Nationwide, hospitals charged commercial insurance rates 254% higher, on average, than what Medicare paid for the same services in 2022. These rates varied widely by state, running from 344.73% in Georgia to 164.28% in Arkansas.
Here are the 10 states with the largest disparities between commercial and Medicare rates:
- Georgia: 344.73%
- Florida: 344.65%
- West Virginia: 330:30%
- South Carolina: 320.16%
- Wisconsin: 317.98%
- California: 307.32%
- New York: 301.15%
- Indiana: 296.56%
- Colorado: 289.33%
- Indiana: 288.08%
See the full report here.
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