate lower prices.
Authors
- Jianhui Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2961-4236)
- Gerard F. Anderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1845-1523)
- Yang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7024-0808)
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2024-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.51941
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.03