Doctor holding up package of pills and caculator Researchers describe the wide variation in prices paid for medical services as "a defining characteristic of the U.S. health care system."

Employer-sponsored health plans paid on average 224% of what Medicare paid to hospitals for the same services at the same facilities, according to a new study from RAND Corporation. The report covers billing for hospital inpatient and outpatient services in 2020.

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