Commercial insurers are charged two to three times more than what the same payer’s Medicare Advantage plans are charged for the same procedure in the same hospital, according to a study published Aug.

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, funded by Arnold Ventures and featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and ...

Some hospitals were able to outperform others in a commercial insurer episode-based incentive program, but there was little evidence of global reductions in episode spending. Objectives: To evaluate ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider ...

Hospital price transparency data suggest that health insurance exchange (HIX) plans get lower negotiated rates than commercial group plans and higher negotiated rates than Medicare Advantage plans.

If you live in the United States, the closest hospital to you is most likely a privately operated nonprofit institution. Such hospitals are eligible to receive valuable tax exemptions in exchange for ...