Facility Fees for Colonoscopy Procedures at Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers

Yang Wang; Yuchen Wang; Elizabeth Plummer; Michael E Chernew; Gerard Anderson; Ge Bai

doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.4025

Facility Fees for Colonoscopy Procedures at Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers

JAMA Health Forum. 2023 Dec 1;4(12):e234025. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.4025.

Authors

Yang Wang¹, Yuchen Wang¹, Elizabeth Plummer^{2

3}, Michael E Chernew^{4

5}, Gerard Anderson^{1

6}, Ge Bai^{1

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Neeley School of Business, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth.
³ Burnett School of Medicine, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth.
⁴ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Washington, DC.
⁶ Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁷ Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Washington, DC.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study investigates commercial facility fee differences for colonoscopy procedures between US hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers located within the same county and contracting with the same insurers.

MeSH terms

Ambulatory Surgical Procedures*
Colonoscopy*
Hospitals