Table III.F.19 Average copayment (in dollars) for an office visit to a specialist physician per employee enrolled in a health insurance plan that had a specialist physician copayment at State and local government units by government type and size and census division: United States, 2016
Division All State and local governments State governments Local governments
Less than 250 employees 250-999 employees 1,000-4,999 employees 5,000-9,999 employees 10,000 or more employees
United States 33.62    35.84    34.60    31.88    29.49    39.14    33.58**
Census division:
New England 28.61    29.76    24.70    29.67    27.06    22.40    --   
Middle Atlantic 24.38    31.39    24.17    23.47    21.13    --    19.53**
East North Central 28.31    25.00    33.62    29.42    26.56    --    --   
West North Central 38.45    --    40.05    36.15    37.69    --    --   
South Atlantic 42.01    40.84    41.13    40.57    39.63    51.68    42.29**
East South Central 41.31    40.35    44.60    41.08    39.08    --    --   
West South Central 50.17    59.72    43.59    49.24    39.47    42.54    --   
Mountain 36.25    32.05    38.72    42.30    38.10    --    --   
Pacific 18.40    19.56    21.31    18.86    17.31    19.65    16.65**

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

** Positive standard error is the result of one or more non-certainty unit(s) in a size category that has historically contained only certainty units.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few reported values in cell.

 

Table III.F.19 Standard errors for average copayment (in dollars) for an office visit to a specialist physician per employee enrolled in a health insurance plan that had a specialist physician copayment at State and local government units by government type and size and census division: United States, 2016
Division All State and local governments State governments Local governments
Less than 250 employees 250-999 employees 1,000-4,999 employees 5,000-9,999 employees 10,000 or more employees
United States 0.81    2.29    0.74    0.89    0.96    1.73    0.81**
Census division:
New England 0.46    0.07    1.01    0.90    1.48    4.08    --   
Middle Atlantic 1.28    3.21    1.75    1.82    1.21    --    0.05**
East North Central 0.96    0.90    1.72    1.99    3.56    --    --   
West North Central 1.22    --    2.63    2.68    3.22    --    --   
South Atlantic 0.78    0.64    1.71    2.46    2.43    2.21    1.90**
East South Central 0.66    0.83    1.74    2.10    1.14    --    --   
West South Central 3.58    6.13    1.03    2.15    3.58    4.35    --   
Mountain 1.12    2.51    1.94    1.83    2.21    --    --   
Pacific 0.71    2.10    1.18    1.88    0.88    1.67    0.34**

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

** Positive standard error is the result of one or more non-certainty unit(s) in a size category that has historically contained only certainty units.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few reported values in cell.

Standard errors of zero indicate that all governments in the category are in the survey.