Type of health services that led to surprise bills in the U.S. in 2022

As of June 2022, 32 percent of adults in the U.S. who reported they had received unexpected medical bill, did so after lab work at an in-network health facility was sent to an out-of-network lab for assessment. Furthermore, 34 percent of adults who received a surprise or unexpected medical bill had it after a test or procedure that was not covered by their insurance.The No Surprises Act (NSA) went into effect from January 1, 2022, it protects patients from surprise medical bills under certain circumstances, making it illegal for out-of-network providers to charge patients more than the in-network cost-sharing amount. This statistic shows the share of U.S. adults who have received a surprise medical bill since January 2022, by type of health service used.

截至2022年6月，美国32%的成年人报告称，他们在接受意外医疗费用时，是在将网络内医疗机构的实验室检查结果发送至网络外实验室进行评估之后发生的。此外，34%的成年人因意外或未预料的医疗费用而产生，这一费用产生于其保险范围之外的检查或程序。自2022年1月1日起生效的《无惊吓法案》（No Surprises Act，简称NSA）在特定情况下保护患者免受意外医疗费用的困扰，规定网络外提供者不得向患者收取超过网络内成本分摊金额的费用。此统计数据展示了自2022年1月以来，美国成年人因使用不同类型医疗服务而收到的意外医疗费用的比例。