Skip to main content
White paper

Percent of Medicare comparisons: A primer on using Medicare payment rates as benchmark

19 April 2024

Comparing non-Medicare payment rates to estimated Medicare fee-for-service payment rates is used as a common benchmark when evaluating healthcare reimbursement levels. These Medicare payment rate benchmarks are used for activities such as unit price analysis, provider contract negotiations, and policy development. A key statistic calculated for such comparisons is the “percent of Medicare.” This paper discusses the following topics for when using percent of Medicare comparisons for analysis:

  • Percent of Medicare definition
  • Scope considerations
  • Actual payment calculation considerations
  • Medicare payment calculation considerations
  • Additional considerations for calculating and presenting percent of Medicare

Explore more tags from this article

We’re here to help