The 340B Premium: New Data Shows Program Inflates Prices for Working Families

A new analysis of commercial prices for high-volume procedures finds that hospital prices were 7% higher on average at large 340B hospitals compared with non-340B hospitals of similar size, equivalent to roughly $36 billion a year in additional spending by employers and working families. For outpatient procedures, the price premium at large 340B hospitals was even more significant, at nearly 20%.