GAO: Anesthesia Services: Differences between Private and Medicare Payments Likely Due to Providers’ Strong Negotiating Position

HCCI's 2018 HCCUR report was cited in a GAO study on Medicare payments for anesthesia services. 

From the report: "The Health Care Cost Institute calculated that in 2017 private insurance payments ranged from 2 to 7 times Medicare payments, on average, across six common services provided by anesthesiologists in 33 states. Wide state-to-state variation within specific services was reported."

U.S. GAO - Anesthesia Services: Differences between Private and Medicare Payments Likely Due to Providers’ Strong Negotiating Position