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HCCI's Healthy Marketplace Index was cited in a KHN article on medical debt in Dallas-Fort Worth.  From the article: "Dallas-Fort Worth has the highest medical prices in Texas, according to the Health Care Cost Institute, a nonprofit that tracks costs nationwide. And in a state where most markets have relatively low medical prices, in-patient care at Dallas-Fort Worth hospitals was 13% more e...

 HCCI's data users and staff use our multi-payer, longitudinal commercial claims dataset to study some of the most pressing issues in the U.S. health care system. Here we highlight some recent research using HCCI data: New Study Shows Patients Paying More Out-of-Pocket Costs for Cancer Care | American Cancer Society A new, large study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) an...

HCCI's research on ESI spending on preventive services was featured in an article in Kaiser Health News. From the article: "Spending on ACA-mandated preventive services is relatively small but not insignificant. It is 2% to 3.5% of total annual expenditures by private employer health plans, or about $100 to $200 per person, according to the Health Care Cost Institute, a nonprofit research group." ...

Axios reported on HCCI's report on the rise in youth inpatient hospital admissions for mental health.   From the article: "Nearly a third of non-newborn pediatric hospital admissions from 2016 to 2020 were linked to mental health needs, according to a new report from the Health Care Cost Institute." Kids and teens were hospitalized for mental health at increasing rates even before the pa...

HCCI's 2019 HCCUR was featured in a Health Affairs article on increases in health care spending.  From the article: "Price increases in most years have been highest in the commercial market. While there is some variation across states, a national analysis of commercial claim data by the Health Care Cost Institute found that from 2015 to 2019, approximately two-thirds of the increase in spendi...

HCCI's 2019 HCCUR was featured in a Center for American Progress report on employer- and worker-led efforts to lower health insurance costs. From the article: "Rising health care prices—not utilization—is the primary driver of the rising cost of commercial insurance." Employer- and Worker-Led Efforts To Lower Health Insurance Costs - Center for American Progress Individual employers have limited a...

HCCI's research on insulin prices was featured in a Healthcare Dive brief on California's plan to manufacture its own insulin. From the article: "The Health Care Cost Institute found nearly 9% of patients with private insurance paid an average of $403 per month for their insulin in 2019."  California to manufacture its own insulin, Newsom says | Healthcare Dive Healthcare https://www.healthca...

We'll admit it: we have missed in-person conferences!  In June, HCCI staff attended AcademyHealth's Annual Research Meeting (ARM) and ASHEcon. In addition to connecting with other health services researchers, staff presented original research using HCCI's commercial claims dataset.  Here's a sampling of HCCI staff presentations: ASHEcon: Real World Consequences o...

 HCCI's data users and staff use our multi-payer, longitudinal commercial claims dataset to study some of the most pressing issues in the U.S. health care system. Here we highlight some recent research using HCCI data: Where to start? A two stage residual inclusion approach to estimating influence of the initial provider on health care utilization and costs for low back pain in the US | BMC H...

HCCI's research and data on out-of-pocket childbirth spending was featured in HuffPost.  From the article: " The Health Care Cost Institute, an independent nonprofit, analyzed data from more than a third of the population with employer-sponsored insurance to dig into the out-of-pocket costs of childbirth." Having A Baby Will Cost You. Here’s Exactly How Much My Daughter’s Birth...

HCCI's Healthy Marketplace Index was cited in a KHN article about the state of health care debt in America. From the article:  "From 2012 to 2016, prices for medical care surged 16%, almost four times the rate of overall inflation, a report by the nonprofit Health Care Cost Institute found." 100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt | Kaiser Health News The U.S. hea...

Data show dramatic drop in medical service use, lower out-of-pocket spending but rise in prescription drug spending WASHINGTON, May 25, 2022 -- A new report from the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) shows how the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic drastically shifted the ways Americans interacted with the health care system. Even though hundreds of thousands of individuals were hospitalized with the ...

