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RAND Hospital Price Transparency Studies

The RAND Hospital Price Transparency Studies are comprehensive reports that are part of an ongoing employer-led initiative to measure and report publicly the prices paid for hospital care at the hospital and service-line level. In an effort to create transparent hospital pricing, Employers’ Forum of Indiana and RAND Corporation have worked together since 2017 to compile claims data to compare hospital prices across the country.

RAND 4.0 Demographics

The RAND Hospital Price Transparency Studies have provided hospital pricing analysis for employers to be better-informed shoppers for health plans and provider networks and to report hospital prices relative to a Medicare benchmark for:

$78.8

Billion dollars in hospital spending

4,102

Hospitals

49

States

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RAND 4.0

The RAND 4.0 Hospital Price Transparency Study is the fourth report in the series of RAND hospital price transparency studies. This study include an increased number of hospitals and amount of claims data to be analyzed as well as data from ambulatory surgical centers.

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2017 – 2020

Previous RAND Studies

Previous RAND Hospital Price Transparency Studies were released in September 2017 (RAND 1.0), May 2019 (RAND 2.0), and September 2020 (RAND 3.0). Each study is available, free of charge and in its entirety.

RAND 3.0

Published September 2020

A nationwide price study of more than 3,000 hospitals using employer claims.

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RAND 2.0

Published May 2019

A study of more than $13 billion in hospital spending in 25 states.

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RAND 1.0 (PILOT)

Published September 2017

The first Hospital Price Transparency study, focused on providers in Indiana.

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In the News

Read the latest news and announcements on the Price Transparency, the RAND studies, and Employers’ Forum of Indiana.

Tackling High Health Care Prices: A Look at Four Purchaser-Led Efforts

April 1, 2022

The Commonwealth Fund

Hospitals are back in the hot seat for their prices

March 18, 2022

Axios

Despite A Bumpy Road Ahead, Incremental Progress On Price Transparency

October 13, 2020

Health Affairs

Employers Won’t Like This New RAND Report On Health Costs

September 18, 2020

Forbes

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