Table III.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 government type and size and census division: United States, 2020
Census division/ government type and size Generic Preferred Non-Preferred Specialty
United States 10.20    30.87    53.35    68.97   
Census division:
New England 9.55    27.09    52.43    57.79   
Middle Atlantic 7.13    24.37    49.11    43.91   
East North Central 10.55    29.62    52.52    60.68   
West North Central 13.74    35.58    58.84    79.41   
South Atlantic 11.39    35.38    55.75    85.07   
East South Central 10.14    37.89    71.87    104.70   
West South Central 12.48    36.16    62.54    82.61   
Mountain 11.19    34.54    56.94    93.37   
Pacific 7.38    23.36    38.34    43.60   
Government type and size:
State governments 9.44    30.55    56.11    66.73   
Local governments:
   Less than 250 employees 10.35    30.39    52.51    72.41   
   250-999 employees 10.32    30.74    51.67    67.66   
   1,000-4,999 employees 10.58    30.84    54.12    75.15   
   5,000-9,999 employees 11.00    31.87    52.10    74.45   
   10,000 or more employees 10.63    31.75    49.13    62.98   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2020 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

 

Table III.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 government type and size and census division: United States, 2020
Census division/ government type and size Generic Preferred Non-Preferred Specialty
United States 0.12    0.32    0.66    1.25   
Census division:
New England 0.19    0.38    0.84    1.27   
Middle Atlantic 0.53    1.18    2.50    4.06   
East North Central 0.25    1.05    1.41    2.19   
West North Central 0.54    1.13    2.76    5.12   
South Atlantic 0.25    0.64    0.85    2.47   
East South Central 0.21    0.75    2.32    5.15   
West South Central 0.31    0.49    1.09    5.28   
Mountain 0.26    0.66    1.61    5.69   
Pacific 0.23    0.42    1.21    1.74   
Government type and size:
State governments 0.16    0.50    1.17    1.71   
Local governments:
   Less than 250 employees 0.23    0.63    1.20    2.79   
   250-999 employees 0.26    0.78    1.16    2.79   
   1,000-4,999 employees 0.37    0.81    1.32    3.93   
   5,000-9,999 employees 0.30    0.61    1.22    5.20   
   10,000 or more employees 0.41    1.25    2.53    3.50   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2020 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

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