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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Yang, Kevin
• Drake, Lara
• Ghatnekar, Shilpa
• Kassamali, Bina
• Nambudiri, Vinod E.

Titel

Evaluating hospital consumer-friendly price-estimator tools for shoppable services within dermatology

Ist Teil von

• Archives of dermatological research, 2023-08, Vol.315 (6), p.1813-1821

Ort / Verlag

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

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MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A recent mandate by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) required hospitals to publish prices online. This study examined the utility of CMS-mandated price estimators for dermatology procedures. Chargemasters and price-estimator tools from the five largest hospitals in each state ( n  = 250) were reviewed for accessibility. Price estimators were also searched for the presence of dermatologic procedures and their estimated prices. Of the 250 hospitals included, 89.6% of chargemasters and 92.8% of price estimators were accessible. Of the available chargemasters and price estimators, 98.7% and 63.8% contained pricing data on dermatologic procedures, respectively. The most common dermatology procedures listed were debridement of subcutaneous tissue (CPT 11042) with a median price of $1,135.50 (IQR $577-$3533.67; n  = 80), followed by simple incision and drainage of skin abscess (CPT 10060) with a median price of $956.00 (IQR $465.50-$6506.00, n  = 79), and single punch biopsy of skin (CPT 11104) with a median price of $506.06 (IQR $356.50-$922.08, n  = 29). Although price estimator tools are widely available in patient-friendly and searchable formats, they are not optimized for shoppable dermatologic services. Adding more dermatologic procedures to patient-friendly price-estimator tools can help patients directly realize savings from price shopping.