Price Variability for Common Radiology Services within US Hospitals

HomeRadiologyVol. 306, No. 3 PreviousNext Original ResearchHealth Policy and PracticePrice Variability for Common Radiology Services within U.S. HospitalsJohn (Xuefeng) Jiang, Howard P. Forman, Sanjay Gupta, Ge Bai John (Xuefeng) Jiang, Howard P. Forman, Sanjay Gupta, Ge Bai Author AffiliationsFrom the Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Broad College of Business, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich (J.X.J., S.G.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn (H.P.F.); Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Baltimore, Md (G.B.); and Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 100 International Drive, Baltimore, MD 21202 (G.B.).Address correspondence to G.B. (email: [email protected]).John (Xuefeng) JiangHoward P. FormanSanjay GuptaGe Bai Published Online:Oct 18 2022https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.221815See editorial byRonald L. ArensonMoreSectionsFull textPDF ToolsImage ViewerAdd to favoritesCiteTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked In AbstractCommercial negotiated price for common shoppable radiology services varied substantially within the same hospital and hospital-insurance-company pair. Services involving high-cost equipment had wider variations and higher prices (relative to Medicare).Download as PowerPointReferences1. Department of Health and Human Services. Medicare and Medicaid Programs: CY 2020 hospital outpatient PPS policy changes and payment rates and ambulatory surgical center payment system policy changes and payment rates. Price transparency requirements for hospitals to make standard charges public. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/27/2019-24931/medicare-and-medicaid-programscy-2020-hospital-outpatient-pps-policy-changes-and-payment-ratesand#p-531. Published November 27, 2019. Accessed June 15, 2022. Google Scholar2. Jiang JX, Makary MA, Bai G. Commercial Negotiated Prices for CMS-specified Shoppable Radiology Services in U.S. Hospitals. Radiology 2022;302(3):622–624. Link, Google Scholar3. Forman HP. Price Transparency Comes to Radiology: Are We Ready for the Attention? Radiology 2022;302(3):625–626. Link, Google Scholar4. Liao JM, Bai G, Forman HP, White AA, Lee CI. JACR health policy expert panel: hospital price transparency. J Am Coll Radiol 2022;19(6):792–794. Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar5. Henderson MA, Mouslim MC. Hospital and regional characteristics associated with emergency department facility fee cash pricing. Health Aff (Millwood) 2022;41(7):1029–1035. Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar6. Jiang JX, Makary MA, Bai G. Comparison of US hospital cash prices and commercial negotiated prices for 70 services. JAMA Netw Open 2021;4(12):e2140526. Crossref, Medline, Google ScholarArticle HistoryReceived: July 21 2022Revision requested: Aug 15 2022Revision received: Aug 25 2022Accepted: Sept 1 2022Published online: Oct 18 2022 FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited ByImaging from Hospital Profit Center to Cost CenterRonald L. Arenson, 18 October 2022 | Radiology, Vol. 306, No. 3Price Transparency in Hospitals—Current Research and Future DirectionsJohn XuefengJiang, RanjaniKrishnan, GeBai2023 | JAMA Network Open, Vol. 6, No. 1Commercial COVID-19 PCR Test Price in US HospitalsJohn XuefengJiang, SanjayGupta, GerardAnderson, GeBai2023 | Journal of General Internal MedicineAccompanying This ArticleImaging from Hospital Profit Center to Cost CenterOct 18 2022RadiologyPrice Variability for Common Radiology Services within U.S. HospitalsApr 11 2023Default Digital Object SeriesRecommended Articles Financial Forecasting and Stochastic Modeling: Predicting the Impact of Business DecisionsRadiology2017Volume: 283Issue: 2pp. 342-358Pseudo Test-Retest Evaluation of Millimeter-Resolution Whole-Brain Dynamic Contrast-enhanced MRI in Patients with High-Grade GliomaRadiology2021Volume: 300Issue: 2pp. 410-420Diffusion-weighted Imaging of Invasive Breast Cancer: Relationship to Distant Metastasis–free SurvivalRadiology2019Volume: 291Issue: 2pp. 300-307Brain MRI with Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping: Relationship to CT Attenuation ValuesRadiology2020Volume: 294Issue: 3pp. 600-609Fully Automated 3D Vestibular Schwannoma Segmentation with and without Gadolinium-based Contrast Material: A Multicenter, Multivendor StudyRadiology: Artificial Intelligence2022Volume: 4Issue: 4See More RSNA Education Exhibits Magnetoencephalography (MEG): Taking Functional Brain Imaging to New HeightsDigital Posters2020Radiomics In Breast Imaging For NoobDigital Posters2021Equality, Equity, Disparity: Why Radiology Community Should Care?Digital Posters2021 RSNA Case Collection Transcranial Cerebral HerniationRSNA Case Collection2020Primary GlioblastomaRSNA Case Collection2021Leptomeningeal siderosisRSNA Case Collection2021 Vol. 306, No. 3 PodcastMetrics Altmetric Score PDF download