TY - BOOK ID - 135948807 TI - Nationwide Evaluation of Health Care Prices Paid by Private Health Plans: Findings from Round 3 of an Employer-Led Transparency Initiative AU - Whaley, Christopher M. AU - Briscombe, Brian AU - Kerber, Rose AU - Kofner, Aaron AU - O'Neill, Brenna PY - 2020 PB - Santa Monica, Calif. RAND Corporation DB - UniCat UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135948807 AB - In the United States, low levels of price transparency make it hard for employers and other purchasers of health care to assess the prices that they pay for health care services. Using data from 2016 to 2018, the authors document variation in facility prices for the commercially insured population, reporting differences in standardized negotiated prices and prices relative to Medicare reimbursement rates for the same procedures and facilities. The data come from all but one state in the United States and cover ER -