Poor accessibility to consumer pricing exists for elective hernia repair surgery - 17/10/23
, Joshua A. Bloom a, Tina Moon a, Carly Wareham a, Cherilyn Song b, Natalie Pawlak b, Christopher Homsy a, Sarah Persing a, Abhishek Chatterjee a, Lilian Chen aAbstract |
Background |
Hospital price transparency is federally mandated to improve consumer accessibility. We aimed to evaluate how hospitals were complying with these regulations for elective hernia repairs.
Methods |
Searches were performed for different hospital systems in attempt to find a price for the procedure using author's own health insurance. Data collected included time to reach the cost estimate tool, time to obtain price estimates, and price ranges. With prices for inguinal and ventral hernia repairs varying across the state's medical centers.
Results |
Fourteen medical centers across the country were included, all had a cost estimate calculator. The average success rate of obtaining a cost for inguinal hernia was 48%. Comparatively, the average success rate of obtaining a cost for ventral hernia was 12%. Of the successful searches for price, significant variation exists amongst the accessed hernia procedure cost.
Conclusion |
Despite federal mandates for hospital price transparency, online cost-estimate calculators are underperforming, thus exposing a need for more accessible cost-estimates for patients undergoing elective hernia repair.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Highlights |
• | CMS require hospitals to provide a comprehensive list of prices in a customer friendly display. |
• | Identifying a price for inguinal hernia repair was successful only 50% of examined hospitals. |
• | Identifying a price for ventral hernia repair was successful only 12% of examined hospitals. |
• | Of the successful searches for price, significant cost variation exists within elective hernia procedures. |
Keywords : Cost transparency, Inguinal hernia repair, Ventral hernia repair, Healthcare spending
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Vol 226 - N° 5
P. 610-615 - novembre 2023 Retour au numéro
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