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Managed Care Discounting: Evidence from the MarketScan Database

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  • Avi Dor
  • Siran M. Koroukian
  • Michael Grossman

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The paper examines price discounting by health maintenance organizations and preferred provider organizations in markets for hospital services. Our empirical analysis focuses on transaction prices for angioplasty, which is a relatively common procedure, with well defined 'product' characteristics. After controlling for patient and procedure heterogeneity and market power we find that on average prices for PPOs are 8% lower than fee-for-service plans, followed by point-of-service HMOs who capture a 24% discount. Our results are in general agreement with earlier work that shows that managed care discounts are 'real', after accounting for process of care.

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  • Avi Dor & Siran M. Koroukian & Michael Grossman, 2004. "Managed Care Discounting: Evidence from the MarketScan Database," NBER Working Papers 10437, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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