HCCI's data users and staff use our multi-payer, longitudinal commercial claims dataset to study some of the most pressing issues in the U.S. health care system. Here we highlight some recent research using HCCI data: COVID Tests Cost $0 for Most People in 2020 | HCCI We used HCCI's unique commercial claims dataset to analyze claims from over 19 million COVID-19 tests across 50 states and Was...

HCCI's research on air ambulance prices was featured in a New York Magazine article on the role of private equity in air ambulance pricing.  From the article:  "Between 2008 and 2017, the median price charged by providers for helicopter air ambulances nearly tripled, jumping from $12,500 to $35,900 per flight, according to a study by the Health Care Cost Institute." How Private Equi...

HCCI's Director of Research and Policy Dr. Aditi Sen was featured in a meeting with Massachusetts State policymakers. From the article:  "There's very close connections between higher cost-sharing amounts, higher prices and the ability of people to get the care that they need, the drugs that they need," Sen said. "High prices translate into higher premiums, less generous insurance a...

HCCI's research on childbirth spending among the commercially-insured was featured in Modern Healthcare.  From the article: "Childbirth admissions averaged $13,811 for people with employer-sponsored insurance in 2016 and 2017, ranging from $8,361 in Arkansas up to $20,000 in New York, according to the Health Care Cost Institute."  Insurer-provider wrangling limits bundled maternity growt...

HCCI's data users and staff use our multi-payer, longitudinal commercial claims dataset to study some of the most pressing issues in the U.S. health care system. Here we highlight some recent research using HCCI data:  The Prices That Commercial Health Insurers and Medicare Pay for Hospitals’ and Physicians’ Services | Congressional Budget Office New CBO research using HCCI data: CBO exa...

HCCI's 2019 HCCUR and other researcher were featured in an article about spending on employer-sponsored health insurance in Kansas and Missouri. From the article: "A recent study by the Health Care Cost Institute found spending per person with employer health insurance grew more than 20% over five years. That's nearly three times the pace of broader economic inflation." Yes, more and more of ...

January 10, 2022 08:30 AM Eastern Standard Time  WASHINGTON-- Today, the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) Governing Board announced it had selected Katie Martin as its next President and Chief Executive Officer. Martin is a nationally recognized leader in health policy, with a career-long commitment to public service; she brings evidence and analytics to the most critical health po...

HCCI's data users and staff use our multi-payer, longitudinal commercial claims dataset to study some of the most pressing issues in the U.S. health care system.  Here we highlight some recent research using HCCI data: HCCI 2019 Healthy Marketplace Index Using nearly 4.2 billion commercial claims from 2015 to 2019, HCCI tracks drivers of health care spending across 185 U.S. cities throug...

 HCCI's President and CEO Niall Brennan was featured in a Consumer Reports article on the price of coronavirus testing.  From the article: "Outside analysts say that it is hard to name a standard fair price for a COVID-19 test when factoring in rent, staff, insurance, utilities, and other operational expenses. It is 'difficult to answer because people will claim to have lots of sunk cost...

HCCI's research on hospital price transparency was cited in a Modern Healthcare article on cash prices for hospital procedures.  From the article: "C-section prices across one large California health system's hospital network ranged from $7,634 to $70,553, data from the Health Care Cost Institute shows." Commercial prices for common hospital procedures often exceed cash prices | Modern Health...

Data from HCCI's Guroo website was featured in a Modern Healthcare article about new kinds of knee replacement implants.  From the article: "The cost of a total knee replacement varies, but the average cost in the U.S. is more than $37,000, according to an analysis of claims data from Guroo, a service of the Health Care Cost Institute. In addition to the procedure itself, there are costs...

HCCI's research on market consolidation was mentioned in an interview with the director of a documentary about hospital mergers.   From the article: "There's this great website called the Health Care Cost Institute, and they have a great interactive tool where you can go and see how consolidated each health care region is all around the country." Delray Beach, Florida filmmaker...

HCCI's research into ER "facility fees" was featured in a USA TODAY article about fees for visiting an emergency room. From the article: "In 2019, the nonprofit Health Care Cost Institute found that the average emergency room visit cost $1,389, up 176% over the decade. This number only includes the cost of entry for emergency care, not include extra charges such as blood tests, IVs, drugs or other...