CT, MRI prices skewed by ‘flawed’ employer-backed insurance: study

More than a 10-fold gap exists between the highest and lowest negotiated price for common imaging services provided at the same hospital, new research shows.

The average maximum negotiated price between hospitals and insurance companies for 13 imaging services analyzed was 3.8 times more than the average minimum negotiated price in the same hospital, according to an analysis of data from more than 2,000 hospitals published Tuesday in…