Employers offering health insurance coverage are closely analyzing hospital price data to get better prices for their employees, leading to tension with hospitals. Hospital spending made up the largest share of national health expenditures at $1.3 trillion in 2020, and employers paid much of the nearly $409 billion of that spent by private insurers, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Bloomberg – August 2 – Employer Hospital Tensions Rise Over Price Transparency