For Many Specialties, Commercial-to-Medicare Markup Is Modest

Only a small number of physician specialties paid commercial health insurance plans over 150% more than Medicare payment rates for healthcare services, according to a recent Urban Institute study based on data from FAIR Health’s private health insurance claims database from March 2019 to February 2020. Anesthesia received the highest markup, at 330% of Medicare rates. Meanwhile, many specialties, such as cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, general surgery and orthopedics, received modest commercial payment rates that were 130% to 150% above Medicare rates.

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Jinghong Chen

Jinghong Chen Reporter

Jinghong has been producing infographics and data stories on employer-sponsored insurance, public health insurance programs and prescription drug coverage for AIS Health’s Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits since 2018. She also manages AIS Health’s annual executive compensation database for top insurers and Blue Cross and Blue Shield affiliates. Before joining AIS Health, she interned at WBEZ, Al Jazeera English and The New York Times Chinese. She graduated from Missouri School of Journalism with a focus on data journalism and international reporting.

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