Table 5:
Change in professional component reimbursement under Medicare for All at a radiology practice in Louisiana
| Examination | Payer Type Scenario |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100% Medicare | Current General Population Payer Mix | % Difference | Current Inpatient Payer Mix | % Difference | |
| MR imaging brain WO contrast | $74.64 | $96.46 | –23% | $89.14 | –16% |
| CT Abd/pelvis WO/W contrast | $102.53 | $125.85 | –19% | $117.11 | –12% |
| US Abd complete | $37.14 | $46.07 | –19% | $42.80 | –13% |
| Screening mammogram | $38.79 | $47.95 | –19% | $44.81 | –13% |
| XR chest single | $10.25 | $13.20 | –22% | $12.13 | –15% |
| % Change if all uninsured, Medicaid, and privately insured patients are transitioned to Medicare | –20% | –14% | |||
Note:—W indicates with; WO, without; Abd, abdomen; US, ultrasound; XR, x-ray.