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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg. 2019 Jul 9;219(1):15–20. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.07.003

Table 4.

Impact of The Affordable Care Act on In-Hospital Index Admission Aggregated Cost By Insurance Type

Marginal Cost
Difference* 		95% CI
Insurance type
Medicaid −$385 −$1,055 +$286
Private +$104 −$158 +$367
Self-Pay/No Charge +$1,669 +$655 +$2,682
*

Cost is risk adjusted for comorbidities, age, race, and gender.