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October 8, 2025Health Affairs

Inpatient Prices In Medicare Advantage Vary Modestly Across And Within Hospitals

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GMGrace Mackleby GBGeronimo Bejarano DMDavid J. Meyers

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Analysis reveals inpatient prices in Medicare Advantage are similar to traditional Medicare prices, indicating moderate variation across hospitals and insurers.

Key Points

Medicare Advantage prices averaged 97 percent of traditional Medicare prices, showing a minor difference.
Only 39 percent of hospitals had inpatient Medicare Advantage prices within 5 percent of traditional Medicare prices, highlighting variability.
Prices in Medicare Advantage showed less variation compared to commercial or Medicaid prices, indicating pricing stability.
The findings utilize national data, supporting broader implications for price consistency in Medicare schemes.

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Mackleby et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e6679587ecc93a24d174a9 https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2025.00408

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October 8, 2025Health Affairs

Inpatient Prices In Medicare Advantage Vary Modestly Across And Within Hospitals

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Authors

GMGrace Mackleby GBGeronimo Bejarano DMDavid J. Meyers

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Overview

Analysis reveals inpatient prices in Medicare Advantage are similar to traditional Medicare prices, indicating moderate variation across hospitals and insurers.

Key Points

Medicare Advantage prices averaged 97 percent of traditional Medicare prices, showing a minor difference.
Only 39 percent of hospitals had inpatient Medicare Advantage prices within 5 percent of traditional Medicare prices, highlighting variability.
Prices in Medicare Advantage showed less variation compared to commercial or Medicaid prices, indicating pricing stability.
The findings utilize national data, supporting broader implications for price consistency in Medicare schemes.

Cite This Study

Mackleby et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e6679587ecc93a24d174a9 https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2025.00408

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