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  • Health Economics
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  • Healthcare Policy

Background:

  • Commercial prices for healthcare services in the US are a major driver of high healthcare spending.
  • These prices often do not correlate with the quality of care provided.
  • Significant geographic variations exist in commercial healthcare pricing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess geographic variations in commercial prices relative to Medicare rates for hospital and professional services.
  • To estimate changes in these price ratios over time.
  • To identify market characteristics associated with higher hospital prices.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study analyzing deidentified health care claims data from 2020 and 2022-2023.
  • Calculated commercial-to-Medicare price ratios at state and substate (geozip) levels.
  • Used multivariable regression to associate price ratios with market characteristics like hospital concentration and income.

Main Results:

  • Commercial prices were 2.46 times Medicare rates for hospital services and 1.24 times for professional services in 2022-2023.
  • Hospital service price ratios increased by 5.5% from 2020 to 2022-2023.
  • High hospital market concentration, major teaching hospitals, higher income, and uninsured populations were associated with higher commercial-to-Medicare price ratios.

Conclusions:

  • Substantial geographic variation and temporal increases in commercial-to-Medicare price ratios, particularly for hospital services, were observed.
  • Market characteristics, notably hospital market concentration, are associated with higher relative prices.
  • Findings can inform targeted policies to control healthcare price growth.