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Comparative Study
. 2021 Dec 1;4(12):e2140526.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40526.

Comparison of US Hospital Cash Prices and Commercial Negotiated Prices for 70 Services

John Xuefeng Jiang  1 , Martin A Makary  2   3 , Ge Bai  3   4
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Comparative Study

Comparison of US Hospital Cash Prices and Commercial Negotiated Prices for 70 Services

John Xuefeng Jiang et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

Abstract

This economic evaluation uses national pricing information to compare US hospital cash prices and commercial negotiated prices for 70 high-volume common services specified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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