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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appl Health Econ Health Policy. 2017 Jun;15(3):353–362. doi: 10.1007/s40258-017-0308-z

Table 6.

Supplementary Analysis III: Conditional on Being Charged, Percent Effect on Amount Individual Charged for Particular Services

Independent Variables:
No. Obs.
Private Insurance Medicare Medicaid Self-Pay
Dependent Variable:
 Amount of Room & Board Charge -- -- -- Reference n=3,097,113
 Amount of Nursery Level I Charge -- 1.5% ↑** -- Reference n=369,776
 Amount of Nursery Level II Charge -- -- -- Reference n=38,433
 Amount of Nursery Level III Charge -- -- -- Reference n=21,707
 Amount of Intensive Care Charge 1.7% ↑ ** 0.9% ↑** 0.7% ↓ * Reference n=1,312,608
 Amount of Coronary Care Charge -- -- -- Reference n=521,826
 Amount of Pharmacy Charge -- 8.6% ↑** 4.7% ↑ ** Reference n=4,651,518
 Amount of Medical & Surgical Supply Charge 7.0% ↑ ** 7.2% ↑** 2.7% ↑ * Reference n=3,630,729
 Amount of Oncology Charge -- -- -- Reference n=301
 Amount of Laboratory Charge 6.0% ↓ ** 4.4% ↓** 1.8% ↓ * Reference n=4,630,815
 Amount of Radiology or Other Imaging Charge 1.9% ↓ ** 11.2% ↓** 6.5% ↓ ** Reference n=3,502,860
 Amount of Operating Room Charge 4.1% ↑ ** 1.8% ↑* -- Reference n=1,477,438
 Amount of Anesthesia Charge -- -- -- Reference n=1,374,698
 Amount of Respiratory Services or Pulmonary Function Charge -- 7.7% ↑** 5.5% ↑ ** Reference n=1,601,315
 Amount of Physical Therapy Charge 1.2% ↑ * -- -- Reference n=1,342,812
 Amount of Occupational Therapy Charge 1.3% ↓ * 2.9% ↓** -- Reference n=520,090
 Amount of Speech Therapy or Language Pathology Charge 2.1% ↑ * -- -- Reference n=268,655
 Amount of Emergency Room Charge -- -- 0.9% ↑ * Reference n=2,961,233
 Amount of Cardiology Charge -- 2.4% ↓** 2.6% ↓ ** Reference n=1,100,830
 Amount of Trauma Response Charge -- -- -- Reference n=21,376
 Amount of Recovery Room Charge -- 2.9% ↑** -- Reference n=1,269,569
 Amount of Labor Room Charge -- 19.4% ↓** -- Reference n=367,304
 Amount of Treatment or Observation Room Charge -- -- -- Reference n=541,741
 Amount of Behavioral Health Charge -- -- -- Reference n=42,791
 Amount of Other Charge 5.9% ↑ ** 10.9% ↑** 3.9% ↑ ** Reference n=3,455,162

Only statistically significant estimates presented, with * if p 0.05 and ** if p 0.01. All estimates adjusted for the full set of controls (i.e., sex, age, length of stay, priority of admission, principal diagnosis, APR DRG/SOI and hospital of admission).