Utah health care providers are steadily raising rates and charging widely different amounts for common procedures, report says

December 06, 2017 (Salt Lake Tribune)

Utahns on average spend less on their health care each year than residents of any other state, due partly to more active lifestyles and abstaining from tobacco and alcohol.
But a new report says that per-capita health costs in the state are nevertheless rising fast — and not because Utahns are seeking more health care. Rather, the trend is primarily tied to hospitals and other providers steadily raising rates, and sometimes, charging widely different amounts for common procedures, the report by the nonpartisan Utah Foundation suggests. The authors say higher costs of medical devices, pharmaceuticals, over-treatment and several other factors were key drivers in that trend.

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