2023-10-192023-10-192023https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/61184Understanding how physicians' ownership of hospitals affects patients and payers is an important research area. Prior research has focused on differences in quality between physician-owned hospitals (POHs) and other hospitals. To our knowledge, no research has examined whether POHs have different prices than their competitors. We hypothesized that POHs would have higher prices than their competitors and examined this hypothesis using information available through the Hospital Price Transparency Rule.Articleblood examinationcommercial phenomenacomparative studycomprehensive metabolic panelcomputer assisted tomographycross-sectional studyemergency wardhealth care costhumaninjectionkinesiotherapymedicaidmedicarenuclear magnetic resonance imagingobservational studypatient referralphysicianphysiotherapypriceprice transparencyprivate hospitalprofitsocial welfareurban areavertebral canalWestern Hemispherehealth care costhospitalHealth ExpendituresHospitalsHumansPhysiciansArticleCC BYhttps://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.19980