Private health care insurers pay at least 25% more for the same hospital services than Medicare, according to a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). The study analyzed $1.8 trillion in hospital charges from 2009 to 2016 from 474 hospitals across 38 U.S. states, relying on information from the American Hospital Utilization Database.
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