Out‐of‐Pocket Costs and Surprise Billing in Otolaryngology: A National Database Analysis
Common elective otolaryngology procedures were associated with high OOP expenditures, potentially exceeding the reserve funds of many patients. Potential surprise bills decreased after the passage of the No Surprises Act but were not eliminated.
Authors
- Raj C. Dedhia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5568-0427)
- Karan R. Chhabra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6620-8777)
- Chamila Perera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7115-618X)
- Nicholas R. Lenze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2126-6663)
- John W. Scott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9916-6523)
- Michael Brenner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6860-9475)
Institutions
- New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Bellevue Hospital Center (US)
- New York University (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Otolaryngology
- Published
- 2025-10-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ohn.70035
- Primary Topic
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Centralized Otolaryngology Research Efforts
- National Institutes of Health
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences