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The Washington Post found that routine care in offices bought by hospital systems is often billed at hospital outpatient rates plus a facility fee, raising what patients and their insurers pay for the same service.
10times
how much higher bills can run when office care is billed at hospital rates with a facility fee
Doctors' offices owned by hospitals can bill 10 times more, Washington Post reports
57
services HCCI compared, every one priced higher in the hospital outpatient setting from 2018 to 2022
Doctors' offices owned by hospitals can bill 10 times more, Washington Post reports
$405
average price of a cast billed as outpatient care, compared with $83 in a doctor's office
Doctors' offices owned by hospitals can bill 10 times more, Washington Post reports
27%
rise in outpatient charges from 2017 to 2022, against 2% for doctors' offices, per Blue Cross Blue Shield Association research
Doctors' offices owned by hospitals can bill 10 times more, Washington Post reports
