Air Ambulances With Sky-High Charges

Ge Bai; Arjun S Chanmugam; Valerie Y. Suslow; Gerard F Anderson

doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05375

Air Ambulances With Sky-High Charges

Ge Bai, Arjun S Chanmugam, Valerie Y. Suslow, Gerard F Anderson

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Abstract

Charges for air ambulance services were 4.1-9.5 times higher than what Medicare paid for the same services in 2016. The median charge ratios (the charge divided by the Medicare rate) for the services increased by 46-61 percent in 2012-16. Air ambulance charges varied substantially across the US, and some of the largest providers had among the highest charges.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1195-1200
Number of pages	6
Journal	Health affairs (Project Hope)
Volume	38
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05375
Publication status	Published - Jul 1 2019

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Keywords

Air ambulance
charge
out-of-Network
price
surprise medical bill

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Health Policy

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Bai, G., Chanmugam, A. S., Suslow, V. Y., & Anderson, G. F. (2019). Air Ambulances With Sky-High Charges. Health affairs (Project Hope), 38(7), 1195-1200. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05375

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