Most Americans have no idea about prices before they receive health care

Medical Economics February 2, 2024
Richard Payerchin

Amid ‘runaway growth,’ Gallup poll finds strong support for health care price transparency.

Fewer than one in five patients know how much their health care will cost before they receive it, according to a new poll.

That result holds true across race and ethnicity, gender, age, education, location, and whether a patient has health insurance, according to new findings by a Bentley-Gallup Business in Society survey of 5,458 adults in May 2023.

“In your experience, do you know how much your health care products or services will cost before you receive them?” the survey asked. Yes, said 17% of adults, while 79% said no, and 3% didn’t know if they knew.

Americans were as close to unanimous as they may...

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