Table XI.F.31 Average prescription drug copay (in dollars) per employee enrolled in a health insurance plan that had a prescription drug copay for generic, preferred, non-preferred, and specialty tiers by private and State/local government sectors and census division: United States, 2019
Census division Civilian ** Private sector State/local government sector
Generic:
United States 11    11    10   
New England 12    12    9   
Middle Atlantic 11    11    8   
East North Central 11    11    10   
West North Central 12    12    12   
South Atlantic 11    11    11   
East South Central 11    11    10   
West South Central 11    11    11   
Mountain 12    12    12   
Pacific 11    11    7   
Preferred:
United States 33    34    30   
New England 32    33    27   
Middle Atlantic 33    35    24   
East North Central 33    34    28   
West North Central 35    36    34   
South Atlantic 36    36    34   
East South Central 35    34    37   
West South Central 34    34    35   
Mountain 34    34    35   
Pacific 29    31    23   
Non-Preferred:
United States 57    58    53   
New England 55    55    52   
Middle Atlantic 57    59    46   
East North Central 59    60    52   
West North Central 60    60    57   
South Atlantic 61    61    62   
East South Central 61    59    69   
West South Central 60    60    61   
Mountain 59    59    57   
Pacific 47    50    36   
Specialty:
United States 84    89    69   
New England 79    85    60   
Middle Atlantic 76    79    58   
East North Central 92    98    68   
West North Central 87    94    59   
South Atlantic 88    90    83   
East South Central 96    94    102   
West South Central 97    103    80   
Mountain 97    98    94   
Pacific 60    67    42   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

** Civilian employees include those employed in the private sector and in the State/local government sector. Federal government employees and unincorporated self-employed individuals with no employees are not included.

 

Table XI.F.31 Standard errors for average prescription drug copay (in dollars) per employee enrolled in a health insurance plan that had a prescription drug copay for generic, preferred, non-preferred, and specialty tiers by private and State/local government sectors and census division: United States, 2019
Census division Civilian ** Private sector State/local government sector
Generic:
United States 0.07    0.08    0.14   
New England 0.24    0.29    0.14   
Middle Atlantic 0.19    0.21    0.42   
East North Central 0.15    0.18    0.27   
West North Central 0.20    0.23    0.33   
South Atlantic 0.13    0.15    0.18   
East South Central 0.20    0.24    0.28   
West South Central 0.19    0.22    0.24   
Mountain 0.17    0.19    0.25   
Pacific 0.25    0.28    0.31   
Preferred:
United States 0.18    0.20    0.38   
New England 0.47    0.58    0.33   
Middle Atlantic 0.52    0.52    1.22   
East North Central 0.48    0.52    1.00   
West North Central 0.47    0.54    0.92   
South Atlantic 0.43    0.52    0.39   
East South Central 0.52    0.62    0.78   
West South Central 0.48    0.57    0.63   
Mountain 0.45    0.53    0.59   
Pacific 0.49    0.52    0.59   
Non-Preferred:
United States 0.32    0.34    0.74   
New England 0.90    1.12    0.80   
Middle Atlantic 0.86    0.93    2.59   
East North Central 0.89    1.03    1.41   
West North Central 0.91    0.93    2.60   
South Atlantic 0.72    0.84    1.17   
East South Central 0.94    1.02    1.98   
West South Central 0.89    1.03    1.46   
Mountain 0.93    1.10    0.88   
Pacific 0.83    0.89    0.80   
Specialty:
United States 1.03    1.21    1.61   
New England 2.81    3.65    1.20   
Middle Atlantic 2.57    2.90    2.38   
East North Central 2.74    3.29    3.75   
West North Central 2.97    3.67    2.63   
South Atlantic 2.41    3.07    2.18   
East South Central 2.64    3.13    4.18   
West South Central 3.60    4.72    4.16   
Mountain 3.03    3.69    3.43   
Pacific 2.24    2.67    2.49   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

** Civilian employees include those employed in the private sector and in the State/local government sector. Federal government employees and unincorporated self-employed individuals with no employees are not included.