Hospital Costs

Issue Brief

Price Markups for Clinical Labs: Employer‑based Insurance Pays Hospital Outpatient Departments 3X Than Physician Offices and Independent Labs for Identical Tests

November 20, 2024

Article

Improving Hospital Compliance With Price Transparency Rules

March 18, 2024

Issue Brief

Moving to Site Neutrality in Commercial Insurance Payments

February 14, 2023

Article

Healthcare Consolidation: Major Contributor to Rising Costs

May 19, 2021

Issue Brief

Health Savers Initiative: Capping Hospital Prices

February 23, 2021

Article

Letter to Congressional Leadership Calling for Hospital Contracting Reform

December 18, 2020

Issue Brief

Private Insurance Payments to California Hospitals Average More Than Double Medicare Payments

May 18, 2019

Presentation

Hospital Pricing Data File

April 1, 2019

Public Statement

West Health submits comments on pricing/financial transparency in healthcare

March 29, 2018

Public Statement

Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long Term Acute Care Hospital Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule

June 12, 2017

Public Polling

AHA Hospital Database

December 14, 2016

Article

Taking Price Transparency to the Next Level

May 20, 2014

Video

A Clearer View: Can Price Transparency Save $100 Billion in Healthcare?

May 16, 2014