Recent policy proposals seek to regulate out-of-network hospital prices. We study how such regulation affects … equilibrium prices, network formation, and hospital exit. We estimate a structural model of insurer-hospital bargaining that … that reducing out-of-network prices would also lower negotiated prices, but potentially at the cost of narrower hospital …

estimates to evaluate the effects of hospital mergers. We find that MCO bargaining restrains hospital prices significantly. The … hospitals. We show that increasing patient coinsurance tenfold would reduce prices by 16%. We find that a proposed hospital … acquisition in Northern Virginia that was challenged by the Federal Trade Commission would have significantly raised hospital …

estimates to evaluate the effects of hospital mergers. We find that MCO bargaining restrains hospital prices significantly. The … hospitals. We show that increasing patient coinsurance tenfold would reduce prices by 16%. We find that a proposed hospital … acquisition in Northern Virginia that was challenged by the Federal Trade Commission would have significantly raised hospital …