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Analysis of Price Transparency via National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Centers' Chargemasters for Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy.
JAMA Oncology ( IF 22.5 ) Pub Date : 2020-01-16 , DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.5690
Ankit Agarwal 1 , Anupriya Dayal 2 , Sheetal M Kircher 3 , Ronald C Chen 1 , Trevor J Royce 1
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Importance A January 2019 price transparency mandate by the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) allows patients to look up the prices of cancer treatment services at hospitals across the United States. Objective To investigate the value of the CMS price transparency rule in allowing patients with prostate cancer to comparison shop by price for radiation treatment services among National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers. Design, Setting, and Participants We identified the February 2019 publicly available price-containing chargemasters for National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers. We isolated the charge per fraction of intensity-modulated radiation therapy used in standard prostate radiation treatment. We then calculated the mean (SD) charges of a 28-fraction course of prostate irradiation at all included hospitals. No human participants were included in this study. Main Outcomes and Measures We analyzed the degree of price variation, the association of the mean price to the price paid by Medicare, and the association of the prices with the practice expense geographic practice cost index, as determined by Medicare. Results Of the 63 designated hospitals, 52 (84%) listed a price for simple intensity-modulated radiation therapy that is associated with standard prostate cancer radiation treatment. For a standard 28-fraction treatment, the charges ranged from $18 368 to $399 056, with a mean of $111 728.80 (10.1 times the price paid by Medicare). There was a weak positive association between price and geographic practice cost index, with an r2 value of 0.13 (P = .008). Conclusions and Relevance The availability of CMS-mandated hospital chargemasters and the descriptors used for simple intensity-modulated radiation therapy are not uniform, and the listed charges are highly variable. The association between listed charges and actual prices paid by patients or insurers is unclear, mitigating the value of the CMS rule for patients with prostate cancer who are receiving radiation therapy. This study suggests that implementation of the CMS price transparency policy may be insufficient to enable patients to estimate or compare prices for prostate cancer radiation treatment.

中文翻译:

通过国家癌症研究所指定癌症中心的前列腺癌放射治疗收费大师对价格透明度进行分析。

重要性 美国医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心 (CMS) 于 2019 年 1 月颁布了价格透明令,允许患者查询美国各地医院的癌症治疗服务价格。目的 探讨 CMS 价格透明度规则在允许前列腺癌患者按价格比较国家癌症研究所指定癌症中心的放射治疗服务方面的价值。设计、设置和参与者 我们确定了国家癌症研究所指定癌症中心 2019 年 2 月公开的含价收费表。我们分离了标准前列腺放射治疗中使用的调强放射治疗的每个部分的电荷。然后,我们计算了所有纳入医院的 28 次前列腺照射疗程的平均 (SD) 费用。这项研究没有包括人类参与者。主要成果和措施 我们分析了价格变化程度、平均价格与 Medicare 支付价格的关联,以及价格与 Medicare 确定的执业费用地理执业成本指数的关联。结果 在 63 家定点医院中,52 家(84%)列出了与标准前列腺癌放射治疗相关的简单调强放射治疗的价格。对于标准 28 分次治疗,费用从 18 368 美元到 399 056 美元不等,平均费用为 111 728.80 美元(医疗保险支付价格的 10.1 倍)。价格和地理实践成本指数之间存在微弱的正相关关系,r2 值为 0.13 (P = .008)。结论和相关性 CMS 规定的医院收费主管的可用性和用于简单调强放射治疗的描述符并不统一,并且列出的费用变化很大。列出的费用与患者或保险公司支付的实际价格之间的关联尚不清楚,这降低了 CMS 规则对于接受放射治疗的前列腺癌患者的价值。这项研究表明,CMS 价格透明度政策的实施可能不足以使患者能够估计或比较前列腺癌放射治疗的价格。
更新日期:2020-03-12
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