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The Price Ain’t Right? Hospital Prices and Health Spending on the Privately Insured

AUTHORS: Zack Cooper, Stuart Craig, Martin Gaynor, John Van Reenen

We use insurance claims data covering 28% of individuals with employer-sponsored health insurance in the United States to study the variation in health spending on the privately insured, examine the structure of insurer-hospital con-tracts, and analyze the variation in hospital prices across the nation.  More about this paper »

 

Within-Market Hospital Price Variation for Philadelphia, PA, 2011

Within-market variance in hospital prices for knee replacements and lower-limb MRIs in Philadelphia PA.

Total Private Spending by HRR, 2011

Risk-adjusted spending per privately insured beneficiary.

Average Hospital Facilities Charges, Transaction Prices, and Medicare Reimbursements, 2011

Hospital charges, hospital transaction prices, and Medicare reimbursements in 2011

* The data for this study were provided by the Health Care Cost Institute.

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Hospital Prices Grew Substantially Faster Than Physician Prices For Hospital-Based Care In 2007–14

AUTHORS: Zack Cooper, Stuart Craig, Martin Gaynor, Nir J Harish, Harlan M Krumholz, John Van Reenen

We used data from the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) that included claims for people with employer-sponsored insurance from Aetna, Humana, and UnitedHealthcare—three of the five largest insurers in the US. These data included the prices that insurers negotiated with hospitals and physicians.  More about this paper »

Changes in physician and facility prices for four hospital-based procedures and for total inpatient and outpatient care, 2007–14

Physician and facility prices for four hospital-based procedures between 2007 and 2014.

Inpatient physician and facility prices for knee replacement, 2007-14

Inpatient physician and facility prices for knee replacement between 2007 and 2014.

Inpatient and outpatient physician and facility prices, 2007-14

Inpatient and outpatient physician and facility prices between 2007 and 2014.

Hospital and physician prices for four hospital-based procedures and for total inpatient and outpatient care, 2007–14

Hospital and physician prices for four hospital-based procedures and for total inpatient and outpatient care between 2007 and 2014.

* The data for this study were provided by the Health Care Cost Institute.

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Variation In Health Spending Growth For The Privately Insured From 2007 To 2014

AUTHORS: Zack Cooper, Stuart Craig, Charles Gray, Martin Gaynor, John Van Reenen

From 1960 to 2013 US health care spending increased by 8.1 percent per year, on average, in real terms. Over the past decade there has been a widely noted slowdown in Medicare spending. By contrast, during the same period private insurance premiums have risen dramatically.  More about this paper »

Bottom and top 20 hospital referral regions in growth in total spending per enrollee in employer-sponsored private insurance or fee-for-service Medicare, 2007-14

Bottom and top 20 hospital referral regions in growth in total spending per enrollee in employer-sponsored private insurance or fee-for-service Medicare, 2007-14

Growth rates in total spending in hospital referral regions

Growth rates in total spending in hospital referral regions.

Geographic distribution of growth rates in total spending per person in hospital referral regions

Geographic distribution of growth rates in total spending per person in hospital referral regions.

Growth in spending for people with employer-sponsored private insurance or fee-for-service Medicare, 2007–14

Growth in spending for people with employer-sponsored private insurance or fee-for-service Medicare between 2007–2014.

* The data for this study were provided by the Health Care Cost Institute.

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