Average Co-pays For Physician Office Visits


Average Co-pays For Physician Office Visits

Year
Kansas Copays
Iowa Copays
2004
$19.00
$17.00
2005
$20.00
$17.00
2006
$20.00
$19.00
2007
2006
$23.00
$21.00
Demographic Group: Employees enrolled in health insurance plans at private-sector establishments.
Data Source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/state_tables.jsp
Numerator: Copays paid for office visits to physicians by employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that required a physician copay at private-sector establishments.
Denominator: Total number of copays paid for office visits to physicians by employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that required a physician copay at private-sector establishments.
Unit: US Dollars
Notes: In preparation for improvements in the data collection process, 2007 data for the Insurance Component was not collected.
Change Log: 3/26/2009
  • Source citing was removed from the chart image and placed in the footnotes.
  • Iowa state benchmark data was added to the data table and chart (represented in green).

5/28/2009

  • A footer table was created consisting of demographic group, source citing, numerator, denominator, notes, and change log information.

5/13/2010

  • Data for the year 2008 was added to chart and table.