Becker's Healthcare December 30, 2025
Hospitals that are for-profit and have a higher proportion of uninsured Hispanic/Latino patients have, on average, more expensive self-pay emergency department visits, according to a study in The American Journal of Managed Care.
Researchers at the University of Maryland in Baltimore and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor analyzed ED facility fees using data from Turquoise Health, a healthcare price transparency company. They analyzed all CMS-certified hospitals required to comply with the federal Hospital Price Transparency rule and provided ED services from September 2021 to September 2023.
Besides Maryland and Minnesota, which regulate self-pay hospital rates, U.S. hospitals “have broad discretion in setting self-pay prices, which could be used to offset financial strain from both COVID-19 and other...
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