Assessment of Spending for Patients Initiating Dialysis Care.

Importance: Despite a widespread belief that private insurers spend large amounts on health care for enrollees receiving dialysis, data limitations over the past decade have precluded a comprehensive analysis of the topic.

Objective: To examine the amount and types of increases in health care spending for privately insured patients associated with initiating dialysis care.

Design, Setting, And Participants: A cohort study covering calendar years 2012 to 2019 included patients with kidney failure who had employer-sponsored insurance for 12 months following dialysis initiation.

Variability in Prices Paid for Hemodialysis by Employer-Sponsored Insurance in the US From 2012 to 2019.

This cross-sectional study compares the prices that private insurers vs Medicare paid for hemodialysis in the US from 2012 to 2019.