Researchers hopethe study will give private payors a better grasp of whathealth care costs are, and allow them to compare prices within astate and across states. (Photo: Shutterstock)
A new study by RAND and the Employers' Forum of Indiana(EFI) finds that hospital prices are much higher for employer-based health plans than forMedicare.
The study gathered data from hospitals in 25 states, finding awide variation in what hospitals charged health plans. Theresearchers looked at claims data for more than 4 million people,with information coming from self-insured employers, statedatabases and records from participating health insuranceplans.
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